— 128 — 



1,5 — 2 »» longi, inferne pilosuli v. plane glabri, apice -vis 0,6 mm longe flagellatim 

 pluri-partiti. Ovarium 9 — 12-ovulatuin. Fructus globulosus; valvae extrinsecus 

 sub lente brevissime tenuissimeque pilusae et obsolete rugoso-tuberculatae, intus fulvae 

 glabrae. Semina obovata, 1,6 — 1,8 mm longa, 0,8 — 1 mm lata, reticulato-lacunosa, striis 

 transversis minus prominentibus, arillo intus ad v. nsque supra medium ascendente, 

 fulvescente. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Piauhy prope Oeiras, in collibus vulgaris m. April, flor.: 

 Gardner n. 2062, Schwache n. 1040. — Culc. in Rio de Janeiro ; Glaziou n. 9802. 



41. Turnera ealyptrocarpa Urb. ramulis hornotinis brevissime 

 pilosis v. apice tomentosulis; stipulis 3 mm longis; foliis obovatis v. 

 obovato-oblongis, 1,5 — 2,5 cm longis, 0,7 — 1,4 cm latis, basi excepta 

 profundiuscule serrato-crenatis ; calyce 5 — 7 mm longo, in 1 / 3 alt. coalito; 

 petalis intus usque ad medium densiuscule, extrinsecus parcius pubes- 

 centibus; filamentis patenti-pilosulis ; seminibus parum curvatis. 



Icon: Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bros. XIII, 111, t. 45. 



Rami vetustiores nigrescentes v. griseo-nigrescentes glabrati, epidermide fissarimosi, 

 hornotini manifeste striati v. angulati, pilis simplicibus flavidis sursum curvatis, papillis 

 sessilibus fiavidis parum manifestis intermixtis, gemmis serialibus obsoletis v. parum 

 evolutis. Stipulae setaceae v. angustissime subulatae. Folia 2 — 4 mm longe petiolata, 

 basi cuneata in petiolum angustata, 2— 2'/ 2 -plo longiora quam latiora, supra pilis 

 brevissimis, ad nervum medium saepius dense aggregatis et longioribus hirtella obscura, 

 subtus albido- v. pallide fiavescentia inter riervos breviter tomentosula, ad nervös ad- 

 presse hirsuta v. breviter pilosa; folia in ramulis abbreviatis angustiora, latiuscule ob- 

 longa v. oblongo-lanceolata. Flores dimorphi remotiusculi v. ad apicem ramulorum 

 abbreviatorum conferti; pedunculi subnulli usque ad 4. mm longi; propbylla ambitu 

 variabilia, nunc liguliformia integra v. denticello unico instructa, nunc superne obovato- 

 subrhombea et apice trifida, raro lanceolato-linearia, 2 — 5 mm longa, 0,8 — 2 mm lata, 

 supra basin appendicibus 2 subulato-setaceis 0,2 — lmm longis patentibus stipulata; 

 pedicelli nulli. Calyx extrinsecus ad presse pilosus v. breviter hirsutus, tubo intus 

 superne parce puberulo v. subglabro breviter campanulato v. hemisphaerico-infundibuli- 

 formi, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis 3-nervibus, nervo meüio 0,2 — 0,8 mm longe 

 supra apicem producto, interioribus obtusiusculis saepius fimbriato - ciliatis. Petala 

 calycem fere duplo superantia, usque ad 10 mm longa, margine supero fimbriato-ciliata. 

 Filamenta tubi basi circa 0,5 mm longe v. paullo altius adnata et basi ima inter sese 

 annulariter connata, ad basin extrinsecus incrassata, longiora 6 — 6,5 mm, breviora vix 

 supra 3mm longa; antherae clausae subquadrato-orbiculares usque ovatae, 1 — 1,5mm 

 longae, 0,7— 0,8 mm latae, ligulato-apiculatae, in l U~ 2 / 5 a lt. affixae et usque ad in- 

 sertionem bicrures, defloratae praeter ligulam recurvam subrectae. Styli inferne v. ad 

 basin parce pilosuli v. plane glabri, apice breviter 10 — 15-partiti v. -lobulati, flagello 

 0,3—0,5 mm longo, ab antheris 2—2,5 mm longe distante, longiores 4—5 mm, breviores 

 1—1,5 mm longi. Ovarium 15 — 25-ovulatum. Fructus (ex specim. Martianis) calyce 

 corollaque emarcida diu obtectus v. quasi calyptratus, breviter ovato-globosus, er. 4 mm 

 longus, 3 mm crassus; valvae dorso brevissime pilosulae et ob nervös dense reticulato- 

 impressos obsolete tuberculatae, intus glabrae badiae. Semina a dorso anguste obo- 

 vata, inferne attenuata 1,8 — 2 mm longa, 0,8—1 mm crassa, reticulato-striata, apice 

 obtusa, basi subito in hilum contraeta, arillo laterali longitudine seminis. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Bahia et Gearä: Blanchet n. 3863, Martins n. 2299, 

 Gardner n. 2406; praelerea Glaziou n. 10877, 10881. — Flor, et fruet. m. Febr.— April. 



