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viter et tenuiter pubescentes. Semina 2 mm longa, 1 mm crassa , obsolete lacunoso- 

 striata, demum cinereo-brunnea glabra, cbalaza vix prominente, hilo semigloboso, arillo 

 semen dimidium cingente albido. 



Habitat in prov. Minas Geraes, locis nudis altioribus m. Aug. florif.: Gardner 

 n. 4695, St. Hilaire B l n. 1993; prope Diamantina: Vauthier n. 499. 



Series IX. Canaligerae. 



Frutices v. herbae suffruticosae perennesve. Stipulae evolutae, usque 

 1 mm longae, juxta v. ad petioli basin prodeuntes. Folia varia, basi ima 

 v. sab basi glandulas 1 + 1, raro 2 + 2 rotundatas manifestas flavidas v. 

 brunnescentes gerentia. Pedunculi adnati, post delapsum ad petiolos 

 cicatricem linearem v. oblongam, rarissime suborbicularem relinquentes ; 

 pedicelli nulli. Flores (v. saltem fructus) remoti v. remotiusculi, ple- 

 rumque magni. Calyx 9 — 25 mm longus, in 1 / 3 - — 1 / 2 alt. coalitus. 

 Filamenta cum marginibus 1,5 — 7 mm longe (sed semper tubo cal. 

 brevius) nervis calycis commissuralibus adnata ideoque quodque canali- 

 culum cum calyce formans. Styli glabri v. intus parce hirtelli v. stri- 

 gulosi. Fructus dorso obsolete v. manifeste tuberculati. Semina obovata 



v. oblonga. 



50. Turnera lucida ürb., fruticulus pube simplice, ad ramos sub- 

 parca et unilateraliter disposita, sub foliorum insertione usque ad folium 

 proximum deficiente; foliis 4 — 8 mm longe petiolatis ovatis v. anguste 

 ovatis, 2-plo longioribus quam latioribus; pedunculis 3 — 5 mm longis; 

 floribus homostylis; calyce 9 — 11 mm longo; petalis flavis; antheris 

 junioribus 2 — 2,5 mm longis, 0,7 — 0,8 mm latis; stylis apice lmm longe 

 5 — 7-fidis; ovario 25— 32-ovulato ; seminibus obovatis v. anguste obovatis 

 obsolete curvatis, elevatim reticulato-striatis, cbalaza apicali. 



Rami vetustiores glabri brunnei lucidi plicato-striati, hornotini pilis brevibus 

 pallide flavis curvato-erectis unilateraliter obsiti. Stipulae 0,3—0,5 mm longae. 

 Folia acuta, basi plerumque subcuneata, 2 — 4 cm longa, 1,2 — 2 cm lata, margine 

 grosse et simpliciter serrato-crenata, nervis supra prominulis, utrinque parce v. par- 

 cissime, subtus praesertim ad nervös pilosa, glandulis basalibus 1 + 1 parvuJis. Flores 

 apice caulium conferti, postremo laxiusculi; prophylla 5 — 8 mm longa, 0,8 — 1,5 mm lata, 

 linearia acuminata ramosinervia, margine parce et obsolete papilloso-serrata. Calyx 

 extrinsecus strigulosus, intus superne pubescens, in 2 / 5 alt. in tubum cylindraceo- 

 campanulatum coalitus. Petala calycem triente superantia unicolora, er. 10 mm longa. 

 Filamenta 2,5 mm longe adnata, lmm longa; antherae juniores connectivo produeto 

 solemniter apiculatae, ovato-oblongae, dorso in 1 / 6 — l / g alt. affixae et emarginatae. 

 Styli 7 — 8mm longi, antheras aequantes, intus parce strigulosi. Fructus globulosi 

 obtusiuscule apiculati, 4 — 5 mm diametro, dorso adpresse pilosi et minute v. obsolete 

 tuberculati, intus tenuissime reticulati. Semina 2mm longa, 0,9 — lmm lata, a dorso 

 plerumque subcompressa, hilo semigloboso parum prominente, chalaza vix prominula. 



Habitat in Brasilia: Freyreiss, prope Bajas: Herb. Petrop.; inter Rio de Janeiro 

 et Campos: Sello n. 101. 



Obs. Habitu ad T. chamaedryfoliam Camb. valde accedens, sed caeterum toto 

 coelo diversa; a T. ulmifolia levibus tantum characteribus dignoscitur, quamquam 

 speciem propriäm sine dubio sistit. 



