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51. Tumera Ulmifolia Linn. (ampl.), fruticulus v. herba suffruticosa 

 perennisve, pube simplice ad ramos circumcirca aequaliter disposita v. 

 raro paene deficiente; foliis 2 — 20 mm longe petiolatis, obovatis, ovatis 

 usque paene linearibus; pedunculis 2 — 15 mm longis; floribus homo- v. 

 heterostylis; calyce 11 — 25 mm longo; petalis varie coloratis; antheris 

 junioribus 2,5 — 6 mm longis, 0,6 — 1,5 mm latis; stylis apice solemniter 

 multipartitis, ramulis 10 — 30 filiformibus 1 — 2 mm longis; ovario 20 ad 

 200-ovulato; seminibus obovatis usque oblongis, obsolete v.parum curvatis, 

 elevatim reticulato-striatis, chalaza apicali, non v. parurn prominula. 



Turner a ulmifolia Trian. et Planck. Prodr. Flor. Novo-Granat. in 

 Ann. Sc. nat. V. Ser. XVII, 186, emend. 



Fornias speciei quam maxime variabilis insequentes propono: 



* Petalis luteis v. flavis, nunc supra basin atroviolaceis, raro superne 



albescentibns. 



Yar. a. Orientalis ürb. foliis 2 — 2 1 / 2 -plo longioribus quam latiori- 

 bus, medioeriter pubescentibus, floribus homostylis, calyce 12 — 15 mm 

 longo, in 1 / 3 — 2 / 5 alt. tubuloso, petalis flavis unicoloribus, stylis antheras 

 bene aequantibus. 



Tumera ulmifolia Camb.l in St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 154. 



Fruticulus 30— 60 cm altus, ramis, foliis praesertim subtus, prophyllis, calyce 

 pilosis, pilis ramorum curvato-erectis. Folia 5 — 10mm longe petiolata, inferiora et 

 intermedia ovata v. saepius breviter elliptica, basi obtusa v. plus minus cuneatim in 

 petiolum protracta, apice obtusa v. acuta, 2,5—4,5, raro — 6 cm longa, 1,5 — 2, raro — 3. cm 

 lata, usque supra medium v. fere ad basin crenato-serrata , superiora plerumque an- 

 gustiora oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata acutiora. Pedunculi 4 — 1 nun longi, toti ad- 

 nati; prophylla linearia v. lineari-subulata 6 — 10 mm longa, 0,5 — 1 mm lata, margine 

 integra eglandulosa. Petala 10—18 mm longa, calycem parte ' / « — '/ 2 e J us longi- 

 tudinis superantia. Capsula 6 — 8mm diametro, extrinsecns minute, sed manifeste 

 tuberculata. Semina oblonga 2,3 — 2,8 mm longa, 0,8 — 1 mm crassa. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Bahia et Minas Geraes : Blanchet n. 292, St. Hilaire 

 B l n. 1292, Sello n. 762, 1196 et alii. 



Variat insuper 2° petalis ad basin atroviolaceis, 

 Habitat in prov. Bahia: Blanchet n. 2613 (ex parte). 



et 3° prophyllis anguste lanceolatis ramosinervibus 1 — 2 mm latis, 

 saepe denticulatis. 



Habitat in Guiana Angl. prope Pirara: Rob. Schomburgk .s. n. 



Yar. ß. CUlieiformis Urb. foliis obovatis v. subrhombeis, ad basin 

 cuneatis IV2" 2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, floribus homostylis, 

 calyce 12 — 15 mm longo in 1 / 3 — 2 / 5 alt. tubuloso, petalis pallide flavis 

 ad basin atropurpureis, stylis antheras bene aequantibus. 



Turner a cuneiformis Poir.! in Lam. Encycl. VIII, 142; DC. Prodr. 

 III, 346 {ecccl. var. ß.); Camb.l in St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 155. 



