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12 mm longo; petalis luteis, ad insertionem brevissime atroviolaceis ; 

 antheris junioribus 3 mm longis, 0,7 mm latis; stylis ad apiceni clavato- 

 dilatatis oblique desectis concavis et margine lobulatis subintegrisve ; 

 ovario 12 — 15-ovulato; seminibus oblongis falcato-curvatis tenuissime v. 

 obsolete reticulato-striatis, chalaza concava ad raphen spectante. 

 Icon: Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIII, III, t. 48 f. V. 



Fruticulus 0,7 — Im altus; rami vetustiores subirregulariter et elevatim v. an- 

 gulato-striati nigrescentes glabri, hornotini pilis brevissimis adpressis flavidis v. einereo- 

 flavidis dense vestiti v. pulverulenti. Stipulae lineares 0,5 — lmm longae. Folia in- 

 feviora obtusiuscula v. obtusa, caetera acuta, omnia ad basin integram sensirn angustata, 

 3 — 5 cm longa, 1 — 2 cm lata, antice serrata, nervis supra obsolete prominulis, praeter 

 pubem subtus ad nervurn obviam glabra, subtus pallidiora et punctulis atro purpureis 

 minutis adspersa, glandulis basalibus amplis. Flore s initio apice canlium conferti, 

 postrerno retnotiusculi; prophylla linearia acuminata 4 — 8 mm longa, 0,5 — lmm lata 

 pilosula, subintegra. Calyx extrinsecus pulverulentus, in i / 5 — 3 / 7 alt. in tubum 

 cylindraceo-campanulatum coalitus. Petala calycem parte '/s — Va e J us l or >git. super- 

 antia, obovato-triangularia, 9 — 12 mm longa, 6,5 — 7 mm lata. Filamenta 1,5— 2 mm 

 longe adnata, glabra, 4 — 4,5 mm longa; antberae juniores lineares, ad apicem paullo 

 angustiores, breviter apiculatae, basi brevissime emarginatae, in 10 — 12-ma alt. affixae. 

 Styli 5,5 — 6 mm longi, intus parce hirtelli v. glabri. Fructus globulosi, 6-7 »» 

 diaraetro, dorso nigrescentes, dense tuberculati et obsolete pilosuli, intus tenuiter 

 elevatim reticulati purpurascentes flavido-punctati. Semina 3,5 — 4 mm longa, 1,2 ad 

 1,5 mm crassa, supra chalazam paullo constricta, hilo conico v. piriformi amplo. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Minas Geraes, in saxosis Serra da Lapa m. Nov. flor. 

 et fruct.: Riedel n. 905. 



Obs. Habitu ad formas T. ulmifoliae var. cuneiformis accedens. 



53. Turnera hermannioides Camh., fruticulus pube stellari; foliis 

 2 — 6 mm louge petiolatis, obovatis, ovalibus v. oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 dimidio usque 4-plo longioribus quam latioribus; floribus beterostylis ; 

 pedunculis 2 — 4 mm lougis; calyce 11 — 14 mm longo; petalis pallide 

 flavis usque paene albidis; antheris junioribus 3 — 4,5 mm longis, 0,6 ad 

 0,8 mm latis; stylis 1 — 1,5 mm longe multipartitis; ovario 40 — 60-ovu- 

 lato; seminibus oblongis parum v. manifestius curvatis, tenuissime reti- 

 culato-striatis, chalaza ad raphen spectante prominente concava. 



Turnera hermannioides Camb.l in St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 158 

 (218); Walp. Repert. II, 228. 



Icon: St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, t. 120! 



Fruticulus 30-100 cm altus; rami vetustiores brunnei glabrati teretes striati, 

 hornotini pube stellari multiradiata brevissima cinerea v. albido-flava dense obsiti v. superne 

 tomentosi, pilis simplicibus longioribus sursum curvatis v. adpressis saepius inter- 

 mixtis. Stipulae 0,3 — 0,8 mm longae. Folia apice rotundata v. obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 2—6 cm longa, 0,8 — 2 cm lata, margine basi excepta crenata v. dentata, crenis nunc 

 simplicibus, nunc duplicatis, mediocribus v. satis amplis, nervis supra obsolete v. 

 manifeste impressis, utrinque pilis stellaribus obtecta, subtus albido-tomentosa, sim- 

 plicibus ad nervös saepius obviis, glandulis basi ima v. sub basi ad petiolum ipsum 



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