CIV. TUENERACE^. 



445 



CIV. TURN BRACED. 



(LoASEAKTJM sedio, Kwnth. — Tuenebaoeje, B.C.) 



Tu-nnera. 

 Stamen (mag.). 



Turnei'a. 

 Pistil (mag.). 



CoEOLLA polypetalous, perigynous, isostemonous, contorted 

 in bud. Stamens 5, sub-hypogynous. Ovaet free, l-celled, 

 with 3 parietal placentas. Capsule with 3 semi-seminiferous 

 valves. Seeds strophiolate. Embeto albuminous. 



Heebs, or UJsrDBRSHBUBS, or SHEUBS, chiefly of tropical 

 America, with simple rarely stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, 

 simple, petioled, entire or toothed, rarely pinnatifid, exstipu- 

 late, but often furnished at the base with 2 lateral glands. 

 Flowees g , regular, axillary, sessile or peduncled ; peduncle 

 free or adnate to the petiole, simple, 2-bracteolate, or 

 jointed below the middle and ebracteate, very rarely branch- 

 ing and many-flowered. Caltx coloured, deciduous, S-fid, imbricate in bud. 

 Petals 6, inserted near the base or in the threat of the calyx, alternate with its 



Turnera. 



Seed, entire and cut vertically 



(mag.). 



