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Urban : 



Var. e. Ignatü Urb. calyce 14 — 15 mm longo, — caulibus pilis 

 stellaribus luteis tomentoso-hirsutis, setulis fere plane deficientibus; foliis 

 1 — 3 mm longe petiolatis, ovatis, er. 5 cm longis, 2,5 cm latis, basi obtu- 

 sissimis, subtus tomentosis, dense et inaequaliter crenatis, crenis in pagina 

 superiore manifeste glanduloso-impressis; peduneulis crassiusculis 2-floris; 

 pedicellis inferioribus 4— 5 mm longis; filamentis longioribus 7 mm longis. 



Rami vetustiores brunnei v. nigrescentes, glabri v. glabrescentes, hornotini tomentosi 

 v. dense pilosi v. paene glabri. Folia apice obtusa v. acuta, basi rarius acuta, ple- 

 rumque obtusa, rotundata v. cordata, margine piano, crispulo v. recurvato toto dense 

 crenata, raro serrata v. subintegra, crenis plerumque inaequalibus v. subduplicatis. 

 Pedunculi postremo 0,5 — 2,5, plerumque 1 — 2 cm longi; prophylla opposita, sub- 

 opposita v. alterna, filiformia, subulata v. linearia; pedicelli inferiores postremo 7 — 10 mm, 

 raro 4— 5 mm longi. Calyx extrinsecus Semper tomentosus, nunc pilis secernentibus 

 intermixtis, intus sub Corona glaber, lobis lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis v. 

 acuminatis, exterioribus 5-nervibus,, interioribus 1— 3-nervibus. Petala 9 — 15 mm v. 

 ultra longa, obovata v. obovato-oblonga, glabra, Corona er. 1mm longa, superne fim- 

 briato-lacera. Filamenta tubo imo 0,3 — 1 mm longe adnata, longiora 4,5 — 5,5, raro ad 

 7 mm longa, breviora 3—3,5, raro — 4,5 mm longa; antherae clausae 1,8 — 3,5 mm 

 longae, 0,6 — 1 mm latae, obtusissimae v. subemarginatae, raro obsolete apiculatae, deflo- 

 ratae revolutae. Styli nunc apice tantum 0,5 — 0,8 mm longi, nunc breviores supra 

 medium iterum dividendo multifidi, longiores 3,5— 4,5 mm, raro 6 mm longi, antheras 

 1 — 2,5 mm longe superantes, breviores 1,5—2,5 mm longi, basin antherarum paene attin- 

 gentes v. usque 1,5 mm longe distantes. Ovarium 25 — 40-ovulatum. Fructus trigono- 

 globulosus, saepius obtusiuscule apiculatus, v. trigono-subconicus, 6— 8 mm diametro; 

 valvae dorso pilosae v. tomentosae, viridi-flavescentes, intus stramineae glabrae. Semina 

 inferne valde attenuata 3 mm longa, 1,2 — 1,5 mm crassa, 2 — 2 T / 2 -plo longiora quam 

 crassiora, postremo brunnea v. nigrescentia, elevato- v. subfoveolato-reticulata, basi 

 paullo dilatata in hilum conicum v. breviter conicum valde contracta, chalaza non pro- 

 minente. 



Haliitat in Brasilia, var. a. in prov. Minas Gerah: St. Hilaire n. 932, Riedel 

 n. 2610, Martius n. 1613, Pohl n. 641, 3100, Selb n. 1568, 2030; (cult. Glaziou 

 n. 9853). — Var. ß. in eaclern prov : Martius n. 1893. — Var. y. in prov. Bahia; 

 Martius. — Var. 6. in prov, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Geraes, Piauhy, Goyaz: Glaziou 

 n. 10884, Riedel n. 942, Gardner n. 2173, 3198, Bar ahell n. 7508, 8153. — Var. g. 

 ad Fazenda do S. Ignacio Brasiliae austro-orientalis : Sello n. 1567 pro parte. — Flor. 

 April.— Nov. 



3. Piriqueta sulfurea Urb. et Rolfe 1 ), fruticulus metralis, pilis 

 stellaribus, quorum radius intermedius saepius elongatus, sed crassitie 

 ramorum brevior est, dense obsitus, superne rufo-tomentosus, setulis de- 

 ficientibus; foliis 7 — 15 mm longe petiolatis, elliptico-oblongis, 7— 10 cm 

 longis, eglandulosis; inflorescentiis 1 — 2-floris; floribus heterostylis ; pro- 

 phyllis subaequalibus 0,5 — 1 mm longis; calyce 10 — 12 mm longo, in 1 / 4 

 alt. coalito; petalis violaceis; antheris clausis oblongo-linearibus, 5-plo 

 longioribus quam latioribus, in '/ 5 — 1 / i alt. affixis; fructibus dorso sub 



1) R. A. Rolfe, juvenis peritissimus atque doctissimus, Turneraceas herbarii 

 Kewensis perspicere ineeperat nonnullisque formis novis nomina dederat; iisdem specie- 

 bus jamdudum a me examinatis, autoritatem communem adjeeimus. 



