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dense verrucosis ; seminibus subcurvatis elevatim reticulato-striatis, plus 

 minus pilosis. 



Turnera serrata Vell. Flor. Flum. (1825) p. 127. 



Turnera salicifolia Camb. ! in St. HU. Flor. Bras. merid. II, 165 (229) ; 

 Walp. Rep. II, 229, — non Seem. Bot. Her. 130. 



Corchorus grandiflorus Spring in Mart. Herb. Flor. Bras. n. 121 et 

 in Flora XX. Beibl. II, 102; Walp. Rep. I, 355. 



Icones: Vell. Flor. Flum. III t. 108!; TJrh. in Mart Flor. Bras. Xlll, HI, t. 36. 



Frutex 1— 3-metralis; rami vetustiores brunnei v. postremo cinerascentes glabres- 

 centes, hornotini teretes v. subteretes, obsolete v. manifestin s striati, pilis sursum 

 curvatis brevissimis tenuissimis praesertim ad apicem puberuli, inter cymas (saepe 

 jamdudum delapsas) et caulem ramulis serialibus 1 v. pluribus brevibus cymigeris, 

 rarius elongatis et folia ampliora producentibus, instructi. Stipulae e caule juxta 

 petiolornm insertionem prodeuntes, utrinque 1 — 3, lineares, lanceolato-subulatae v. 

 ovato-triangulares v. semiorbiculares. Folia acuminata, basi cuneata, 4 — 5 c/» longa, 

 2 — 5 cm lata, serrata v. crenato-serrata, serraturis saepius inaequalibus v. interdum 

 duplicatis apice glanduloso-incrassatis, nervis snbtus proruinentibus, inedio supra postice 

 plerumque impresso, caeteris proininulis, juniora utrinque praesertim ad nervös pilosula; 

 folia in ramulis abbreviatis floriferis ima bracteiformia 1 — 0,5 cm longa v. breviora 

 lanceolata v. lanceolato-linearia pubescentia. Flores dimorphi; prophylla anguste 

 lineari-subulata, inferiora 2—6 mm longa, superiora gradatim minora, integra v. denti- 

 culo unico obsita, basi prominentiis stipuliformibus minutis interjectis. Calyx ex- 

 trinsecus minute et brevissime pilosulus, in 1 /, — 2 Ä alt. coalitus, tubo subcampanulato- 

 cylindraceo intus superne v. ad faucem villoso, lobis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, 

 exterioribus 3-nervibus longe acuminatis, interioribus 0,3—1,5 mm longe mucronatis. 

 Petala calycem parte '/ 3 — 3 / 5 e j lis long, superantia, lutea, obovato-cuneata, 8 — 11 mm 

 longa, 5- 7 mm lata, intus juxta nervum medium carinato-elevatum plerumque paulJum 

 v. densiuscule pilosula. Filamenta longiora 7 — 7,5 mm, breviora 4 — 5 mm longa: 

 antherae juniores ovatae v. ovato-ellipticae 1,5 — 2 mm longae, 0,8 — 1 mm latae, paullo 

 sub medio v. in % alt. affixae, basi in parte 4 — 6-ta emarginatae, defloratae non v. 

 apice parum recurvatae. Styli longiores 6,5—7 mm longi, apice excepto pnbescentes, 

 antheras 2,5 — 3 mm superantes, apice flagellatim pauci-v. multipartiti, flagello er. 1 mm 

 longo, breviores 2 — 2,5 mm longi usque ad Stigmata pubescentes v. superne glabri, ab 

 antheris 2,5— 3 mm reraoti, in parte tertia superiore flagellatim fissi. Fructus ovatus 

 v. ovato-globosns 8-10, raro — 13 mm longus, 6,5-8 crassus; valvae extrinseeus 

 glabrae, intus flavescentes v. viridi-flavescentes reticulato nervosae. Semina obovato- 

 oblonga 3—3,3//»» longa, 1,2—1,3/»/» crassa, demum brunnea, hilo conico, chalaza 

 prominente, arillo amplo intus supra medium ascendente, flavido-brunnescente. 



Habitat solummodo in Brasiliae prov. Rio de Janeiro, sed valde communis et ab 

 omnibus paene peregrinatoribus collecta. — Flor, et fruet. Oct. — Mart. 



7. Turnera Glaziovü Urb., ve.ris. fruticosa; stipulis 0,5-1 mm 

 longis; petiolis 5 — 12 mm longis, margine utroque ad et supra medium 

 glandulas 1 + 1 v. 2 + 2 satis amplas gerentibus; foliis lineari-lanceolatis 

 usque oblongo - lanceolatis , 4^/2 — 10-plo longioribus quam latioribus 

 glabris, supremis hypsophylloideis; floribus in axillis euphyllorum soli- 

 tariis et in apice ramorum in capitulum bracteosum collectis; peduneulis 

 — 2 mm longis, pedicellis nullis; calyce 12 — 16 mm longo; filamentis 



