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Urban: 



breviter et tenuissime pilosulis v. subglabris, antheris ligülatis glabris; 

 ovario glabro 30 — 40-ovulato; valvis dorso tuberculatis ; seminibus 

 tenuissime v. obsolete striatulis. 



Rami hornotini brunnei v. nigrescentes, elevato-striati v. subangulati, superne pilis 

 brevissimis pallide flavidis erectis dense obsiti v. ad apicem subvelutiui, geminis serialibus 

 inter ramos et flores minutis raro conspicuis. Stipulae ad petiolorum basin trianguläres 

 v. triangulari-lanceolatae. Folia 10 — 20 cm longa, 1 — 4 cm lata, utrinque aequaliter 

 angustata v. apice acuminata, ad basin longius in petiolutn angustata, margine sub- 

 recurvato integra v. undulato-crenata, eglandulosa v. supra basin margine ipso glan- 

 duloso-einarginata, nervis utrinque subaequaliter prominentibus, pleraque reflexa, suprema 

 subito ad bracteas dense aggregatas lineares 3 — 1 cm longas et 3 — 1 mm latas erectas 

 v. subincurvas, margine ini'ero glanduliferas, supero saepins minute serratas, utrinque 

 dense pilosulas reducta. Flores dimorphi; prophylla lineari-subulata 4— 7 mm longa, 

 0,7 — 1mm lata, coriacea, margine infero denticulis parcis serrata. Calyx extrinsecus 

 densissime et brevissime striguloso-pilosus, in alt. coalitus, tubo campanulato intus 

 glabro, lobis lanceolatis, 0,5—0,8 mm longe e dorso sub apice corniculatis, 3-nervibus. 

 Petala calyceni dimidio superantia, verisimiliter pallide flava, 15— 18 mm longa, intus 

 inferne secus nervum medium puberula. Filamenta tubo imo 1mm longe adnata 

 et hoc loco dilatata et sese attingentia, longiora 6 — 8 mm longa; antherae juniores 

 oblongo-lineares, 3—3,5 mm longae, 0,7—0,8 mm latae, in 1 / 4 alt, affixae, basi in '/« — V» 

 alt. emarginatae, defloratae superne subrecurvatae. Styli breviores 2,5 mm longi 

 crassiusculi, pilis erectis dense hirtelli, ab antheris 1,3 — 1,5 mm distantes, in parte 2 / 5 

 superiore flagellatim multipartiti. 



Habitat verisimiliter in Brasilia septentrionali, culta in Rio de Janeiro: Glaziou 

 n. 9852 et 9857 (Herb. Kew.). 



8. Turnera Brasiliensis Willd., fmticulus, stipulis 0,3 — 0,5 mm 

 longis; petiolis 2 — 15 mm longis, margine glandulas 2 + 2 ad 4 + 4 amplas 

 praebentibus; foliis oblongis, elliptico-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis, 2 x / 2 — 4-plo 

 longioribus quam latioribus, supra brevissime hirtellis, omnibus aequa- 

 libus; floribus in capitula axillaria et pseudoterminalia 5 — 12-flora cymosa 

 collectis; pedunculis et pedicellis nullis; calyce 6—8 mm longo; filamentis 

 densiuscule pilosulis; antheris obtuse apiculatis glabris; ovario glabro 

 7 — 12-ovulato; valvis dorso verrucis cylindraceo-elongatis dense obsitis; 

 seminibus subcurvatis obsolete et tenuissime impresso-punctulatis, striis 

 reticuli vix conspicuis, tenuiter puberulis. 



Var. a. foliis 5 — 15 mm longe petiolatis, 8 — 15 cm longis, 3 — 4,5 cm 

 latis, 3— 4-plo longioribus quam latioribus. 



Turnera Brasiliensis Willd. Msc. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. V, 678 et 

 Herb. n. 6084!; DC. Prodr. III, 348. 



Icon: Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bros. XIII, III, t. 37, f. 1. 

 Var. ß. brevifolia Urb. foliis 2 — 5 mm longe petiolatis, 4,5—7 cm 

 longis, 2 — 2,5 cm latis, 2^2 — 3 _ pl° longioribus quam latioribus. 

 Icon; Urb. I. c. t. 37, f. II. 



Fruticulus 0,4— 1 m altus multicaulis; rami vetustiores brunnescentes v. nigres- 

 centes, postremo tandem subglabrescentes, hornotini pilis brevissimis sursum curvatis 



