98 



Urban : 



Turner a subglabra Klotzsch! Msc. in Rieh. Schomb. Faun. u. Flor. 

 Brit. Guian. 984. 



Rami vetustiores glabri v. glabrescentes, epidermide nitida brunneo-cinerascente 

 obtecti, manifeste subirregulariter striati, teretes, hornotini pilis ourvato-erectis v. ad- 

 pressis brevissimis flavescentibus, saltetn ad apicem, laxe v. dense adspersi, subangulati, 

 geinmis serialibus inter rarnulos floresque ac ranios manifestis, nunc evolutis et flori- 

 feris. Stipulae minutae 0,7—1 mm longae, anguste subulatae. Folia 5 — 10 mm 

 longe petiolata, 3,5—5 cm lata, margine basi excepta subregulariter v. duplicato- 

 crenata, nervis supra obsolete, subtus inagis prominentibus, in ramalis serialibus duplo 

 et ultra breviora. Pedunculi compressi, superne paullatim dilatati; prophylla basi 

 appendieibus rninimis solitariis setaeeis v. longioribus profunde v. fere usque ad basin 

 in lacinias 3 — 4 subulatas fissis stipulata, acuminata, integra v. papillis nonnullis 

 flavis serrulata v. parce et remote denticellata, raro inferne ad marginem glandulis 

 2 v. 4 instrueta. Calyx extrinsecus dense et 'breviter strigoso-pilosus, tubo sub- 

 cylindrico intus superne densiuscule puberulo, lobis anguste lanceolatis v. lanceolato- 

 linearibus, 3- v. 5-nervibus, nervo medio supra apicem v. in interioribus e dorso 

 0,8—1,4 mm longe mucronato-produeto. Petala calycem paullo v. usque parte 4-ta 

 superantia, aurantiaca, obovato-cuneata, apiculata, 15—22 mm longa, 12 — 15 mm lata, 

 glabra. Filamenta supra basin extrinsecus incrassata, e basi latiore angustata, 

 superne filiformia, longiora 16 — 18 mm, breviora 11 — 12 mm longa; antherae juniores 

 oblongo-lineares v. lineari-subulatae, 4—5 mm longae, 1 — 1,3 nun latae, obsolete 

 apiculatae, basi non v. vix (usque ad 10-mam partem) emarginatae, dorso in coneavitate 

 ampla affixae, defloratae rectae. Styli basi remotiusculi glabri v. inferne parce hirsuti, 

 breviores 8—9 mm longi, a basi antherarum 3—5 mm distantes, apice flavo er. 1,5 mm 

 longe lobulato-flagellato. Ovarium ovato-trigonum , truncatum, pilis brevibus v. 

 brevissimis sericeo-puberulum v. inferne subglabrum, 50— 75-ovulatum. Fructus 

 globulosus v. ovato-globulosus, 7 — 8 mm diametro; valvae dorso brunneae, pilis erectis 

 brevibus obsitae v. subglabrae, intus ferrugineae glabrae. Semina obovata, inferne 

 valde attenuata et parum curvata, 2,5 — 3 mm longa, 1,5— 1,8 mm lata, brunnea, Mio 

 breviter prominente semigloboso, chalaza paullo protracta coneaviuscula, arillo semen 

 dimidium cingente et fere usque ad apicem ascendente. 



Habitat in Guiana Anglica in planitiebus arenosis ad Essequibo et Rupunony : Roh 

 Schomburgk n. 291, Rieh. Schomburgk n. 306 et 1267, Pollard n. 16, ad Essequibo : 

 Appun n. 330, Jenman n. 988, 1087, ad Mazaruni: Jenman n. 785. — Flor. April., 

 Sept.— Oct. 



12. Turnera velutina Benth. petiolis sub apice glandulas 1 + 1, 



raro 2 + 2 gereutibus; foliis ovatis, apice obtusis, raro acutatis, basi 

 leviter cordatis, 4—6 cm longis, 2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, ad- 

 ultis supra brevissime et dense pilosis, subtus griseo-tomentosis, margine 

 subtus ad incisuras obsolete glanduliferis ; floribus dimorphis; peduneulis 

 8 — 12 mm longis; prophyllis lanceolato- v. lineari-subulatis, 3 — 5 mm 

 longis, 0,6 — 1/2 mm latis; calyce 20 mm longo, in ! / 3 alt. coalito; 

 filamentis tubo vix 1 mm longe adnatis, in 1 / 3 alt. pilosulis. 



Turnera velutina Benth.! in Hook. Journ. of Bot. IV, 116; Walp. 

 Repert. II, 229, — non Presl. 



Turnera Benthamiana Rieh. Schomb.! Faun. u. Flor. Brit. Guian. 

 1166. 



