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Urban : 



obovato-cuneatis v. saepius ellipticis v. elliptico-oblongis, obtusis v. 

 acutis, basi cuneatis, 1 — 6 cm longis, 0,5 — 1,5 cm latis, 2 — 5-plo lon- 

 gioribus quam latioribus, basi glandulis 1+1 ornatis; floribus dimorphis; 

 pedunculis 2 — 10 mm longis, basi tantum v. fere ad prophylla cum 

 petiolis coalitis; prophyllis aequalibus linearibus 3 — 6 mm longis, 0,4 ad 

 0,8 mm latis eglandulosis; pedicellis — 1,5 mm longis; calyce 10 — 17 mm 

 longo, in 1 / 4 — 2 /s ait - coalito; stylis superne parce strigulosis v. glabres- 

 centibus, in J / 4 — 1 / 2 parte superiore flagellatis. 



Turner a nana Camb. in St. Hü. Flor. Bras. mer. 77, 159 (219); 

 Walp. Repert. II, 229. 



Caules erecti v. arcuato-erecti, simplices, teretes, 1 — 2 mm crassi, pilis brevibus 

 v. crassitie caulis dimidia longioribus arcuato-erectis et adpressis v. patentibus 

 flavidis v. ochroleucis inferne laxius, superne densius v. densissime vestiti. Folia 

 inferiora parcissima valde distantia, internodiis pluries breviora, orbiculari- v. obovato- 

 cuneata v. squamiforrnia, suprema conferta, antice v. usque supra medium, saepius in- 

 aequaliter, crenata v. serrata, utrinque pubescentia v. subtus inter nervös breviter 

 tomentoso-villosa. Flor es ex axillis foliorum plerumque omnium, imi saepius steriles. 

 Calyx extrinsecus pilosus, intus in tubo cylindraceo-campanulato praesertim superiore 

 dense pubescens, lobis lanceolatis brevissime v. obsolete apiculatis, 3- v. 5-nervibus. 

 Petala calycem dimidio superantia, aurea obovata cuneata, 14 — 18 mm longa, glabra. 

 Filamenta tubo vix v. — 0,4 mm longe adnata, glabra, longiora 8 — 9 mm, breviora 

 4,5—7 mm longa; antherae clausae elliptico-oblongae v. oblongae, 2,2—3 mm longae, 

 1 mm latae, obtusae, in V 3 alt. affixae, basi breviter emargiuatae, defloratae revolutae 

 v. parum recurvatae. Styli longiores valde variabiles 6,5—10 mm longi, in parte 

 »/ 4 — */ 5 sup. iterum dividendo multipartiti, antheras 1,5 — 5 mm longe superantes, 

 breviores 4—4,5 mm longi, in J / 5 — '/a parte sup. flagellati, basin antherarum attin- 

 gentes. Ovarium breviter ovatum, dense v. densissime pilosum, 20 — 50-ovulatum. 



Habitat in Brasilia, in campis nuperrime crematis in parte deserta occidentalique 

 prov. Minas Geraes quam vocant Sertäo: St. Hilaire B L n.1956; inprov. Goyaz inter 

 Goyaz et Cavalcante: Burchell n. 7879; ad Engenho Bernardino: Pohl n. 1272. — 

 Flor. Sept. 



17. Tumera Pohliana Urb. caulibus 20 — 25 cm altis hirsutis in- 

 ferne subnudis; foliis 2—5 mm longe petiolatis, obovatis v. ellipticis, 

 apice obtusis v. obtusiusculis, basi cuneatis, 3,5 — 5 cm longis, 1,5—2,5 cm 

 latis, 1 1 /2 — 2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, basi glandulis 1 + 1 v. 2 + 2 

 amplis obsitis; floribus dimorphis; pedunculis inferioribus 20 — 25 mm 

 longis, supra basin 2—5 mm longe adnatis, superioribus 10 — 15 mm 

 longis usque ad medium v. fere ad prophylla coalitis; prophyllis inferi- 

 oribus oblongis v. oblongo -lanceolatis 10 mm longis, 2 — 4 mm latis, 

 superioribus oblongo-linearibus v. linearibus 5 — 7 mm longis, vix 1 mm 

 latis, ad v. infra medium utrinque subtus ad marginem glandula ampla 

 ornatis; pedicellis subnullis; calyce 15 — 18 mm longo, in 1 / \ alt. coalito; 

 stylis glabris in parte 2 / 5 — 1 / 2 sup. fissi. 



Caules e basi lignescente plures erecti v. arcuato-erecti, simplices, 1—2 mm crassi, 

 teretes v. subangulati, pilis divaricatis crassitie caulis dimidia longioribus flavescentibus 

 v. ochroleucis, praesertim superne, dense hirsuti, ad apicem crebre foliosi. Folia a 



