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Urban : 



1,5 — 2 nun longi, interne pilosuli v. plane glabri , apice vix 0,5 mm longe fiagellatim 

 pluri-partiti. Ovarium 9 — 12-ovulatum. Fructus globulosus; valvae extrinsecus 

 sub lente brevissime tenuissimeque pilosae et obsolete rugoso-tuberculatae, intus fulvae 

 glabrae. Sernina obovata, 1,6 — 1,8 mm longa, 0,8 — 1 nun lata, reticulato-lacunosa, striis 

 transversis minus prominentibus, arillo intus ad v. nsque supra medium ascendente, 

 fulvescente. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Piauhy prope Oeiras, in collibus vulgaris m. April, flor.: 

 Gardner n. 2062, Schwache n. 1040. — Culc. in Rio de Janeiro ; Glaziou n. 9802. 



41. Turnera Calyptrocarpa Urb. ramulis hornotinis brevissime 

 pilosis v. apice tomentosulis; stipulis 3 mm longis; foliis obovatis v. 

 obovato-oblongis, 1,5 — 2,5 cm longis, 0,7 — 1,4 cm latis, basi excepta 

 profundiuscule serrato-crenatis; calyce 5 — 7 mm longo, in x / 3 alt. coalito; 

 petalis intus usque ad medium densiuscule, extrinsecus parcius pubes- 

 centibus; filamentis patenti-pilosulis ; seminibus parum curvatis. 



Icon: Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bros. XIII, III, t. 45. 



Rami vetustiores nigrescentes v. griseo-nigrescentes glabrati, epidermide fissarimosi, 

 hornotini manifeste striati v. angulati, pilis simplicibus flavidis sursum curvatis, papillis 

 sessilibus flavidis parum manifestis intermixtis, gemmis serialibus obsoletis v. parum 

 evolutis. Stipulae setaceae v. angustissime subulatae. Folia 2—4 mm longe petiolata, 

 basi cuneata in petiolum angustata, 2— 2'/ 2 -plo longiora quam latiora, supra pilis 

 brevissimis, ad nervum medium saepius dense aggregatis et longioribus hirtella obscura, 

 subtus albido- v. pallide flavescentia inter nervös breviter tomentosula, ad nervös ad- 

 presse hirsuta v. breviter pilosa; folia in ramulis abbreviatis angustiora, latiuscule ob- 

 longa v. oblongo-lanceolata. Flores dimorphi remotiusculi v. ad apicem ramulorum 

 abbreviatorum conferti; pedunculi subnulli usque ad 4 mm longi; prophylla ambitu 

 variabilia, nunc liguliformia integra v. denticello unico instructa, nunc superne obovato- 

 subrhombea et apice trifida, raro lanceolato-linearia, 2 — 5 mm longa, 0,8—2 mm lata, 

 supra basin appendicibus 2 subulato-setaceis 0,2 — 1 mm longis patentibus stipulata; 

 pedicelli nulli. Calyx extrinsecus adpresse pilosus v. breviter hirsutus, tubo intus 

 superne parce puberulo v. subglabro breviter campanulato v. hemisphaerico-infundibuli- 

 formi, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis 3-nervibus, nervo medio 0,2 — 0,8 mm longe 

 supra apicem producto, interioribus obtusiusculis saepius fimbriato-ciliatis. Petala 

 calycem fere duplo superantia, usque ad 10 mm longa, margine supero fiinbriato-ciliata. 

 Filameuta tubi basi circa 0,5 mm longe v. paullo altius adnata et basi ima inter sese 

 annulariter connata, ad basin extrinsecus incrassata, longiora 6 — 6,5 mm, breviora vix 

 supra 3 mm longa; antherae clausae subquadrato-orbiculares usque ovatae, 1 — 1,5 mm 

 longae, 0,7—0,8 mm latae, ligulato-apiculatae, in — alt. affixae et usque ad in- 

 sertioueui bicrures, defloratae praeter ligulam recurvam subrectae. Styli inferne v. ad 

 basin parce pilosuli v. plane glabri, apice breviter 10— 15-partiti v. -lobulati, nagello 

 0,3— 0,5 mm longo, ab antheris 2— 2,5 mm longe distante, longiores 4— 5 mm, breviores 

 1 — 1,5 mm longi. O variu m 15 -25-ovulatum. Fructus (ex specim. Martianis) calyce 

 corollaque emarcida diu obtectus v. quasi calyptratus, breviter ovato-globosus, er. 4 mm 

 longus, 3 mm crassus; valvae dorso brevissime pilosulae et ob nervös dense reticulato- 

 impressos obsolete tuberculatae, intus glabrae badiae. Semina a dorso anguste obo- 

 vata, inferne attenuata 1,8—2 mm longa, 0,8—1 mm crassa, reticulato-striata, apice 

 obtusa, basi subito in hilum contracta, arillo laterali longitudine'seminis. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Bahia et Cearä: Blanchet n. 3863, Marlius n. 2299, 

 Gardner n. 2406: praeterea Glaziou n. 10877, 10881. — Flor, et fruet. m. Febr.— April. 



