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Urban: 



51. Tlirnera ulmifolia Linn, (ampl.), fruticulus v. herba suffruticosa 

 perennisve, pube simplice ad ramos circumcirca aequaliter disposita v. 

 raro paene deficiente; foliis 2 — 20 mm longe petiolatis, obovatis, ovatis 

 usque paene linearibus; peduuculis 2 — 15 mm longis; floribus liomo- v. 

 heterostylis; calyce 11 — 25 mm longo; petalis varie coloratis; antlieris 

 junioribus 2,5 — 6 mm longis, 0,6 — 1,5 mm latis; stylis apice solemniter 

 multipartitis, ramulis 10 — 30 filiformibus 1 — 2 mm longis; ovario 20 ad 

 200-ovulato; seminibus obovatis usque oblongis, obsolete v. parum curvatis, 

 elevatim reticulato-striatis, chalaza apicali, non v. parum prominula. 



Turnera ulmifolia Trian. et Plancli. Prodr. Flor. Noco-Granat. in 

 Ann. Sc. nat. V. Ser. XVII, 186, emend. 



Fornias speciei quam ruaxime variabilis insequentes propono: 



* Petalis luteis v. flavis, nunc supra basin atro violaceis, raro superne 



albescentibus. 



Var. a. orientalis Urb. foliis 2 — 2 1 / 2 -plo longioribus quam latiori- 

 bus, mediocriter pubescentibus, floribus homostylis, calyce 12 — 15 mm 

 longo, in 1 / 3 — 2 / 5 alt. tubuloso, petalis flavis unicoloribus, stylis antheras 

 bene aequantibus. 



Turnera ulmifolia Camb.l in St. HU. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 154. 



Fruticulus 30— 60 cm altus, ramis, foliis praesertim subtus, prophyllis, calyce 

 pilosis, pilis ramorum curvato-erectis. Folia 5 — 10 mm longe petiolata, inferiora et 

 intermedia ovata v. saepius breviter elliptica, basi obtusa v. plus minus cuneatim in 

 petiolum protracta, apice obtusa v. acuta, 2,5—4,5, raro — 6 cm longa, 1,5—2, raro— 3 cm 

 lata, usque supra medium v. fere ad basin crenato-serrata, superiora plerumqne an- 

 gustiora oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata acutiora. Pedunculi 4— 7 mm longi, toti ad- 

 nati; prophylla linearia v. lineari-subulata 6 — 10 mm longa, 0,5 — 1mm lata, margine 

 integra eglandulosa. Petala 10—18 mm longa, calycem parte '/« — Va e J us lon g i_ 

 tudinis snperantia. Capsula 6 — 8mm diametro, extrinsecns minute, sed manifeste 

 tuberculata. Semina oblonga 2,3—2,8 mm longa, 0,8—1 mm crassa. 



Habitat in Brasil iae prov. Bahia et Minus Geraes : Blanchet n. 292, St. Hilam 

 ß' n. 1292, Sello n. 762, 1196 et alii. 



Variat insuper 2° petalis ad. basin atroviolaceis, 



Habitat in prov. Bahia: Blanchet n. 2613 (ex parte). 



et 3° prophyllis anguste lanceolatis ramosinervibus 1—2 mm latis, 

 saepe denticulatis. 



Habitat in Guiana Angl, prope Pirara: Rob. Schomburgk 8. n. 



Yar. cuneiformis Urb. foliis obovatis v. subrhombeis, ad basin 

 cuneatis l 1 / 2 — 2-plo longioribus quam latioribus, floribus homostylis, 

 calyce 12— 15 mm longo in 1 / 9 — alt. tubuloso, petalis palüde flavis 

 ad basin atropurpureis, stylis antheras bene aequantibus. 



Turnera cuneiformü Poir.! in Lam. Encych VIII t42; DC. Prodr, 

 III, 346 (excl var. ß.); Camb.l in St. Hü. Flor. Bras. nur. IL 155. 



