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UALYCIFLOR.E. 
yellow flower, but is not attractive. There appear to be 
two varieties: 1. a broad leaved, growing in damp situ- 
ations; and 2. a narrow leaved, to be found on dry banks. 
2. Turnera acuta. Acute-leavecl Turnera. 
Flowers subsessile, leaves lanceolate acuminate 
at both ends strongly nerved crenato-serrated 
glabrous or slightly pubescent biglandulose at the 
base, bracteoles small subulate deciduous, styles 
rather shorter than the stamens. 
Spreng. Sijst. I. 940 — DC. Prod. III. ^4G. 
II A B. Dry banks. 
F L. After rain. 
Flowers yellow, the size of those of linum trigy- 
num, Petioles 3-4 lines in length. Bracteoles setaceous, 
and oppressed to the calyx. — DC. The absence of pub- 
escence and the subulate bracteoles distinguish this spo 
cies from the preceding. 
3. Turnera pumilea. Dwarf Turnera . 
Flowers sessile furnished with 2 linear stipitate 
bractete, leaves broad-lanceolate deeply serrated 
hairy eglandulose, styles and stamens longer than 
the petals. 
Pumilea minima hirsuta, foliis angustis profunde serratis. 
Bi ' owne , Jam. 188. — Turnera pumilea, Swartz, Obs. 110. 
II AH. Dry sandy plains and savannahs. 
F L. After the October rains. 
Herbaceous, 3-4 inches in height, frequently decumbent, 
branched. Leaves alternate, crowded towards the ends 
of the branches : petioles flower-bearing. Bracteoles 2, 
linear, erect. Flowers small, yellow. Calycine lobes 
linear, acute, erect, hairy. Petals 5, deciduous, clawed, 
subrotund at the apex. Filaments subulate: anthers ob- 
long. Ovary ovate : styles 3 : stigmata subdivided. Cap- 
sule 1-celled : valves 3, revolute. Seeds roundish, com- 
pressed. 
2. Flowers in a terminal raceme. 
4. Turnera cistoides. Cistus-like Turnera. 
Raceme leafy, pedicels arising from the axil of 
