838 lxiii.* turnerace^e. [Turnera. 
species, chiefly American. Two species of Turnera have run wild 
in the Straits. 
TURNERA, Linn. 
Description as above. 
Flowers white with maroon eye • ( r ) hk ) iuil 1 9 ra 
Flowers bright yellow . . • • • * ( 2 ) T. ulmifolia 
(1) T. trioniflora Sims Bot. Mag. 2106. 
Shrubby herb about 18 in. tall. Leaves narrowly lanceolate 
acuminate, base long narrowed, serrate, 2*25 in. long, 1 in. wide, 
upper ones smaller, glabrous above; nerves 9 pairs, slender, hairy 
beneath; petiole *2 in. long, strigose. Flowers sub-sessile m 
terminal axils. Calyx-lobes 75 in. long, narrow acuminate, stngose. 
Corolla 2 in. across, pale yellow with a black centre. Stamens 
black. Capsule *3 in. long, hairy. Hob. Damp, open country, 
Singapore, Tanglin, Penang, BatifFeringhi (Curtis). 
This has been reduced to a form of T. ulmifolia, but no two species could 
be more dissimilar. 
(2) T. ulmifolia Linn. Sp. Pl. 387; Bot. Mag. t. 281 and 
t. 4137 (T. angustifolia). 
A stiff branched herb 12 in. tall. Leaves herbaceous lanceo¬ 
late or ovate lanceolate dentate serrate narrowed to base, hairy 
all over; nerves slender, 9 pairs, 3*5 in- long, 1 in. wide; petioles 
75 in. long. Flowers solitary in terminal axils. Calyx of 5 long 
lanceolate acuminate segments, 2 in. long strigose. Corolla 2 in. 
wide, deep yellow. Petals 5, round, clawed. Stamens yellow. 
Hob. Sandy open spots, Singapore, Tanjong Katong; langlm. 
Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distrib. South America. Now 
established in the Mascarene Isles, India, Ceylon, Cocos and 
Christmas islands. 
Order LXIV. PASSIFLORACE^. 
Twining herbs or shrubby at base, with tendrils, more rarely 
trees. Leaves alternate, often lobed, stipulate. Inflorescence 
axillary, cymose. Flowers regular. Calyx tubular at the base, 
lobes imbricate 5 - Petals none or as many as the calyx-lobes rising 
from the calyx-tube, a corona of one or more rows of filaments 
from the tube mouth. Stamens 5, on a gynophore. Anthers oblong. 
Ovary superior on the gynophore, 1-celled; styles 3, with reniform 
stigmas. Fruit, a berry many-seeded or a capsule. Species about 
300, chiefly in the tropics of South America. The Papaya (Canca 
Papaya, L.), Malay name, Betik, is usually referred to this Order. 
