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OSBECKIA chiiien^s. 

 Chinese Osbeckia, 



OCT^VNDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. MelA5TOM£. JuOtieu gen. 328. Ihv, 



Melastomace.^. Brown bot. of Congo. 15. 



OSBECKIA. Cal. dentibus 4-5 deciduis, squamis totidem iiitermediis 

 ciliaribus. Petala 4-5. Antkeros rostratx. Caps. 4-&-locularis, tubo 

 truncato calycis vestita. Smith in Rees's cgchp. in loco. 



O. ckinaais, foliis sessilibus, calycibus glabris. Willd. $p. pi 2. 300. 

 Osbeckia chinensis. Linn. ntppL 215. Oab. it. (ed. angl.) 1. 342. t. 2./. 1. 



2. ei vol. 3. 350. Lamarck illustr. t. ^183. f. a. b. c. Lmireiro cochin. 229. 



Sufihitex? $esqni-bipedalis, debilis, ramosiu, diatantir Joltosm: rami 

 xubrubentet, appresse kispidi, 4-goni, axillares, altemi, divisi, patenter. 

 Fol. decussttto-opposita, aubsessilia, lanceolato-oblonga, 'S-nervia, getulit de- 

 cumbentibus kispida, infra pallida hirsutioraqve, margine levimm^ crenv- 

 lata, subseaquiuncialia V. hreviora latitudine feri i[ uncuE, divaricato-paten- 

 tia : petioli subr-ubentes brevissimi v. aubjtulli, basi lined prominuld interpctio- 

 lari aetis elongatis pon'ectis ciltatd per paria utrtngue connexi. Tlores lilacino' 

 rtd>ente8, erecti, terminalea, eontracto-cgmoti ; cymae aimpHcea trijlora v. com- 

 poaita maltifiorce foliia cruciato-gvatemis invohtcrata; pari oppoato duplo v. 

 ultra minors ; pedunculi setis raris hispidi, breves^ teretea, bi-trichotomi , 

 pedicellis \-floris, trichotomiamm lateraHbaa cum bracteis 2 omoaitia ovato- 

 oblongia acutia hitpido-ciUatis ad basin. CaL bremor coroUi^ virens ; tubo 

 cmiaceo-firmo cupulato-obhngo subglabro infra limbum hiberculia panda seta 

 preefixis hie inde mvricato vel mmc uno ntfr qnodgue segmentum limbi, per- 

 sistente ; Umbo A-partito steUato, deciduo, segmeniis e basi laid acvmiuatis, 

 dliatis, bremoribus tubo, herbaceo-membranosis, ciliatia, setd elongatd pra^ 

 fixis cum vnd vel et alterd ad dorsum^ per lobulos totidem iutercalares alier- 

 nos bacilliformes duplo breviera setA prafxos deciduos iniercepiia. Cor. 

 imbricato-rotata: pet. 4-G (rarUu 6), J uucia t>. eirdt^ profrmda, oblato- 

 rotunda, nipemi dliata, tubo summo cah/cis inserta, unguiculo obaoleto luteo. 

 Stam. 8-10, eodem puncto ac petala, quibus eequalia, inserta ; antherai^aiw 

 introrate, lineari-obl&ngtB, filamento articulatim imposita, ante anthesin ad 

 basin germinis naque immerso-infiexa, ddndi arrecta, rostro continvo cylin- 

 drico osculo obUquo patulc forato terminaH, ventre corrugato (rugis ex cov^ 

 tractione quasi peristalticS pro poUine gnanoao fuido per rostri on/tdum 

 expellendo proeeaienHbus? ) Germ, tuboealydno kitens, albicans, aubrotun- 

 dum, ghbrum, scrobicnlis totidem guot antheris exculptum, 5-toc., pobfspcr- 

 mum, infeme cum cabfce per septa scrobiaUarum intergerina connexum, su- 

 pemi &-gonum angulis compreasis d darto setosU, aetU aummia ngidis w 

 eoronam strigoaam persistentem drca basm stgli confhenHhua : stylus corolla 

 c^qualis. robustus, teres, glaber, palUdus, deddmis : »Ug. apex obtusus villo- 

 Miusculus. 



Differs from zeylamca by a smooth ribless calyx and 

 nearly sessile leaves; besides being a mucfi larger shrubUke 

 plant, from a foot and a half to two feet h%h. 



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