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OSBECKIA zeylanica. 



Ceylonese Osbeckia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIj^. 



NaL ard. Mbla$tom£. Juaieu gen* 328, Div. IL 

 Meu^stomacbje. Braum bot. of Congo* 1&. 

 OSBECKIA. Supra JhL 642. 



O. zeylaniea, foliis petiolatis calycibuB hispidis. WHU* $p. pt* 3. SOO. 

 Osbeckia zeylanica. Xdnn. nt§^L 21&. Hort. Kew. «d. 2. 3. 340. 

 Schinophora maderaspatana, sideritis non serratis nenroua f^liitf fructA 



capsular! Caucalidis aemulo. PHk. aim. 132. 1. 173. /. 4. 



Fnitex appressi shigosus ; rami mpositi, axiUares, er&sti, A-gmi, biwU 

 eati, ad sulcarum margmem $aturatius mreates, Fol^, mporitUf decumttt^- 

 distantia, ovali-lanceolata, patentia, 3-nema, letu^ deaukbentibtu Mhi- 

 go$a: pet^ breves, strigosif oati lined prominuld ietis bmgwrUmM porrectU 

 ciliatA utrinque connexi. C^se termmaks pauei(5)fiora,foliiM 4 smbtenuB, 

 bract€at{e, jtorihus tubsesnltbus aBn$ r. cameo-fubrubentima, diametro wh 

 ciaH ad iesqutunciakm* €!aL viretcenM temi-4r^. 6'^fidus; tubus axt^ 

 spinU viridwiu radiatoHiompoHtiM pateniibui vmrieatm; aegQ^aM* wvatih 

 oblonga, acuminata, ciliata, bmgitudine fermi tubi^ ieU hngi&ri rimpGci 

 prmfixa^ gmnd extemarum cmfarmi insterttincta, cafentm ghbra atqne 

 enerma. Petala 4-5, lato-obavata, deamm ctmemta, pnbe mhmti niir^ 

 capitatdjimbruita, Stam. 8-10, wroM brmi&ra, <iUenm(i»bi 10), ^wMrp- 

 xAora^ effceti&ra v. iardiora ; fil. virentia, Jilifomiia ; antli. Kneari-attenuattB, 

 articulato-affixa, Jlavm, ad ventrem molaceo-tim^a, eroitres, apiee foraUe^ 

 hculi 2 receptacuio hasi incurvato iniiUgue tUtfymo^praiuberante adnatu 

 Germ. paUide virens, eUipticumy gb^rumy 4-(5-) toeulare, $eti$ 8-(l0, pare 

 uno pro singulo loculo) simplicibus circa bann §tgli prmfocum : stylus virens, 

 cglindricus, robtistus^ glaber, obsoleti curvalw: stigma apex obtutu$pa- 

 puSomi. 



As in Osbeckia chinensis of the 542d number of this 

 publication, the flowers in the present species vary with from 

 8 to 10 parts ; but in that, ten seemed the predominant 

 number, while in this, eight seems to be the prevailing one. 

 Here when the stamens are ten the alternate five are smaller 

 and paler than the other five. The flowers are white with a 

 purple fringe of minute glandularly tipped hairs. In the 

 dried samples the petals appear of a light pink colour. 



Introduced from the East Indies by Sir Joseph Banks in 

 1799. The drawing was taken in the hothouse belonging 

 to Messrs. Colvill in the King's Road, Chelsea. 



