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OSBECKIA stellata. 
Nepal Osbeckia. 
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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MELASTOMACEE. Jussieu gen. 328. Brown bot. of Congo. 
15. Div. II. Germen inferum. 
OSBECKIA. Supra vol. 7. fol. 542. 
O. stellata, foliis lanceolato-oblongis acuminatis 5-nerviis ramisque hispidis, 
calyce urceolato oblongo muricibus radiato-setosis implexé hirsuto: sta- 
minibus adscendentibus, antheris flexuosis filamento longioribus. Don 
MSS. 
Osbeckia stellata. Hamilton in herb. Lambertiano. 
Frutex erectus, bipedalis v. ultra, setuloso-hispidus: rami 4-goni, oppo- 
siti rariüs alterni, superne rubentes. Fol. opposita, patentissima, 2-6-unci- 
alia latitudine triplo feré minore, virentia, hispida: petiolus rubescens, plu- 
riés brevior. Flores lilacino-rubentes, speciosi diametro subbiunciali, termi- 
nales v. rariüs axillares, solitarii geminative, sepé subglomerato-approximati, 
in pedicello brevi robusto 4-gono subsessiles. Cal. urceolato-oblongus, viridi- 
pallens, uncialis (estivans bracteis late ovatis membranaceis fuscis ciliatis 
caducis subtensus ), limbi decidui 4-partiti segmenta stellato-patentia, recta, 
lanceolato-linearia penicillis setosis laxiüs hirsuta, murice radiatá terminata, 
pluribusque similibus in sini quoque intercalaribus. Cor. 4-petala, patentis- 
sima, petalis obcordato-rotunda, ciliata, venosa. Stam. 8, equalia, inclusa, ar- 
cuato-assurgentia, laxiüs fasciculata, lutea, glabra: anth. filamento equales 
v. longiores, lineari-rostrate, sigmoideo-curvate, rostro longo terminate, à 
basi declivi subcordato-acuminatá filamento absque stipite intermedio affixe. 
Stylus sensi staminum contrario inclinatus, superné curvatus: stig. punctum 
terminale pruinosum, virens. Germ. calyce reconditum, subrotundo-ovatum, 
rostro setoso terminatum. Caps. sicca, 4-locularis, calyce vestita; recepta- 
cula 4, magne, axi mediá cui longitudinaliter adnata duplo breviora: sem. 
numerosa, scabra. Don MSS. 
A handsome-flowered species just introduced into our 
hothouses from the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. Native of 
Nepal, where it was observed by Dr. F. Hamilton in 1802, 
near Narainhetty. In Mr. Lambert's Herbarium we find 
numerous samples collected by Doctors Wallich and F. Ha- 
milton in the places of their spontaneous growth. 
Drawn at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, in the King's 
Road, Chelsea ; where it is cultivated in the hothouse. 
An upright shrub two feet high or more, bristly furred : 
branches 4-cornered, opposite, seldom alternate, reddening 
