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OSBECKIA stellata, var. 
Starry Osbeckia, with small scales. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MELASTOMACES. 
OSBECKIA, Linn. Calyx tubo ovato v. oblongo, inferne cum ovarii 
basi connato, seepe setis a basi palmatis v. pube stellata aut rarissime simplici 
vestito, limbi quadri quinquefidi laciniis eum totidem appendicibus alternan- 
tibus. Corolle petala 4 v. 5, calycis fauci inserta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, 
ovata v. obovata. Stamina 8 v. 10, cum petalis inserta, subzequalia ; anthere 
- oblongo-lineares, subarcuatee, rostratee, unipoross, connectivo ad basim in- 
crassato, antice breviter bicalcarato v. biauriculato sive mutico. Ovarium 
semiinferum, vertice libero, conico setosum, quadri-quinqueloculare, loculis 
multiovulatis. Stylus filiformis, infra apicem incrassatus ; stigma punctiforme. 
Capsula sicca, calycis tubo sursum truncato inclusa, quadri-quinquelocularis, 
superne loculicede quadri-quinquevalvis. Semina plurima, cochleata. 
Frutices v. suffrutices, in Asia et Africa tropica crescentes, plerumque setoso- 
asperi; ramulis magis minusve tetragonis, foliis oppositis, rarissime verticil- 
latis, nervosis, subintegerrimis, floribus terminalibus, sepe capitatis, bracteato- 
involucratis, nunc solitariis, rarius racemosis v. subcorymbosis, purpurascentibus, 
speciosis. —Endl. gen. 6221. 
Sect. IV. Ospecktarıa, DC. Cal. 4-5 fidi, setis a basi palmatis per totum 
tubum ornati; appendices plumose aut ssepius pectinatee ; lobi demum 
cum appendicibus decidui ore calycis truncato. 
O. stellata ; caule suffruticoso tetragono sursüm pilis adpressis scabro, foliis 
petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis septemnerviis utrinque presertim supra 
pilosis subtus viridibus, pedunculis trifloris terminalibus, bracteis ovatis 
patulis citó deciduis, calycis appendicibus in setis longis solutis, petalis 
4 subrotundis calyce multó longioribus. 
O. stellata 9, DeCand. Prodr. 3. 142. 
Of this fine plant, seldom seen now in our gardens, there 
are two very distinct varieties. Of these one has the curious 
fringed scales with which the calyx is coated, so closely 
arranged that the whole surface is covered over with a mat 
of entangled bristles. A figure of this has already been given 
at plate 674 of this work. The other, with a narrower calyx, 
whose scales stand wide apart, so as to shew its sides between 
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