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MELASTOMACEiE. XXXIV. Osbeckia. 



nearly the length of the tube. Petals 4, obovate, somewhat lanceolate. T2 . S. Native of the East Indies, on the Nelli 



truncately acuminated, rose-coloured, largish. Stamens 8. 

 Style a little curved. Capsule elliptic, 4-5-celled. 



Ceylon Osbeckia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1799. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



18 0, ANGUSTiFOLiA (D. Dou, prod. fl. nep. p. 221.) stem her- 



gherry mountains, where it is called 

 hardly an inch long. Stamens 8. 



Taheri-Guida* Leaves 



Leschenaulfs Osbeckia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



24 O. Manillia^na (D. C. 1. c.) suffruticose ; branches te- 



baceous, straight, tetragonal, beset w^ith adpressed strigse ; leaves tragonal, and are as well as the petioles hispid ; leaves petiolate, 



ovate-lanceolate, tapering to the apex, 3-nerved, beset with ad- ovate, acuminated, 5-nerved, somewhat ciliately serrated, and 



pressed bristles ; flowers bracteate, aggregate into terminal few- with a few scattered hairs on both surfaces, pale beneath ; 



flowered heads; calyx tubular, glabrous, with 4 oval-oblong lobes, flowers terminal, and in the forks of the branches, 3-5 in a 



having the appendages between the lobes ending in a palmated tuft 



of bristles; ovarium crowned by 8 bristles. %* S. Native of the lobes and appendages deciduous. Pj . S. 



fascicle ; tube of calyx beset with long stellate hairs : having 



Native of Ma- 



Nipaul. Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 3. p. 33. t. 251. O. ciliaris and O. 

 tenuis Hamilt. herb. Flowers purple. Anthers 8, furnished with 

 a long slender beak each. Very nearly allied to O. Nipaulensts, 

 Narrow-leaved Osbeckia. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



nilla, one of the Philippine Islands. Flowers large, purple, 

 almost like those of a species Lasidndra* 



Manilla Osbeckia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



25 O. a'spera (Blum, in hot. zeit. 1831. no. 27. p. 474.) 



19 O. linea'ris (Blum, in hot. zeit. 1831. no. 27. p. 473.) shrubby, rough from short strigose bristles ; branches obscurely 

 plant herbaceous, beset with short strigose bristles; branches tetragonal; leaves on short petioles, oblong- ovate, or oblong- 

 tetragonal; leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; heads lanceolate, acute, obtuse at the base, 3-nerved ; flowers decan- 

 terminal, few-flowered, bracteate ; calyx furnished with 5 ap- 

 pendages at the throat, terminating in palmate bristles ; caly- 

 cine segments ovate-oblong, acute, ciliated ; ovarium crowned 

 by numerous bristles. 1/ . S. Native of Java, near Batavia, 



drous, on short pedicels, terminal, subracemose ; calyx clothed 

 with adpressed down, furnished with subulate, minute appen- 

 dages at the throat ; calycine segments ovate-oblong, obtuse ; 

 ovarium rather downy. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon. Melastoma 



in humid places; also of the Moluccas. Tristemma angusti- aspera, Lin. spec. p. 560. Rheed. mal. 4. p. 91. t. 43. Ruroph. 



amb. 4. p. 135. t. 71. Flowers red or purple. 



Rough Osbeckia. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



26 O. UE^PEKs (D. C. prod. 3. p. 142.) stem suffruticose, 

 branched, creeping at the base, tetragonal at the apex, gla- 

 brous ; leaves petiolate, roundish-obovate, somewhat cuneated 

 at the base, 3-5-nerved, glabrous, almost quite entire; flowers 

 terminal, solitary, on short pedicels ; tube of calyx beset with 

 chaffy bristles ; lobes 4-7, lanceolate : with the appendages between 



Native of China. Melas- 

 toma repens, Desrous. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 54. Rhexia heteran- 



Flowers rose-coloured. 



the lobes spiny-ciliated. Ij . S. 



th^ra, Bonpl. rhex. t. 23» 



celled. Habit of Cornus Canadensis. 



Capsule 5- 



Creeping Osbeckia. Shrub creeping. 



27 O. octa'ndra (D. C. prod. 3. p. 142.) stems suffruticose, 

 glabrous, but beset with adpressed bristles at the tops, creeping 



folia, Blum, bijdr. p. 1079. 



Xinear-leaved Osbeckia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



20 O. Nipaule'nsis (Hook, exot. fl. t. 31.) suffruticose; 

 branches somewhat tetragonal, rough from short adpressed 

 bristles; leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, beset with short, ad- 

 pressed hairs, 5-nerved ; flowers bracteate, in fascicles ; scales 

 of calyx broad and palmately ciliated ; calycine lobes deci- 

 duous, length of the tube, which is obovate. Tj . G. Native of 

 Nipaul. O. ^peciosa, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 222. Petals 

 5, obovate, violaceous. Anthers 10, somewhat falcate, undu- 

 lated. Fruit 5-celled, truncate, naked from the scales being 

 deciduous. 



Far. /3, alhiflbra (Lindl. bot. reg. 1475.) flowers white. T2. 

 S.. Native of Nipaul. 



Nipaul Osbeckia. FL June. Clt. 1821. Sh. 2 to 3 feet. ^ , ^ _, 



21 O. stella'ta (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 674. and prod. fl. at the base; leaves petiolate, ovate, 3-nerved besides the 

 nep. p. 221.) suffruticose ; branches rough from adpressed hairs; marginal nervules, glabrous, except the margins and the nerves 

 leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 5-nerved, beset on the under surface, which are beset with adpressed t^^'^^f ^ 

 with stiff hairs on both surfaces ; flowers corymbose ; tube of 

 calyx elongated, urceolate, covered with stellate plumose scales. 



^l . S. Native of Nipaul. Petals 4, obovate, violaceous. An- 

 thers 8, yellow, falcate, long. Style deflexed. Capsule 4- 

 celled. inclosed in the truncate, elongated calyx. Seeds sca- 

 brous. Hook, exot. fl. t. 37. Melastoma stellata, Hamilt. mss. 



Var. /3; scales of calyx palmately ciliated, and more distant. 



/y/e/Za/e-calyxed Osbeckia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 2 ft. 



22 O. TERNIFOLIA (D, Dou, lu prod. fl. nep. 221.) shrubby; 

 branches trigonal, furnished with rough bristles ; leaves oppo- 

 site, but usually 3 in a whorl, and sometimes even 4, almost 

 sessile, lanceolate, acuminated, 5-nerved, beset with minute 

 bristles along the margins and the nerves; racemes disposed in 

 a terminal panicle ; bracteas cordate ; calyx urceolate, beset 

 with ciliately pectinated scales, which at length fall off, and the 

 calyx becomes in consequence naked ; lobes of calyx lanceo- 

 late-linear, acute, hispid, deciduous. ^^ . S. Native of Nipaul. 

 Wall. pL asiat. rar. t. 3. p. 21. t. 240. Calyx almost like that 

 of O. stellata. Flowers large, purple* Anthers 8, yellow. 



Tern-leaved Osbeckia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



flowers solitary, terminal, on short pedicels ; tube of cal>x 

 ovate, scabrous from bristles. ^2 . S. Native of Ceylon. *ie- 

 lastoma octandra. Lin. spec. 560. Willd. spec. 2. p. 595. Very 

 like O. repens, but diflfers in the leaves being not cuneated at 

 the base. 



Octandroits Osbeckia. Shrub 1 foot. . 



28 O. Chule SIS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 221.) shrubb>j^; 

 branches lepidotted ; leaves oval-oblong, mucronulate, 5-ner\e ^ 

 cordate at the base, pilose and rough on both surfaces, ca 

 cent beneath ; flowers corymbose ; scales on calyx membran » 

 ciliated with bristles, scattered : segments ovate-oblong a 

 ciliated. Tj . G. Native of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. Melas- 

 toma Chulesis, Hamilt. mss. Leaves 3 inches Jong^" 

 an inch or an inch and a half broad. Flowers large, pale purp t 

 5-cleft, at first bracteated by broad membranous scales. 



Chulesis Osbeckia. Fl. June. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



29 O. RosTRA^TA (D. Dou, prod. fl. nep. p. 221.) '^^^^^^^j^h 

 ceolate, acute, somewhat 5-nerved, rounded at the base, na ^^^^ 



on both surfaces, green; flowers corymbose; ^''^^'^^i jgtly 

 date ; calyx oblong, furnished with numerous scattered J 



- — -v - *%.%,w. uatc , tai^A uuiuiig, luniisiieu *> ilij ii«»"^*^*-" -- ^ Native 



23 O. Leschenaultia^na (D. C. prod. 3. p. 142.) shrubby; scales; the lobes oblong-lanceolate and ciliated. ^- ^'.t ^gg. 

 anches tetragonal, beset with stiflT pili ; leaves sessile, ovate, of Nipaul, at Narainhetty. Melastoma? rostr^ta, Hamin- 



branches tetragonal, beset with stiflT pili ; leaves sessile, ovate, 

 acutish, approximate, 5-nerved, villous on both surfaces; flowers 



sessile, bracteate, in heads, usually of threes; tube of calyx ^^«.«. ^... 



globose, with the scales palmately ciliated, and the lobes 4 and Cult. ^Airthe species of Osbeckia are worth cultivating 



Narainhetty 

 Flowers purple, 4-cleft. 



Beaked Osbeckia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



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