Tas. 5085. 
OSBECKIA aspErRa. 
Rough-leaved Osbeckia. 
Nat. Ord. MELASTOMACE#.—OCTANDRIA MonoeyNIa. 
Gen. Char. Calycis tubus ovatus, seepius setis stellatis aut pube stellata vesti- 
tus; obi 4-5, persistentes aut decidui; appendices inter lobos extus orte, forma 
et magnitudine varie. Petala 4-5; stamina 8-10, filamentis glabris, antheris 
subsequalibus brevi-rostratis, connectivo basi breve biauriculato. Ovarium apice 
setosum. Capsula 4—5-locularis. Semina cochleata—Herbee aut sapius suffru- 
tices Americana, Africane, et Asiatice. Folia integerrima, 3-5-nervia. Flores 
terminali. DC. 
OsBeckta aspera; fruticosa, rami junioribus subquadrangularibus strigosis, fo- 
subtus rigide pu- 
liis petiolatis ovalibus acutis 3-5-nerviis superne strigosis sul i 
bescentibus ad nervos hispidis, racemis terminalibus paucifloris, calycis tubo. 
hemispheerico setoso superne squamuloso, squamulis longe rigide stellatim 
setosis, staminibus 10, antheris uniformibus apice rostratis basi bitubercu- 
latis, ovario longe setoso. 
OspecKia aspera. Wight et Arn. Prodr. Fi. Penins. Ind. Or. p. 323. Wight, 
Te. Plant Ind. Orn. 311. ¢. 311. Walp. Repert. v. 2. p. 581. Naudin, 
Melast. p. 74. 
MeLastoma asperum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 560. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p 145. 
AsTEROSTOMA asperum. Blume, Mus. Bot. Iugd.-Batav. v. 1. p. 50. 
ars cultivated in the stoves of the 
Royal Gardens of Kew, where, during the summer and autumnal 
months, it makes a very handsome appearance, with its strongly 
three-nerved leaves and its copious, large, rich purple-coloured 
la of India, and 
blossoms. It is a native of Ceylon and the peninsu 
is well figured in Dr. Wight's * Icones Plantarum Indie Orien- 
talis.” We are disposed to think that Wight and Arnott were 
correct in referring hither the Osheckia glauca, Benth. in Wall. 
Cat. n. 4073 (and in our herbarium), from Travancore and Trin- 
comalee,—a plant, too, of Dr. Wight’s own gathering, but that 
the accurate Naudin pronounces the two distinct, and describes 
them as such accordingly; at least, he does so with Osheckia 
glauca”’ of Wall. MSS., meaning probably thereby of his Cata- 
DECEMBER Ist, 1858. 
This has been for many ye 
