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OSBECKIA CANESCENS. HoARY-LEAVED 
OSBECKIA. 
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Class and Order. 
OcranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—MeEtasromacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus ovatus, sepius setis stellatis aut pube stel- 
lat4 vestitus ; lobi 4—5 persistentes aut decidui; appendices 
inter lobos extus orte, forma et magnitudine varie. Petala 
4—5. Stamina 8—10, filamentis glabris, antheris sube- 
qualibus brevi-rostratis connectivo basi breve biauriculato. 
Ovarium apice setosum. Capsula 4—5 locularis. Semina 
cochleata.—Herbe aut sepius suffrutices Americane, Afri- 
cane, aut Asiatice. Folia integerrima 3—5 nervia. Flores 
terminales. D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Osgecx1a canescens ; caule fruticoso, erecto ; foliis cordato- 
ovatis, obtusis, utrinque tuberculatis, subtus incanis : 
paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque ; bracteis ovatis, 
caducis ; floribus erectis; calycibus ovatis, 5-fidis, 
tuberculato-incanis ; petalis obovatis, glabris; stami- 
nibus 10 fertilibus, connectivis inequalibus. Graham. 
This is an extremely handsome plant, and flowers very 
freely in moderate heat in July and August. We received 
it at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Berlin, under the 
name adopted ; but I have not seen any account of it pub- 
lished ; nor was its native country communicated to me. 
Descr. Stem (seven feet high) weak, requiring support, 
four-sided, rough, hoary :_ branches erect. Leaves (three 
inches long, an inch and three quarters broad) shortly 
petiolate, 
