130 SPICILEGIA GORGONEA. | 
sicc. 1. p. 517. Presl, Fl. sicc. 1. p. 017.—lo. Ten. Ma 
Neap. t. 234. f. 1. 
Has. In herb. ins. Cap. Vir. (Mus. reg. Par.) 
XXV. MELASTOMACES. 
OsnEck1A, L. Char. gen. reformatus.*— Calyx campanulatus, 
4 sepius 5-fidus; divisuris simplicibus (id est interiore 
membrana non duplicatis ut in plurimis Melastomacearum 
generibus) ovatis vel triangularibus, acutis; tubo hirsuto 
vel piloso. Corolle petala 4-5, obovata, mucrone piliformi 
vel setis aliquot fasciculatis haud raro terminata inter- 
dumque ciliolata. Stamina 8-10, alternative majora €f 
minora ; filamentis glabris ; antheris lineari-subulatis, api? 
uniporosis; connectivo infra loculos longe producto et 1m 
insertione filamenti varie conflato, sepius biauriculato. 
Ovarium 4-5-loculare, ovatum, ad medium usque tubo 
calycino vittis 8-10 antheras in preefloratione intus reflexas 
separantibus adherens, apice setis styli basin cingentibus 
coronatum.* Stylus filiformis vel utrinque subulatus. 
"Stigma subcapitellatum aut punctiforme. Ovula nume- 
rosa, placentis 4-5 subtriquetris centralibus afixa. Cap- 
sula calyce persistente vestita, loculicide 4-5-valvis. Se 
mina minuta cochleata.—Osbeckiæ omnes frutices suffri- 
ticesve 1-3-pedales, calidiorum partium Americe australis, 
Africæ, Indie nec non insularum quarumdam Oceani Atlan- 
tici Indicique incole, nec, quod mirum est, e Nepaliæ mon- 
tibus t up "atis ino exules. ; 
97. Osbeckia Princeps, Dec.; fruticosa, ramis dense hirt- 
tomentosis rufescentibus, foliis 1-3-pollicaribus petiolo 
4-8 lineas longo instructis. DC. Prod, 3. p. 140. Rhent 
Princeps, Bonpl. Rhea, tab. 45. 
The genus Osbeckia is probably the only one in the 
family of Melastomacee which is found both ım the New 
and the Old World; unless botanists prefer, which is fre- 
* We are indebted to M. Ch. Naudin, who has paid much attention 10 
the difficult family of the Melastomacee, for the description of this species 
of Osbeckia. 
