Osbeckia. ] Melastomacee. I21 
Petals 5; leaves densely hairy beneath ig: © Warkeri. 
Leaves rounded at the apex, oblong or rotun- 
date; petals 5: 
Leaves with adpressed hairs above, densely 
hairy beneath . “0,4. ©). BECKETT, 
Leaves glabrous above, ‘woolly beneath ahs OL UANATA, 
Leaves 13-2 im., 5 nerved, lanceolate, sparsely 
hairy ; fis. 13-13 rte branches tetragonous . 6. O. ASPERA. 
Calyx-tube with simple hairs; lobes with stellate 
hairs; leaves hairy above; branches obscurely 
aes : 
Leaves 13-2 in.; fls. 3-6-nate, 23 in.; young 
parts very sparsely adpressed pilose 
Leaves under 2 in.; fls. solitary; young parts 
densely adpressed setulose : ‘ é . 8. O. MINOR. 
Calyx-tube with stellate hairs : 
Leaves more or less hairy beneath, usually 
. O. Keni. 
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acute : 
Leaves 3 nerved; petals 4 ‘ : . g. O. ZEYLANICA. 
Leaves 5 nerved: 
Plants erect; petals 5 . ‘ : . 10. O. WIGHTIANA. 
Plants prostrate : 
Petals 5; calyx densely hairy . : » 11.-O.- Moonn. 
Petals 4; calyx narrower rather sparsely 
hairy : : : ; : : 12, ©. CUPULARIS. 
Page 196.—For O. Walkeri var. Beckettii Thw. read: 
4. O. Beckettii sp. nov. O. Walkeri var. Beckettii Thw. ex 
Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXVIII, p. 34 (1871). 
A very small, much branched shrub; twigs cylindrical, 
densely villous; leaves 1-4 in., broadly obovate-oblong, taper- 
ing to the base, rounded and emarginate at the apex, closely 
adpressed hairy above, densely villous beneath, 3-nerved; 
margins revolute; petiole very short; fls. 14 in., solitary, 
sessile; calyx thickly covered with adpressed hairs; segments 
linear erect; petals 5. 
Upper montane zone; rare. Wattekellie Hill; Knuckles. 
Endemic. 
Page 197.—For O. buxifolia var. minor Thw. read: 
5. O. lanata sp. nov. O. buxifolia var. minor Thw. Enum. p. 105 
(1859). 
Shrub; branches covered with thick ferrugineous wool; 
leaves numerous, crowded, 3 in. long, oblong-rotundate, 
subcordate at the base, emarginate at the apex, 3-nerved, 
glabrous above, densely woolly beneath; margin revolute; 
petals very short; flowers 14 in., sessile; calyx densely 
covered with simple, rufous hairs; lobes subulate; petals 5, 
glabrous. 
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