122 Melastomacee. [ Osbeckia. 
Upper montane zone, above 6000 ft., rare? Totapella; Horton 
Plains; Nuvara Eliya; Adam’s Peak. Fls. Jan.—March. 
6. O. aspera BI., excluding all the varieties. 
Also in S. India. 
For O. aspera var. Kleinii Clarke read: 
+7, O. Kleinii Arn. in Hk. Comp. Bot. Mag. II, p. 309 (1836); 
Gamble, Fl. Madr. p. 492 (1919). O. aspera var. Kleinit Clarke, in 
Fl. Brit. Ind. II, p. 519 (1879). 
Dry region ; common. 
Also in S. India. 
For O. aspera var. minor Clarke read: 
8. O. minor Triana, in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXVII, p. 55 (1871); 
Gamble |. c. p. 492. O. aspera var. minor Clarke, in Fl. Brit. Ind. II, 
p- 519 (1879). 
Low country; very rare. East Matale. Fl. June. 
Also in S. India. 
For O. xubicunda Arn. read: 
10. O. Wightiana Benth. in Wall. Cat. no. 4060; W. & A. Prodr. 
p. 323 (1834); Gamble |. c. p. 493. O. rubicunda Arn. in Hk. Comp. 
Bot. Mag. II, p. 309 (1836). ?0O. elliptica Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Sér., 
3, XIV, p. 62 (1850). O. Kotigueda Naud. |. c. p. 64; O. glauca 
Benth. in Wall. Cat. no. 4073; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXVIII, 
p. 54 (1871); Clarke in Fl. Brit. Ind. II, p. 519 (1879) non Wall. O. 
aspera var. Wightiana Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 198 (1894). 
Montane zone up to 7000 ft. common. 
Also in S. India. 
This may include several species. 
12. O. cupularis Don, ex W. & A. Prodr. p. 323 (1834); Gamble 
l. c. p. 494. O. erythrocaphala Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser., 3, XIV, 
p. 58 (1850). O. cupularis var. purpurascens Wawra, It. Cob. I, p. 33 
(1872). O. parvifolia Arn. in Hk. Comp. Bot. Mag. II, p. 308 (1836). 
20. elliptica Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 3, XIV, p. 62 (1850). 
Also in S. India. 
I doubt if O. Moonii is really distinct from this. 
2. MELASTOMA Linn. 
Cogniaux, in Mon. Phan. III, p. 354, reduces M. Royenu to M. 
polyanthum Blume, and distinguishes the species as follows: 
Flores juniores bracteis seepius 4 magnis sub- 
spathulatis involucrati : 
; ; M. malabathricum. 
Flores ebracteati vel minute bracteati. 
Calycis lobi ovato-oblongi, tubum zquantes . M. ellipticum. 
Calycis lobi szepissime lineari-subulati, tubo 
breviores : : : 4 : : . M. polyanthum. 
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1. Sonerila zeylanica W. & A. Prodr. p. 322 (1834). S. pumila 
Thw. Enum. p. 109 (1859). 
Also in Borneo? 
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