404 



China. Hupeh, Henrxf G97T (fruiting specimen only). 

 Szechuan: Mt. "Wa, 2850 m. Wilson 3036. 



Forges 924 from the Tchen-keou-tin district of Eastern 

 Szeelman is apparently a starved form of C. oxycarpa. 



9:52. Osbeckia travancorica, Bedd. MS. in Herb. Mus. Brit., 

 ex Gamble [Melastomaceae-Osbeckieae] ; 0. Wightianae, Benth,, 

 affinis, ramulis longe-strigosis et foliis lanceolatis sensim 

 acuminatis longis differ t. 



Suffrutex erect us, ramulis griseis setis longis reflexis 'basi 

 bulbosis conspicue ornatis. Folia lanceolata vel eiliptico- 

 lanceolata, apice sensim acuminata, basi attenuata, 7—14 em. 

 longa, 2-4 cm. lata, basi tricostata, additis nervorum intra- 

 marginalium 1-2 paribus gracilibus, nervis et nermlis transversis 

 multis subparallelis, utroque pagina setis hispidis longis ornata; 

 petiolus circiter 5 mm. longus. F lores in paniculas terminates 

 parce ramosas dispositi; bracteae et bracteolae orbieulares, 

 margine setoso-eiliatae, persistentes. Col yds tubus urceolatus, 

 faseiculis setosis pedieellatis albidis ornatus; labi 5, ovati, apice 

 obtusi vel emarginati, margins et dorso eiliati, apice setarum 

 Jongarum fasciculo praediti, intra lobos appendices pedicellati 

 setoso-fasciculati. Petala 5, purpurea, obovata, ciliata, 

 1-1*5 cm. longa. Antherae 7 mm. longae, filament is aequales. 

 Ovarium apice dense setosum, stylo subulato. Cafswla urceolata, 

 glauca, setosa, 7 mm. longa. Semina mult a, angulata. 



South India. Travancore : in the bills at low elevations; foot 

 of Peermede Ghat and between Cottavam and Mundakaim, Oct. 



1880, Beddome 2976, 2878 (Herb. Mm Brit.); at Mundakaim, 

 WiffU, K.D. 1100 (Herb. Kew.) ; Beddome 2977 (Herb. Mus. 

 Brit.). 



933. Oldenlandia Bourdillonii, Gamble [Eubiaceae-Hedyo- 

 tideae]; O. stylosae, (). Kze., plus minus affinis sed pubescens, 

 foliis membranaceis lanceolatis angnstis, stipulis multidentatis 



differt. » 



Suffrutex vix t - 25 m. a It us, ramulis pubescent ibus griseis. 

 Folia membranacea, lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi attenuata, 

 pubescent ia, circiter 4 cm. longa, 1-1-5 cm. lata, nervis primariis 



obliquis utrinque 'circiter 3-4; petiolus brevis, pubescens, 2 ■ 



longus; stipulae elongatae piimatisectae, dentibus circiter 

 maxime villosis approximates, Flores in eymam corymbosam 

 terminalem aggregati, braeteis linearibus, bracteolis minutis. 

 Calycis tubus elongatus, villosus, lobis lanceolatis. Corolla 

 extus pubescens. Capsula adhuc ignota. 



South India. Travancore: in scrub forest; 610-1200 m., 

 August 1887, T. F. Bout dill on 111. 



934. Oldenlandia etialata, Gamble [Rubiaeeae-Hedvotideae] ; 



3 mm. 



9-11 



O. sivertioidi, 0. Kze., affinis, foliis longis petiolatis, viridibus 

 nee luteis, membranaceis, cymarum paniculis patentibus differt. 

 Suffrutex erectus, debilis, ramulis subtetragonis viridibus 

 glabris. Folia membanacea, oblongo-lanceolata, apice acu- 

 minata, basi attenuata, glabra, 10-17 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 8-10 pallidis curvatis; petiolus ad 1-2 em. 



