Osbeckia.'] MELASTOMACEAE. 491 



Stems grey, with, long retrorse stiff bristles ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. broad, the 

 bristles on the upper surface few, long, adnate below in 



branched lineoles 9. travancorica. 



Stems reddish with short, stiff, appressed bristles ; leaves 

 elliptic, acute, 1-3-5 in. long ; -5-2 in. broad, the bristles 

 on the upper surface close, velvety, shortly adnate below 



10. Wightiana. 



Calyx-lobes acute at apex, the bristles rufous, always in 

 tufts ; leaves 1-1*5 in. long, '5-1 in. broad, the bristles on 

 the tipper surface few, only little adnate below 



11. Leschenaultiana. 



Slender shrubs with few erect branches and scarcely woody 

 stems ; calyx-lobes acute, ending in a stellate tuft of bristles ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, 3-ribbed, 1-2 in. long, '3-'8 in. broad, 

 sparsely bristly to nearly glabrous above, glabrous beneath 



except on nerves 12. octandra. 



Calyx-tube with thin, flattened, rather sparse pectinate scales, the 

 appendages similar, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, '3 in. long ; leaves 

 lanceolate, long-petioled, 5-ribbed, up to 5 in. long, T5 in. broad, 



shortly scabrous on both surfaces . . 13. wynaadensis. 



Flowers usually tetramerous (4- or 5-merous in 0. cupularis) : 

 Anthers gradually attenuate upwards; erect undershrubs with 

 4-angled stems and fruiting calyx constricted above : 



Densely hispid ; leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate ; calyx-tube 

 with scattered tufts of bristles, lobes oblong, glabrous except at 

 apex, margins prominently ciliate-bristly, appendages branched 



14. hispidissima. 



Nearly glabrous ; leaves usually in threes, linear-lanceolate, 

 sparsely hispid- ciliate on margins and ribs ; .calyx-tube glabrous, 

 the lobes with few short ciliate bristles, the appendages slender, 



not bristly 15. rostrata var. pulchella. 



Anthers abruptly beaked, the beaks slender ; herbs or small under- 

 shrubs with 4-angled stems : 



Calyx-tube glabrous, lobes white-ciliate on the margins, appen- 

 dages short and broad with pectinate bristles; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate i 16. chinensis. 



Calyx-tube with both simple and stellate bristles, lobes ciliate, 

 the apices stellate -bristly, as are the slenderly stalked appendages ; 



leaves oblong-lanceolate 17. zeylanica. 



Anthers short, truncate at apex ; herbs or small undershrubs, the 

 stems terete or slightly 4-angled : 



