Osbeckia.] MELASTOMACEAE. 493 



A small fleshy shrub with smooth glabrous glaucous bluish 



branches and bright purple flowers in small terminal 



corymbose cymes. 



8. OSBECKIA RETICULATA, Bedd. ; Fl. Br. Ind. ii. 520. 

 0. alveolata, Bedd. Ic. t. 168. 



W. Ghats, in the Anamalais and Pulneys, at 6,000-7,000 ft. 



A large, very handsome shrub reaching 10-15 ft. in height, 



the whole plant except the deBp purple petals covered with 



ferruginous hairs. 



!> OSBECKIA TRAVANCORICA, Bedd. ex Gamble in Kew Bull, 

 ined. 



W. Ghats in the lower hills of Travancore (Beddome). 



An undershrub easily known by its stems being clothed 



with long retrorse bristles. 



10. OSBECKIA WIGHTIANA, Benth. ; F. B. I. ii. 419 ; W. & A. 

 323 ; Wt. Ic. t. 998. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri, Anamalai and Pulney Hills, at 

 4,000-7,000 ft., often in rocky places. 



A much-branched shrub reaching 8 ft. or more in height, 

 with handsome purple flowers and pale-brown silky foliage, 

 the leaves whitish beneath, like the calyx-tube. 



11. OSBECKIA LESCHENAULTIANA, DC.; F. B. I. ii. 520. 

 0. Gardtieriana, Wt. Ic. t. 997. 



W. Ghats, in the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills, at 6,000-8,000 ft., 

 in damp places. 



A branching shrub 8-10 ft. high with handsome purple 

 flowers in terminal capitate heads, the calyx and small 

 leaves with rufous hairs. 



12. OSBECKIA OCTANDRA, DC.; F. B. I. ii. 521. virgata, 

 Don in W. & A. 323; Wt. Ic. t. 376. 



W. Ghats, from the Nilgiris to Travancore, at about 3,000 ft. 

 A slender undershrub with small purple flowers and dark 

 foliage, the leaves lanceolate. 



13. OSBECKIA WYNAADENSIS, C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. ii. 521. 



W. Ghats, in Wynaad, at about 4,000 ft. 

 A slender erect undershrub with purple flowers in sub- 

 terminal corymbs, large long-petioled leaves and very 

 characteristic comb-like scales on the calyx-tube. 



14. OSBECKIA HISPIDISSIMA, Wt. Ic. t. 1612; F. B. I. ii. 516. 



K". Circars, Mahendragiri Hill in Ganjam, 4,500 ft. 



