494 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Gsbecltia. 



(Gamble), Madgol Hills of Vizagapatam, at 5,000 ft, (A. W. 

 Lushington). Deccan, in Mysore, at Wostara (Clegliorn). 

 A very hispid erect undershrub with large crimson 

 flowers. 



15. OSBECKIA ROSTRATA, D. Don; F. B.I. ii. 517. 



Yar. pulchella, Triana. 0. recalva, Bedd. M.S. in Herb. Kew 

 and B.M. 



Carnatic, in the Sirumalai Hills, at 3,500 ft., in swampy 

 places (Beddome). 



An erect glabrous shrub reaching 4-6 ft. high, with rosy- 

 purple flowers. 



16. OSBECKIA CHINENSIS, Linn. ; .F. B. I. ii. 515. 



N. Circars, Madgol Hills of Vizagapatam, about 4,000 ft. 

 (A. W. Lushington). 



An erect slender undershrub, reaching about 2 ft. in height 

 with pale mauve flowers in capitate leafy heads. 



17. OSBECKIA ZEYLANICA, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 516 ; W. & A. 322. 



N". Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, especially near the coast. 

 An erect annual herb with small purple mauve flowers in 

 leafy capitate heads. 



18. OSBECKIA TRUNCATA, Don in W. & A. 322 ; F. B. I. ii. 

 514 ; Wt. Ic. t. 375. 



W. Coast from S. Canara to Travancore. 



An erect annual herb with small purple flowers. 



19. OSBECKIA CUPULARIS, Don in W. & A. 323; F. B. I. ii. 

 514. 0. Leschenaultiana, Wt. Ic. t. 996, not of DC. 



W. Ghats, from Coorg to Nilgiris and Pulneys, at 3,000- 

 7,000 ft., in grass. 



A herbaceous plant from a perennial root stock, the flowers 

 white tinged with pink, calyx-lobes and petals as often 

 5 as 4. 



20. OSBECKIA GRACILIS, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 216 ; 

 F. B. I. ii. 518. 



W. Ghats, Sispara Ghat, in the W. Nilgiris, at 4,000 ft. 

 (Beddome). 



An erect slender plant with purple flowers in few-flowered 

 terminal panicles and narrow leaves, the calyx-tube greyish- 

 blue when dry. 



