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Melastomaceae. 



Osbeckia chinensis, Linn. — F.B.I., ii. p. 515 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 419, 

 in part. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 360-600 m., Kerr, 827, 1302 ; Wang 

 Djao, 100 m., Hosseus, 133 ; Pitsanulok, Ban Jang, 120 m. (ex 

 Hosseus). 



Distr. India, China, Burma, Malaya, N. Australia. 



Hosseus, I.e. p. 419 refers his 1.33 to O. chinensis, forma. 



Osbeckia crinita, Benth. — F.B.I., ii. p. 517 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 420. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200-1700 m., Kerr, 879, in part, 

 Hosseus, 188. 



Distr. Sikkim, Bhotan, Khasia, Burma. 



Osbeckia nepalensis, Hook. — F.B.I., ii. p. 521 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 

 420. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720-1000 m., Kerr, 749, Hosseus, 270. 

 Distr. Himalaya, Burma, China. 



Osbeckia racemosa, Craib, ah affini O. rostrata, Don, foliis 

 majoribus longe* petiolatis inflorescentia racemosa haud paniculata 

 differt. 



Frutex usque ad 1*2 m. altus ; rami tetragoni, internodiis parce 

 adpresse setulosi, nodis setosi, cortice albido. Folia ovato-elliptica, 

 lanceolato-elliptica vel elliptica, apice acuta vel vix acuminata, basi 

 plerumque rotundata vel juniora cuneata, 13-20 cm. longa, 4*2- 

 8*5 cm. lata, membranacea, supra distanter, subtus nervis tantum 

 breviter setulosa, margine integro setoso-ciliato, e basi 7-nervia, 

 nervis subtus prominentibus supra leviter impressis, nervulis utrinque, 

 subtus magis, conspicuis ; petioli sicco rubrescentes, foliorum 

 oppositorum parum inaequales, 1-4 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, ut 

 ramis setosi. Racemi terminales, ad 10 cm. longi, rhachi crassa 

 nodosa. Bracteae sub anthesin deciduae, alabastra obtegentes, 

 ovatae, apice obtusae vel subacutae, 2*2-2*3 cm. longae, 12-15 mm. 

 latae, membranaceae, ciliatae. Flores 5*5 cm. diametro. Calycis 

 setosi tubus 1*2 cm. longus, lobi 6 mm. longi. Petala obcordata, 

 3*3 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, minute ciliata. Stamina 8 ; filamenta 

 1*5 cm. longa, glabra ; antherae arcuatae, 1*5 cm. longae. Fructus 

 pedicello usque ad 3*5 mm. longo suffultus, inferne ovoideus, apice 

 in collum attenuatus, 1*3-1 *6 cm. longus, 7 mm. diametro. — Craib, 

 Kew Bull. 1911, p. 51. 



Chiengmai, by streams in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 540 m., 

 Kerr, 836. 



Distr. Burma; Maymyo (Lace, 4123). 



Osbeckia stellata, Wall.— F.B.I., ii. p. 517. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200-1500 m., Kerr, 879, in part. 



Distr. Himalaya, Bengal. 



Osbeckia truncata, Don— F.B.I., ii. p. 514 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss., v. (1905) p. 961. (). chinensis, Hosseus ii. p. 419, in part. 

 Wang Djao, Hosseus, 130 ; Raheng, Lindhard, 23. 

 Distr, India, 



