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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 133 to O. chinensis, forma. 



Osbeckia crinita, Bcnth. 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, ab affini O. rostrata, Don, foliis 

 majoribus longe petiolatis inflorescentia racemosa haud paniculata 

 differt. 



Frutex usque ad I "2 m. altus ; rami tetragoni, internodiis parce 

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

 lauceolato-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 rubresceutes, 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. diaraetro. Calycis 

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

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

 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. O. chinensis, Hosseus ii. p. 419, in part. 

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

 Distr. India, 



