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56 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
culum 12 mm. altum, extra appendiculis pallide longe setosis 
apice haud glanduloso-capitatis subdense hirsutum praetereaque 
pilis brevibus adpressis albis persistentibus sparse instructum. 
Calycis tubus fere 1.5 mm. longus, segmenta 4, Se 
apice longe attenuato-acuminata vel subacuminata, I4-15 m 
longa; 2.25-3 mm. lata, dorso sparse longe setosa et pilis albis 
brevibus adpressis instructa, margine setoso-ciliata, appendiculis 
setiferis usque ad g mm. longis haud glanduloso-capitatis alter- 
nantia. Petala 4, obovata vel fere orbiculari-obovata, plus 
minusve distincte breviter unguiculata, ungui incluso ad 2.7 cm. 
longa, circa 2 cm. lata, ciliata. Stamina ad 2.8 cm. longa, 
antheris quam filamenta paulo longioribus. Ovarium ambitu 
anguste oblongum, apice conico setoso incluso circa 6.5 mm. 
longum ; stylus vix 3 cm. longus. 
Himalaya :—Gualpara. Hamilton. No. 916. 
Osbeckia sikkimensis, Craib. Sp. nov. 
Spec cies nova ab affini O. Waitii, Craib foliorum nervis ad 
basem haud liberis, ramulis sparse hirsutis, petalis apice breviter 
acuminatis distinguenda 
Ramuli fistulosi, pilis albis rigidis basi tumidis divergentibus 
primo dense mox laxius hirsuti. Folia oblonga vel oblongo- 
lanceolata, apice longius attenuata vel attenuato-subacuminata, 
summo apice acuta, basi cuneata lateve cuneata, 7-16 cm. longa, 
2.3-5.3 cm. lata, chartaceo-membranacea vel membranacea, 
pagina superiore conspicue sed sparsius longe plus minusve 
adpresse albo-setosa, inferiore pallidiora, tantum ad ,nervos 
nervosque transversos sparse setosa, 7-nervia, nervis duobus 
lateralibus costae proxime basi distincte connatis, omnibus supra 
impressis subtus prominentibus, nervis transversis sat numerosis 
supra obscuris vel haud rarius subconspicuis et parum immersis 
subtus prominulis, margine longius ciliata, petiolo 1-2 cm. longo 
dense setuloso-hirsuto suffulta. Flores sessiles ; bracteae ovatae 
longius acuminatae, 6-7 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, dorso mar- 
gineque setis satis longis basi tumidis albis instructae ; bracteolae 
lanceolatae, circa 5 mm. longae, indumento ut bracteae in- 
structae. Receptaculum 11 mm. altum, extra appendiculis 
setosis saltem nonnullis apice glandula capitata stipitata in- 
structis densius tectum. Calycis segmenta 7-8 mm. longa, 
1-2 mm. lata, apice longius attenuata, dorso margineque setulis 
albis basi tumidis parce ornata, appendiculis inferne setosis 
superne nudis summo apice glanduloso-capitatis alternantia. 
Petala 4, obovata vel orbiculari-obovata, apice breviter acute 
acuminata, 12-15 mm. longa, 11 mm. lata, glabra vel apice 
pauperrime ciliata. Antherae 14 mm. longae, filamentis 11 mm. 
longis suffultae. Ovarium 6.5 mm. altum, apice conicum 
