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514 DICOTYLEDONEJE. OSBECKIA, 
In Himalaya orientali (Griffith n. 2257); in Nepalia (Wallieh 
1. 4068); in Assam (Griffith, Masters) ; in Darjeeling (C. B. Clarke). 
2. O. polycephala (Naud.! l. c. 67); ramis obtuse tetragonis, 
junioribus brevissime adpresse sparseque strigillosis ; foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis, acutis, supra glabris lzevibusque rariis vix setulosis ; flori- 
bus erectis, corymboso-approximatis. — O. virgata Thw.! l. e. 105 
(excl. var. 2, non Don). — O. octandra (part.) Triana! l. €. 54; C. B. 
Clarke, l. e. 521. 
Rami graciles. Petiolus 2-4 mm. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, subtus 
vix setulosa, 2/,-4 em. longa, 5-12 mm. lata. Calycis tubus 6 mm. 
longus ; lobi ovato-triangulares, brevissime ciliati, 3-4 mm. longi. Pe- 
tala purpurascentia, 10-12 mm. longa. 
In ins. Zeylania (Walker, Thwaites n. 507). 
II. Calycis tubus setis simplicibus vel inferne omnibus simplicibus 
superne interdum stellatis hirsutus. — Spec. 3-8. 
A. Folia 3-nervia. 
3. 9. Congolensis; ramis acutiuscule tetragonis, pilis patulis 
longiusculis subsparse hirtellis; foliis oblongis, subacutis, obscure . 
crenulatis, utrinque longiuseule sparseque pilosis; paniculis paucitlo- 
ris; calyce pilis elongatis ereeto-patulis densiuseule vestito, lobis per- 
sistentibus, ovato-oblongis. 
Caulis gracilis, ereetus vel ptam. 2-3 dm. altus. Petiolus 2- 
3 mm. longus. Folia membranacea, 1'/,-4 em. longa, '/,-l '/ em. 
lata. Bracteæ pellueidze, oblongo-subspathulatze, 3 mm. longe. Caly- 
cis tubus 3 mm. longus; lobi 2 mm. longi. Petala obcordata, cilio- 
lata, 8-10 mm. longa. Stylus 5-6 mm. longus. Capsula subglobosa, 
4 mm. crassa. 
In Congo ad Kobaka (Büttner in hb. Berol.). 
8, robustior. — Planta robustior, longiore Mese 4-5 dm. alta vel 
ultra. Petala lilacina. 
In Congo ad Bolobo et Lukolela (Büttner); in pindods ad Stan- 
leypool (Fr. Hens); in Loango (Soyaux n. 103 in hb. Hort. Petrop.). 
4. O. Walkeri (Arn.! in Comp. Bot. Mag. II, 309); ramis obscure 
tetragonis, brevissime adpresse denseque velutinis; foliis ovatis, ob- 
tusis, integerrimis, supra brevissime denseque strigosis, subtus bre- 
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