` OSBECKIA., MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 323 
rotundati, 5-6 mm. longi. Petala intense chermesina, magna. Antherae 
10-11 mm. longze. 
In India orientali ad Munda Rani (Wight n. 1100); in Mysore 
Cleghorn); in Wynaad (Beddome). 
25. O. stellata (D. Don! Prodr. Fl. Nep. 221 part. et in Bot. 
Reg. tab. 674); ramis brevissime sparse adpresseque strigosis ; foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis, supra brevissime 
sparseque strigillosis, subtus vix setulosis; calycis tubo densissime 
longeque hirsuto, lobis subulatis, setosis; ovario apice multisetoso. 
— DC. l. e. 142 (excl. vár. 8) ; Hook. Exot. Fl. I, tab. 37: Naud. l. c. 
12; Triana, l. c. 53; C. B. Clarke, l. e. 517. — O. septemnervia Ha- 
milt. in Wall. Cat. — Melastoma crinita Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 402. — Os- 
beckia speciosa Hort. ex Naud. l. e. 73 (non Don). 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus, ramis satis gracilibus, obscure tetragonis. Petio- 
lus */,-1 em. longus. Folia membranacea, 7-15 em. longa, 2-5 em. lata. 
Panieulze subcorymbiformes, pauciflore. Calycis tubus 1 '/, em. lon- 
gus, ssepius canescens; lobi 1 cm. longi. Petala roseo-purpurea, vix 
ciliolata, 2 '/,-3 em. longa. Antherz 13-15 mm. long. 
In India boreali (Royle); in Nepalia (Wallich n. 4062); in Kumaon 
(Strachey et Winterbottom n. 2); in Darjeeling (Clarke); in Chitta- 
gong (Roxburgh); in China prope Canton ex Clarke, l. c. 
26. ©. crinita (Benth.! in Wall. Cat. n. 4066); ramis setis sub- 
patulis breviter denseque hirsutis; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis vel in- 
terdum ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, basi sepius rotundatis, supra bre- 
viter sparseque strigosis, subtus ad nervos nervulosque hirtellis 
cæteris glabris ; calycis tubo longiuscule subsparseque hirsuto, lobis 
subulatis, setosis; ovario apice plurisetoso. — Naud. 1. c. 72; Triana, 
l. e. tab. IV, fig. 37 b; C. B. Clarke, l. c. 517. — O. stellata D. Don, 
l. e. 221 (part.). — O. stellata var. 8. DC.! I. e. 142. 
Frutex 1-3 m. altus, ramosissimus, ramis satis gracilibus, obtuse 
tetragonis. Petiolus '/,-1?/, cm. longus. Folia submembranacea, S 
11 em. longa, 2-4 '/,em. lata. Corymbi subcongesti, sæpius multiflori. 
Calycis tubus 8 mm. longus, siccitate fuscus; lobi 6 mm. longi. Pe- 
tala purpurea vel alba, vix ciliata, 1 '/, cm. longa. Antherz 6-7 mm. 
longae, : b 3 
In India boreali (Wallich n. 4066, Grifüth n. 2251); in Sikkim 
(Hooker, Thomson, Treutler, Clarke), Khasia (Griffith, Hooker, 
Clarke), Darjeeling (Clarke), Assam (Griffith), Moulmein (Parish). 
