OSBEC'KIA CANES'CENS, 
HOARY OSBECKIA. 
NATURAL ORDER, MELASTROMACEiT:. 
CALrCIFLOE-B, I f f ^ OCTAXDRIA, 
OF ] to which > MONOGTyiA, 
DECAXDOLLE. C this Plant belongs. ) OF LiyXEUS. 
No. 229. 
GENUS. O.SBECKIA. Linnmus. Cal’xx tubo ovato V. oulongOjinferne cum 
ovarii ba.si connato, ssepe setis a basi palmatis v pube stellata aut rarissime 
simplici vestito, limbi quadriquinquefidi laciniis cum totidem appendicibus 
alternantibus. CoaoLLiE petala 4 v. o, calycis fauci inserta ejusdem laciniis 
alterna, ovata vel obovata. Stamina 8 vel 10, cum petalis inserta, subsequalia, 
antberm oblongo-lineares, subarcuatae, rostratae, uniporosac, connectivo ad basin, 
incrassato, antice breviter bicalcarato vel biauriculato sive mutico. Ovarium 
semi-inferum, vertice iibero conico, setosum, quadriquinqueloculare, loculis 
multiovulatis. Stylus filiformis, infra apicem incrassatus; stigma punctiforme. 
Capsula sicca, calycis tubo sursum truncato inclu.sa, quadri-quinquevalvis. 
Semina plurima, cochleata Frctices vel suffrutices, in Asia et Africa tropica 
crescentes, plerumque setoso-asperi; ramulis magis minusve tetragonis, foliis op- 
positis, rarissime verticillatis, nervosis, subintergerrimis, floribus terminalibus 
saepe capitatis, bracteato-involucratis, nunc solitariis, rarius racemosis vel sub- 
corymbosis, purpurascentibus, speciosis. Endlicher. Genera Piantarum, 
page 1214. 
SPECIES. OsBECKiA CANESCENS (3Ieyer) cauHs suffruticosus, quadran- 
gularisj foliis decussatis subsessilibus ovatis 5-7 nervis basi cordiformibus; 
floribus racemosis paniculalis, petalis purpureis obcordatis emarginatis; calycis 
lobis persistentibus, appendicibus subulatis integerrimis; connectivis curvatis 
purpureis basi luteis. 
Character of the Genus, Osbeckia. Tube of the Calyx 
ovate or oblong, joined with the base of the ovarium, frequently- 
clothed with setae palmate at the base, or a stellate pubescence, very 
rarely a simple pubescence, limb with four or five divisions, alterna¬ 
ting with the appendices. Petals of the corolla four or five, inser¬ 
ted in the throat of the calyx, ovate or obovate, and alternate with the 
divisions of the calyx. Stamens eight or ten, inserted with the petals, 
somewhat equal. Anthers oblong, linear, somewhat bowed, rostrate, 
one-pored, connective thickening to the base, with two short spurs, or 
ears projecting forward, or absent, four or five celled, many-ovuled. 
Style filiform, thickening beneath the apex. Stigma punctiform. 
Capsule dry, including the truncated tube of the calyx, four or five 
celled, loculicidal, four or five valved. Seeds many, cochleate. 
Description of the Species, Osbeckia canescens. Stem 
somewhat shrubby, square, unbranched, about two feet and a half 
