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OSBECKIA zeylanica. 
Ceylonese Osheckia. 
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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. MELASTOME. Jussieu gen. 328. Div. IL. 
MELASTOMACE. Brown bot. of congo. 15. 
OSBECKIA. Supra fol. 542. 
0. zeylanica, foliis petiolatis calycibus hispidis. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 300. ' 
_ Osbeckia zeylanica. Linn. suppl. 215. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 340. 
Echinophora maderaspatana, sideritis non serratis nervosis foliis, fructt 
capsulari Caucalidis wmulo. Pluk. alm. 132. t. 173. f. 4. 
Frutex appressé strigosus ; rami oppositi, axillares, erecti, 4-goni, bisul- 
cati, ad sulcorum marginem saturatius virentes. Folia opposita, decussato- 
distantia, ovali-lanceolata, patentia, 3-nervia, setulis decumbentibus stri- 
gosa: pet. breves, strigost, bast lined prominuld setis longioribus porrectis 
ciliaté utrinque conneat. Cyme terminales pauci(5 lore, foliis 4 subtense, 
bracteata, ‘foribus subsessilibus albis v. carneo-subrubentibus, diametro un- 
ciali ad sesquiuncialem. Cal. virescens semi-4-v. 5-fidus; tubus extis 
spinis viridibus radiato-compositis patentibus muricatus ; segmenta ovato- 
oblonga, acuminata, ciliata, longitudine ferme tubi, setd longiori simplici 
prafixa, aa externarum conformi insterstincta, ceterum glabra atque 
enervia. etala 4-5, lato-obovata, deorsum cuneata, pube minutaé rubro- 
capitata Jfimbriata. Stam. 8-10, corolla breviora, alterna (ubi 10), subbre- 
viora, effatiora v. tardiora ; fil. virentia, filiformia; anth. lineari-attenuate, 
articulato-affize, flave, ad ventrem violaceo-tincte, erostres, apice forate, 
loculi 2 receptaculo bast incurvato intisque didymo-protuberante adnati. 
Germ. pallidé virens, ellipticum, glabrum, 4-(5-) loculare, setis 8-(10, pare 
uno pro singulo loculo) simplictbus circa basin styli preficum: stylus virens, 
cylindricus, robustus, glaber, obsolete curvatus; stigma apex obtusus pa- 
pulosus. 
As in OspecktA chinensis of the 542d number of this 
publication, the flowers in the present species vary with from 
8 to 10 parts; but in that, ten seemed the predominant 
number, while in this, eight seems to be the prevailing one. 
Here when the stamens are ten the alternate five are smaller 
and paler than the other five. The flowers are white witha 
purple fringe of minute glandularly tipped hairs. In the 
dried samples the petals appear of a light pink colour. 
Introduced from the East Indies by Sir Joseph Banks in 
1799. ‘The drawing was taken in the hothouse belonging 
to Messrs. Colvill in the King’s Road, Chelsea. 
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