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Saravanan &amp; Kaliamoorthy
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Bentham ex Wight &amp; Arnott
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in being perennial woody shrubs with ovate lamina and bracts, pentamerous flowers, campanulate hypanthium and capsule, obovate, pink to purple petals. However, 
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differs from 
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in its height (up to 
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5–7-flowered terminal or axillary panicles), sepals (oblong to slightly falcate, irregularly emarginate apex 
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tall 
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3.1–7.1 × 
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3–7-flowered terminal cymes), sepals (oblong to slightly falcate, apex with long white hairs 
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subulate, apex with stellate emergences), style (
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curved) (
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<emphasis id="B943EA8EFFB4430B6CBFFE2CEFCB0FFB" bold="true" box="[136,240,486,507]" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Morphological comparison of 
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and related species.
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<emphasis id="B943EA8EFFB4430B680BFDC3EBD10C1C" bold="true" box="[1084,1258,521,540]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Osbeckia wightiana</emphasis>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFDF7ED900C53" box="[345,683,573,595]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Up to 60 cm tall.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFDF7EB160C53" box="[712,1069,573,595]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Up to 3 m tall.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFDF7EAA60C53" box="[1084,1437,573,595]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Up to 3 m tall.</td>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFDB4ED900CB8" box="[345,683,638,696]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Densely covered with patent, ascending long hairs.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFDB4EB160CB8" box="[712,1069,638,696]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Densely covered with sub-patent, ascending long hairs.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFDB4EAA60CB8" box="[1084,1437,638,696]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Thinly clothed with appressed short bristles.</td>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFD29ED900CFA" box="[345,683,739,762]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.9–2.4 × 0.6–1.6 cm, both surfaces</td>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFCC2ED900D42" box="[345,683,776,834]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">densely covered with ascending to patent, thin long hairs.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFCC2EB160D42" box="[712,1069,776,834]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">ascending to sub-patent hairs adaxially, patent hairs abaxially.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFCC2EAA60D42" box="[1084,1437,776,834]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">dense silky sub-patent hairs adaxially, flexuous hairs abaxially.</td>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFCA7ED900DA7" box="[345,683,877,935]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">2–3-flowered terminal cymes; pedicels 0.7 cm long.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFCA7EB160DA7" box="[712,1069,877,935]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">5–7-flowered terminal or axillary panicles; pedicels 0.2–0.5 cm long.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFCA7EAA60DA7" box="[1084,1437,877,935]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">3–7-flowered terminal cymes; pedicels 0.1–0.3 cm long.</td>
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<th id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56CA7FC18EE310A54" box="[144,266,978,1108]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Hypanthium</th>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFC18ED900A54" box="[345,683,978,1108]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">1.2 × 1.5 cm, densely covered with stellate, stalked emergences; intersepalar emergences 0.3 cm long, persistent in fruits.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFC18EB160A54" box="[712,1069,978,1108]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.6 × 0.5 cm, densely covered with patent hairs and stellate emergences; intersepalar emergences 0.2 cm long, caducous.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFC18EAA60A54" box="[1084,1437,978,1108]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">1.3 × 1.2 cm, densely covered with large emergences mixed with small hairs and bristles; intersepalar emergences 0.25 cm long.</td>
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<th id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56CA7FBB5EE310ADE" box="[144,266,1151,1246]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Sepals</th>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFBB5ED900ADE" box="[345,683,1151,1246]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.7 × 0.3 cm, oblong to slightly falcate, apex irregularly emarginate with long hairs.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFBB5EB160ADE" box="[712,1069,1151,1246]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.5 × 0.2 cm, triangular, apex acute with long hairs.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFBB5EAA60ADE" box="[1084,1437,1151,1246]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.4 × 0.3 cm, subulate, apex with stellate emergences.</td>
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<tr id="350734DEFFB4BCF56CA7FAC3EAA60BAF" box="[144,1437,1289,1455]" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">
<th id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56CA7FAC3EE310BAF" box="[144,266,1289,1455]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Stamens</th>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFAC3ED900BAF" box="[345,683,1289,1455]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Filaments 1.1 cm long; anthers narrowly ovate to oblong, 0.9 cm long, pore oblique on ventral side; connective prolonged into a small, indistinctly lobed collar.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFAC3EB160BAF" box="[712,1069,1289,1455]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Filaments 0.6 cm long; anthers narrowly ovate, 0.5 cm long, pore oblique on ventral side; connective prolonged into a small collar with small dorsal and ventral lobe.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFAC3EAA60BAF" box="[1084,1437,1289,1455]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Filaments 1.2 cm long; anthers narrowly oblong, 0.9 cm long, pore oblique on dorsal side; connective prolonged into a small, indistinctly lobed collar.</td>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EFA10ED900814" box="[345,683,1498,1556]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.9 cm long, densely covered with hairs at apex.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFFA10EB160814" box="[712,1069,1498,1556]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.5 cm long, anther pockets and crown covered with ascending hairs.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BFA10EAA60814" box="[1084,1437,1498,1556]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.8 cm long, anther pockets covered with appressed hairs, crown ciliate.</td>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFF9F5EB16087A" box="[712,1069,1599,1658]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">1.7 cm long; stigma capitate and papillose.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BF9F5EAA6087A" box="[1084,1437,1599,1658]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">1.5 cm long; stigma swollen.</td>
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<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EF954ED900927" box="[345,683,1694,1831]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">1.1 × 1.0 cm; seeds cochleate or U shaped, margins minutely toothed, pale straw-coloured when young, blackish at maturity.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFF954EB160927" box="[712,1069,1694,1831]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">1.0 × 0.8 cm; seeds curved and muricate.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BF954EAA60927" box="[1084,1437,1694,1831]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">0.8 × 0.6 cm; seeds curved.</td>
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<th id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56CA7F886EE310968" box="[144,266,1868,1896]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">Phenology</th>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56D6EF886ED900968" box="[345,683,1868,1896]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">September–February.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF56EFFF886EB160968" box="[712,1069,1868,1896]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">November–April.</td>
<td id="76D65DA2FFB4BCF5680BF886EAA60968" box="[1084,1437,1868,1896]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="293">July–April.</td>
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<emphasis id="B943EA8EFFB743086CBFF802EE3809DD" bold="true" box="[136,259,1992,2014]" pageId="2" pageNumber="294">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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Saravanan &amp; Kaliamoorthy
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A. Habit; B &amp; C. Adaxial and abaxial surfaces of leaves respectively; D. Top view of a flower; E. Hypanthium; F. Bract; G &amp; H. Dorsal and ventral views of sepals respectively; I. Petal; J. Intersepalar emergence; K. Androecium; L. Gynoecium; M. Seeds. (Photographs by T.S. Saravanan).
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Erect, perennial shrubs, up to 
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long, stalked, stalk terete with many patent long hairs, head disc-like with stellate long patent hairs, persistent in fruits. Sepals oblong to slightly falcate, apex irregularly emarginate with a tuft of long hairs, base truncate, 0.7 × 
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long, densely covered with long white hairs; style 
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long, glabrous, slightly curved; stigma green, capitate, papillose. Capsules 1.1 × 1.0 cm, campanulate; seeds 
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long, numerous, cochleate or 
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shaped, margins minutely toothed, pale straw-coloured when young, blackish at maturity.
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Ecology:—Occurs at borders of semi evergreen forests and in rock crevices, in association with 
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Conservation Status:— 
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locality with about 15–20 individuals in an area of about 
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Etymology:—The species is named after the 
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locality, Yercaud, Salem District in 
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