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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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WATTII. Bot. Specif. name for an Osbeckia from the Naga Hills in Assam (1917 W. Craib in Notes Royal Bot. Gdn., Edb. X. 57).
[After Sir George Watt (1851–1930), of Old Meldrum, doctor and Professor of Botany in India.]