136 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
hirtellis, calycis (sep. exter.) laciniis glabris, corollæ petalis rotun- 
datis ochraceis, antherarum fertilium filamentis barbatis. 
Stamina 6, quorum tria sepalis interioribus opposita effœta, glandulis 
bilobatis instructa; tria iisque alterna fertilia. Stylus brevis; 
stigma simplex. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum. Capsula cartilaginea, 
glabra, loculicide dehiscens, trilocularis, polysperma; semina in quoque 
loculo 7-8, biserialia, valde inter se compressa, hine latere interiore 
angulata, lateribus omnibus impressione umbiliciformi.— Crescit in 
locis saxosis humidis Concani australioris ; fl. tempore pluviali. 
2. A. versicolor; ramosum, ramis erectis teretibus striatis patenti-hispi- 
dulis foliosis, foliis alternis bifariis distantibus lanceolato-acuminatis 
glabris amplexicaulibus subtus 5-7-nerviis supra striatis vaginis 
longiusculis hispidulis sulcato-striatis, pedicellis axillaribus fascicula- 
tis 3-4-nis folio longioribus medio articulatis parte superiore glabris 
inferiore pubescentibus, sepalis exterioribus oblongis obtusis concavis, 
interioribus petaloideis semiorbiculatis brevissime unguiculatis ochra- 
ceis diametro 3-lin. 
Stamina fertilia 3, patentia : filamenta subulata, parte inferiore barbata ; 
antheræ lineari-oblongæ, intense purpureæ, medio dorso affixæ, ver- 
satiles. Stamina glandulifera 3, fertilibus breviora, filamentis parce 
barbatis, stylo erecto longioribus, glandulis albis 3-lobatis. Petala 
in alabastro rosea, marcescentia cyanea. Capsula linearis, trigona, 
sepalis exterioribus vix longior, loculis 7-spermis, semina unise- 
rialia.—Crescit cum precedente. 
Thesé two species are distinguished from all others (as far as I am 
aware) by their yellow flowers; and perhaps it has not hitherto been 
known that flowers of that colour exist in the genus. These two 
species are closely allied, but the flowers in the latter are twice as 
large, and the hispid stems, the much more acute leaves, and the seeds 
in a single series, form a ready mark of distinction. The latter species 
appears later in the rainy season. 
3. A. pauciflorum ; bipedale, tota planta (vaginarum ore excepto) glabra, 
basi ramosa, ramis strietis erectis teretibus striatis, foliis linearibus 
acuminatis nitidis planis 8 poll. longis 3 lin. latis internodiis duplo 
longioribus, inferiorum vaginis fissis, superioribus subito in bracteis 
floralibus brevibus vaginantibus transeuntibus, pedicellis ex bracte- 
"arum axillis solitariis geminis vel ternis semipollicaribus unifloris 
bractea subduplo longioribus medio bis articulatis apicem versus 
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