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glanduliformia 3 breviora, stylum æquantia, glandulis 3-lobatis albis ; 
` filamenta omnia barbata. Capsula oblonga, acute trigona, sepalis 
exterioribus dimidio longior, loculis 4—5-spermis ; semina uniserialia. 
Flores cyanei. Crescit in prov. Malwan ; fl. tempore pluviali. 
6. A. dimorphum; totum (vaginarum ore ciliolato excepto) glabrum 
pedale, radice fibrosa, basi parce ramosa, ramis erectis teretibus 
striatis, internodiis uno latere linea pubescente notatis, foliis 
inferioribus lineari-acuminatis, superioribus lanceolatis acutis, omni- 
bus amplexicaulibus, floribus terminalibus dichotomo-paniculatis 
paucis, paniculæ ramis pedicellisque basi bracteatis, bracteis minutis 
rotundato-cucullatis. 
Sepala exteriora ovata, obtusa, concava, sub ‘anthesi reflexa, interiora 
rotundata, basi cuneata, petaloidea. Stamina fertilia 3, antheris pur- 
pureis, filamentis medio barbatis stylo 4-plo longioribus; glanduli- 
formia 3 breviora, filamentis glabris, glandulis albis 3-lobatis. Ovarii 
loculi 3-ovulati. Stylus brevissimus, strictus, subulatus. Stigma 
simplex. Capsula sep. exter. longior, oblonga, acute trigona. Flores 
cyanei.—Crescit in prov. Malwan ; fl. tempore pluviali. 
When specimens of this species are gathered on a stony soil, the 
internodes are so much shortened as to give the plant a very different 
appearance, the leaves appearing all radical. 
7. A. semiteres; caule erecto simplici tereti 2-5-pollicari glabro, foliis 
paucis subulatis carnosis semiteretibus, vaginis integris, floribus termi- 
nalibus et ex folii supremi axilla dichotomo-paniculatis, paniculis 
paucifloris, pedunculis pedicellisque rubris, vaginis floralibus truncatis 
unidentatis. 
Stamina fertilia 3, incumbentia, sep. exter. opposita, antheris fuscis, 
filamentis glabris ; sterilia 3, glanduliformia, glandulis 3-lobatis.albis, 
Jilamentis omnibus ima basi coalitis. Ovarium ovale, stylo stricto 
paulo brevius, 3-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo 6, biserialia, latere 
interiore angulata. Petala obovata, cuneata, apice mucronata, irregu- 
lariter dentata. Flores cyanei.— Crescit in Concano utroque, in locis 
saxosis; fl. tempore pluviali. 
A very distinct species. 
Sect. 3. Floribus eynoso-racemosis. 
8. À. compressum ; basi ramosum radicans, ramis adscendentibus com- 
pressis simplicibus glabris, foliis bifariis brevibus 2-3 poll. longis 
