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lanceolate, spathes opposite, the leaves rounded cordate, acute, 

 folded ; flowers handsome blue, one to three to each peduncle, 

 two peduncles to each spathe. 



2. C. Bcngalensisl (So in D.). Like the last but much 

 smaller, and most parts hairy, leaves petioled ovate elliptic, 

 spathes short-peduncled, hooded, two peduncles in each, one 

 longer than the other ; flowers small, blue. 



D. has these two as common everywhere, and they certainly are in 

 the Konkan. My plants agreed with D.'s descriptions, and also with 

 R.'s C. ccespitosa and C. Bengalensis, but H. has failed to recognize 

 D.'s plants, and I cannot find that he has referred to R.'s C. 

 Bengalensis at all. H. has his C. nudijlora as throughout the hotter 

 parts of India, and C. Bengalensis throughout India. 



* C. hirsuta, stem erect, 6 to 12 inches, branched, leaves linear 

 lanceolate, spathes long-peduncled, hairy ; flowers yellow, capsule one- 

 seeded, the lateral cells being empty. Belgaum, Eitchie (H.). * C. 

 Forskalcei, stem diffuse, rooting at the nodes, leaves sessile, narrow 

 oblong obtuse, spathes short-peduncled, folded or hooded acute, 

 broader than long, flowers blue. The Konkan, Jacquemont (H.}. * C. 

 paleata, stem stout branched, smooth, leaves elliptic or broad lanceo- 

 late, spathes short-peduncled, broad ovate, hooded, flowers blue. 

 Konkan and Malabar, Law, Stocks, &c. (-H".). 



These last three are not in D. 



2. ANEILEMA 

 Note. The flowers are blue except where otherwise stated. 



1. A. nudiflorum. A grass-like plant with creeping stem 

 and erect branches, leaves linear lanceolate acute, smooth, 

 except the sheath, lower leaves very long, peduncles with 

 several pale blue flowers collected at the end, anthers white. 



S. Konkan. Common (D.). Throughout India (H.). 



H. makes D.'s A. compressum a var. of this, and calls the petals 

 rosy. D. makes the leaves shorter and darker in colour, and more 

 seeds in the capsule. Malwan. 



2. A ochraceum. Six inches high, leaves lanceolate, the 

 upper broader and cordate, sheaths long and hairy, flowers 

 several together with jointed pedicels, yellow ; stamens 3, 

 filaments much-bearded. 



Dapoli. S. Konkan (D.) : not much known otherwise apparently. 

 H. describes the filaments as naked. * A. versicolor is the only other 

 species of W. India with yellow flowers, leaves flat oblong lan- 

 ceolate, stem-clasping : it would seem to be very like the last, and 



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