314 



(5) A PAUCIPLOETJM. (Bal%.) 



Ident. Dalz. 1. c. 



, Engrgm. Wigit's Icon. t. 2076. 



Spec. Chae. Whole plant, except the mouth of the sheaths, 

 smooth : leaves long-linear acuminated, narrow : sheath, of the lower 

 leaves split, the upper suddenly transformed into short sheathing 

 floral hracts : pedicels 1 to 3, from the axils of the bracts, twice 

 articulated in the middle : fertile stamens 2, with orange-coloured 

 anthers : capsule obtusely trigonal : seeds tuberculated, solitary in 

 each ceU. 



Concans. 



(6) A eiatum:. fBah.J 



Ident. Dalz. 1. c. 



8yn. Commelyna elata, Vahl. 



Ungra/B. "Wight's Icon. t. 2072. 



Spec. Cttatc. Stem erect, round, smooth, leafy: leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, smooth, flat, with -^hite, undulated margins: 

 sheaths entire : peduncles terminal, dichotomously branched, the 

 branches distant and few flowered : flowers in three's : the petaloid 

 sepals obovate cuneate, reflexed. 



In dark shady woods of the Concan. 



(7) A. CAirAi,icTiLAixrM. fBah.J 



Dalz. 1. c. 



A. paniculatum, Wight's Icon. t. 2075. 



Spec. Char. Root fibrous : stem simply branched erect, striated, 

 alternately marked on one side with a pubescent line : lower leaves 

 broad-linear lanceolate, upper ones cordate-oblong, all stem-clasping, 

 smooth, channelled in the middle : peduncles terminal and axillary, 

 solitary or twin, dichotomously branched, few flowered : flowers 

 rather long-pediceUed, bifarious, distant : stamens 3, perfect : 

 anthers blue, all the filaments bearded : capsule oblong, acutely 

 trigonal : cells 4 to 5 seeded : seeds in a single row : flowers blue. 



South Concan. 



(8) A. rEMOBPHUM. fBah.J 



Ident. Dalz. 1. c. 



Spec. Char. Whole plant, except the ciliated mouth of the 

 sheaths, smooth, a little branched at the base : branches erect. 



