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ODOKOGEAPHIA. 



The general character of the genus Nardostachys, D.C., is 

 described in " Hooker's Flora of British India," iii., p. 210, in the 



following terms :- 



Erect perennial herbs. Leaves entire, radical 



Nardostachys Jatamansi, D.C. 



(Reduced from De CandoUe's "Memoir" here quoted). 

 Plate i. in same. 



elongate spathulate ; cauline few. Flowers capitate, heads in 

 cymes ; bractes oblong, free or nearly so. Calyx-limb, o-lobed, in 

 fruit enlaro-ed, membranous, veined. Corolla tubular-campanulate. 



