314 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



Deocan and Ghauts (#.). The fallen catkins look exactly like green 

 caterpillars with black rings, and legs all round. 



Of the CONIFERS which come next the only species known in W. 

 India is the G-oa cypress, Cnpressus glauca, or lusitanioa, sdru, 

 planted sometimes in gardens, and also in graveyards ; the whole 

 genus with the yews being always associated with death and 

 mourning. 



" Gome away, come away, death, 



And in sad cypress let me be laid." Twelfth Night. 



" Young flowers and an evergreen tree 



May spring from the spot of thy rest, 

 But nor cypress nor yew let us see, 



For why should we mourn for the blest ? " Byron. 



VI. ENDOGENS. 



With the conclusion of the Exogens the interest of our 

 work may seem to decline : for the species of Endogens to he 

 mentioned are not only few in comparison, hut are in general, 

 from their small size and the imperfection of their flowers, less 

 attractive to the ordinary observer. "In northern regions 

 everything included in this class of plants is herbaceous, and 

 in hotter latitudes few deserve the name of hush or tree except 

 the Palms, and a few Aroidese and Asphodelese " (Lindley). 

 But as Palms make a large exception when speaking of the 

 absence of trees, so the Lilies, Irises, and Orchids (to mention 

 no others), are certainly sufficient to glorify the whole class 

 as regards beauty. And there are perhaps among Endogens, in 

 proportion to the whole number of species, a larger number of 

 flowers which may be called popular favourites, than in the 

 much larger class of Exogens. 



The parts of the flower in Endogens are generally in threes, 

 or some multiple of three, which is rarely the case in Exogens. 



