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GENUS XVm. ENDOPOGON. 



Ilidynamla Angioapermla. Sexi S]/ati 



Deriv. From Endon, within, and Pogon, a beard ; alluding ttf 

 the throat of the corolla. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx regular, 5-parted : coroUa in the bud, often 

 convolntely mucronate, bilafciate, lihroat inflated, upper lip broad, 

 bifid within, having a decurrent canal bearded on both sides for 

 the reception of the sijle, lower lip trifid : stamens two : cells of 

 the anthers parallel, etjual, mi^tioous : capsule 4>-s\,nglpA, suturea 

 prominent, 2-celled, four-seeded near the base, partition adnate, 

 fiarrow and incomplete above : seed either depressed, lenticular, 

 mucronulate with a shield-like depression on both sides near the 

 hilum, or ovate, subcordate, carinate on one side, smooth.^ — - 

 Shrubs with serrated leaves : flowers spicp,te ; common braicts 

 opposite, imbricated, broadish, the proper ones narrow : coroll% 

 showy, blue. 



(1) E, viscosuM. CNees.J 

 Var. HUMiLis. 



Ident. Dep. prod. XI. p, 104. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1498. 



Sfec. Char. Low branched shrub : bracts oblong, lanceolate 

 (the lower ones sometimes oval), obtusely unguiculato-cuspidate, 

 carinate, as long as the calyx, rigid, and with the rachis, hirsutely 

 glandulose : leaves oval-oblong, or oval, attenuated at both ends, 

 hispid . seed oval : spikes very dense, villous. 



Courtallum. 



(2) E^ VERSICOLOR. (R. W-) 



Ident. Wight's Icon, vol, IV. & t. 1497. 



Sf^c. Char. Bracts lanceolate, subulately attenuated at the 

 apex, and like the calyx, densely glanduloso-hirsute : calyx 5- 

 cleft, segments lanceolate : leaves long-petioled, broadly ovata, 

 acuminate, crenate, glabrous above, white beneath, 



Neilgherrie?, flowering in March and April . 



(3) E. CAPITATUM, ( R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV, & t. 1499. 



Spec Chj^k. Large branched shrub \ spikes short, capitate ; 

 exterior bracts leaf-like, limb glabrous, the dilated base, calysi;, 

 Ijranchlets and petioles thickly covered with rigid glandular hairs ; 

 leaves ovate, acuminate, serrated : limb glabrous, densely lineolatej 



Neilgherries, flowering in Match and April. 



