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Pogogyne (From pogon a beard and gyne)

(from pogon, a beard, and gyne, a female; referring to the villous style). ORD. Labiatae. A small genus (six species) of dwarf or erect, hardy annuals, natives of California. Flowers whorled, collected into dense, leafy spikes; calyx campanulate, five-toothed; corolla with a straight, exserted tube, and a bilabiate limb. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. Leaves linear, entire, or the upper or floral ones slightly conformed, long-ciliated, somewhat toothed. P. Douglasii is the only species introduced. Seed should be sown in pots, and the seedlings turned out into the open border.

P. Douglasii (Douglas'). fl., corolla purple or dark violet; lower calyx teeth thrice as long as the tube; bracts linear, acute, almost leaf-like; spikes oblong, 2in. to 3in. long. August. l. petiolate, 1in. to 1 1/2in. long, oblong, obtuse, entire, gradually narrowed to the base, glabrous. Stem slightly branched. h. 1ft. 1871. (B. M. 5886.) P. D. multiflora (many-flowered). A smaller form, with lilac corolla, and rather shorter bracts than the type.