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ANDROMEDA floribunda. 
Many -flowered Andromeda: 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. : 
Nat. ord. Ericex. Juss. gen. 159 
ANDROMEDA. E. Calyx minimus 5-partitus. Corolla campanulats 
aut globosa, ò-fida laciniis reflexis. Stamina 10 non exserta,- Capsula 6- 
locularis 5-valvis. Suffrutices ; folia alterna aut rarius osita, in A. ma- 
riana margine revoluta ; flores axillares aut terminales. Juss, 1. c. 
A. floribunda, glaberrima foliis oblongo-ovatis acutis tenuissime serrulatis 
adpresso-ciliatis glabris coriaceis, racemis secundis axillaribus et termi- 
filibus congesto-paniculatis, pedicellis bibracteatis. Pursh. Fl. Am. 
t. 1. 293. , 
A. floribunda. Curtis bot. mag. t. 1566.. Nutt. gen. vol. 1. 
Frutex 2-3 pedalis sempervirens, foliosus. Rami teretes, atrovirides, pilis 
raris appressis adspersi. Polia oblonga, acuta, coriacea, crenata, glaberrima, 
plana, subavenia, petiolo brevi piloso. Racemi terminales, compositi, multi- 
flori, thyrsoidei. Rachis pilosiuscula, teres. Flores cernui. Bractew sub- 
ulate, coriacee, pedicellis pubescentibus. longiores. Calyx cum pedicello 
articulatus, in stipite brevi pentagono insidens, 5-sepalus, sepalis ovatis, 
carnosis, in estivatione valvatis, dorso pilosiusculis. Corolla monopetala 
hypogyna, ovata, alba, pentagona, 5-dentata ; dentibus minimis, obtusis, 
ovatis, patentibus. Stamina 10, e basi corolle ng — duplo brevi- 
ora, filamentis alatis planis, antheris oblongis, plici apicis dehiscen- 
in eat, Ovarium he sas td ari in disco viridi brevi 5- 
gono intrastamineo. Stylus paulo declinatus. Stigma simplex, protrusum. 
This is a very rare plant, now seen in few collections. 
It is perfectly hardy, but difficult to propagate. Our draw- 
ing was made at Mr. Jenkins's Nursery, New Road. 
Mr. Nuttall has divided from Andromeda certain species 
(A. paniculata, capreafolia, arborea, &c.) under the name of 
Lyonia, and distinguished them by a character derived from 
their seed-vessel; attributing to Andromeda a capsule with 
valves bearing the dissepiment in the middle, and the mar- 
gin of their valves naked; to Lyonia a similar capsule as 
regards the valves, but with a margin closed by other small 
extra valves. We have had no opportunity of examining 
satisfactorily the seed-vessel of the plant before us; and we 
observe, that Mr. Nuttall refers it to prep Presa a 
but its habit is more that of Lyonia than of Andromeda, and 
it will, therefore, if found to agree with the latter genus in 
