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phil. journ. 17, p. 157. Andrómeda, species of Authors. 
folia, Buxbaum, cent. 5. p. 5. t. 55. f. 1. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-cleft; segments 
acute, simple at the base. Corolla globose, with a contracted 
5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, inclosed; filaments bearded ; 
cells of anthers short, furnished with one awn each. Stigma 
truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence ; placenta 5- 
lobed: lobes simple. Seeds elliptic, compressed, shining, with 
a lateral linear hylum.—Shrubs, natives of Europe, Asia, and 
North America. Leaves linear-lanceolate, mucronulate, with 
the margins more or less revolute, quite entire, glaucous be- 
neath, with an elevated rib, and reticulated veins ; petioles very 
short, callous. Flowers terminal, umbellate, very beautiful, 
reddish, or snow white, furnished with ovate, rather foliaceous, 
imbricated bracteas, drooping. 
1 A. porirétia (Lin. spec. 564.) leaves oblong, glaucous 
beneath; corollas ovate; calycine segments ovate, spreading, 
white, sometimes tipped with red. hk. H. Native of the 
northern countries of Europe, on turfy bogs; as of Russia, 
Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Britain, &c.; North 
America, in Canada and Labrador, Bay of St. Lawrence, &c., 
in bogs, and on the borders of mountain Jakes; New York, 
and Pennsylvania. In Britain, in mossy bogs in the mountain- 
ous parts of England and Ireland, and the low lands of Scotland. 
Lin. fl. lapp. 161. t. 1. f.3. Oed. fl. dan. t. 54. Smith, engl. 
bot. t. 713. Buxb. cent. 5. t. 55. f. 1. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 1. 
Pluk. alm. 175. f. 1. Rhododéndron_polifdlium, Scop. carn. 
no. 482. Flowers flesh-coloured or pale red. The plant is 
called Wild Rosemary, Poley-Mountain, Moorwort, and Marsh 
Holy Rose. 
Var. a, latifolia (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 68.) h. H. Native 
of North America. Broad leaved Marsh Andromeda, or Wild 
Rosemary, L. Her. stirp. nov. 2. t. 11. 
Var. B, mèdia; leaves lanceolate; corollas oblong—ovate, 
red; segments of the calyx more erect. h. H. Native of 
Europe. 
Poli- 
Var. y, subulata; leaves subulate; corollas pink. p. H. 
Native of Britain. Subulate-leaved Wild Rosemary. 
Var. ò, minima; leaves linear; corollas pink. p. H. Na- 
tive of Europe. Least Wild Rosemary. 
Var. £, oleifilia; leaves shaped like those of the olive; co- 
rollas pink. Olive-leaved Wild Rosemary. 
Var. é, glaucophylla ; leaves lanceolate, glaucous beneath ; 
flowers terminal, drooping. š Native of Canada and 
Labrador. An. polifolia, B. latifolia, Lodd. bot. cab. 546. 
Andr. glaucophýlla, Link. Flowers pale red. 
Polium-leaved Marsh Andromeda, or Wild Rosemary. Fl. 
May, Sept. Britain. Shrub 1 foot. 
2 A. ROSMARINIFÒLIA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 291.) 
leaves linear-lanceolate, convex, revolute, white beneath, and 
canescent above; corollas nearly globose; calycine segments 
oblong, red. h.H. Native of Newfoundland and Labrador. 
A. polifolia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 254. Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 
53. t. 70. f. B. Flowers white, tinged with red. 
Rosemary-leaved Marsh Andromeda. Fl. June. Clt.? Shrub 
1 foot. . 
Cult. Peat is the best soil for the species and varieties of 
Andrómeda. They are easily increased by dividing at the root, 
or by layers. 
XXIV. CASSIO’PE (the wife of Cepheus, see Andrómeda). 
_D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 157. Andrémeda species of 
Lin. and Pall. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx 5-leaved; leaves 
imbricated at the base. Corolla campanulate, (f. 136 b.), 5-cleft, 
(f£. 186 a.) Stamens 10, inclosed ; filaments glabrous ; cells of 
XXIV. Cassiope. 829 
anthers short, tumid, furnished with one awn each, (f. 136 g.) 
Style dilated at the base, (f. 136, d.); stigma obtuse. Capsule 
with a loculicidal dehiscence; valves bifid at the apex. Placenta 
5-lobed: lobes simple. Seeds oblong, compressed, shining.— 
Small heath-like shrubs, natives of Asia and North America. 
Leaves small, imbricated. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, rose- 
coloured, lateral or terminal. 
* Leaves flat, 
1 C. uyenoipes (D. 
Don. I. c.) leaves loose, 
acerose. h.H. Native 
of Lapland, Denmark, and 
Siberia, on the mountains, 
where it covers tracts of 
land; and on the north- 
west coast of America. 
Andromeda hypnoìdes, 
Lin. spec. 563. fl. lapp. 
G5 tele f.185 Oecd: eH: 
dan. t. 10. Pall. fl. ross. 
P 00-te Seta. Hook: 
bot. mag. t. 2936.—A 
small creeping shrub, resembling a moss. Flowers small, with 
a red calyx, and white corolla. 
Hypnum-like Cassiope., FI. June, July. Shrub 
creeping. 
2 C. tycoropioipes (D. Don, l. c.) leaves ovate, adpressed, 
imbricated in 4 rows. h.H. Native of Siberia and the Island 
of St. Lawrence. Andrémeda lycopodioides, Pall. fl. ross. p. 
55. t. 73. f. 1. Flowers red. A small moss-like creeping 
shrub. 
Club-moss-like Cassiope. 
FIG. 136. 
Clt. 1798. 
Shrub creeping. 
* * Leaves imbricaled in 4 rows, adpressed, with revolute 
margins, tumid, somewhat bilocular. 
3 C. retracdna (D. Don, l. c.) leaves obtuse, mutic, mi- 
nutely ciliated ; peduncles glabrous. h. H. Native of Lapland 
and Siberia; of North America, in Canada, Labrador, and the 
north-west coast; Island of St. Lawrence, Kotzebue Sound. 
Andrómeda tetragdna, Lin. spec. 563. fl. lapp. 166. t. 1. f. 4. 
Pall. fl. ross. p. 50. t. 73. f. 4. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3181. 
Flowers white. 
Tetragonal-branched Cassiope. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1810. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
4 C. Merrensta‘na; leaves bluntish, glabrous; pedicels 
axillary, downy. hk. H. Native of the Island of Sitcha. 
Andrómeda Mertensiana, Bongard, in mem. acad. petersb. 2. 
p- 152. t. 5. Habit of C. tetragona. 
Mertens’s Cassandra. Shrub 4 foot. a 
5 C. ericoiprs (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves awned, setosely ciliated ; 
peduncles glabrous. h-H. Native of Dahuria and Kamts- 
chatka. Andrómeda ericoides, Pall. fl. ross. p. 56, t. 73. f. 3. 
Flower. ? 
Heath-like Cassiope. Shrub 4 foot. j 
6 C. rastiera‘ra (D. Don, l. c.) leaves elongated at top, with 
scarious membranous margins; peduncles Woolly. kh. H. 
Native of Nepaul and Mongol. Andrómeda fastigiata, Wall. pl. 
rar. asiat. 3. t. 284. Andromeda cupressiférmis, Wall. mss. ex 
D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 3. p. 411. prod. fl. nep. p. 150. 
Flowers pale red. 
Fastigiate Cassiope. Shrub procumbent. if 
7 ©. Repo'wskir; leaves scale-formed, shining, smooth, 
fringed, imbricating in 4 rows, making the branches appear ex- 
actly tetragonal; pedicels axillary, glabrous. k - H. Native 
of the east of Siberia. Andrómeda Redéwskii, Cham, et 
