“ANDROMEDA PULVERULENTA. OvAL- 
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” Gale ek OPO oa 
DecANDRIA Monocynta. 
es sete: 
_ Generic Charafer. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ovata; ore 5-fido. Cap/. g-locularis, 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
ANDROMEDA pulverulenta ; pedunculis aggregatis rameis 
axillaribufque, corollis globofo-campanulatis, 
' — foliis ovalibus crenulatis fubtus pulverulentis. — 
ANDROMEDA pulverulenta. Bartram’s Travels (American 
Edition) p. 476. Willd. Sp. Pl.v. 2. p. 610. 
ANDROMEDA caffnefolia. var. 8. Ventenat Hort. Cels. 60. 
ANDROMEDA ovata ; pedunculis aggregatis, corollis cam- 
7 : panulatis foliis alternis ovatis ferrato-crenatis 
obtufiufculis. Solander MSS. 
"es, 
_A very handfome bufhy fhrub. Leaves alternate, oval, 
lightly notched, the under furface of a bluifh white refem- 
bling the bloom of plums, and, like that, rubbing off when - 
roughly touched. Flowers in bunches, nodding, white, much. 
like thofe of the Lily of the Valley, fweet-fcented. Filaments 
ort, each growing from a globular gland furrounding the 
8¢rm: anthers brown, four-awned. Style fimple, ereét, per- 
a exceeding the ftamens, Capfule five-cornered, five- _ 
ceiied, pe 
For this valuable acquifition to our gardens we are indebted 
to the indefatigable Mr. Fraser, of Sloane-Square, who found 
itin North-Carolina, where however it had been obferved long 
ore by Mr. Joun BARTRAM. : 
_It is capable of withftanding the cold of our winters in the 
— air, but the beautiful foliage : is better preferyed o e 
