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Andromeda calyculata, z/#r. ventricosa, 

 Globe-flowered calycled Andromeda, 



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Cta/i and Order. 



Decandria Monogynia, 



Generic Cbar abler. 



Cal. 5-partitus, Cor. ovata : ore 5-fido. Cap/. 5-valvis : 

 valvulis feptiferis. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



ANDROMEDA calyculata ; pedunculis folitariis axillaribus 

 fecundis, brafteis binis, foliis ovalibus 

 fquamofo-pun&atis obfolete ferrulatis. Hort. 

 Kezv, 2. p. 70, Willd. 2. p. 614. 



ANDROMEDA calyculata. Sp. Plant. 565. Reich. 2. p. 295. 

 Gmel. Sib. 4. p. 119. ». 4. GWr/. Frucl. i, 

 />. 3°4- '• 63. /. 5. 



«• vcnincofaj corollis globoiis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis. Hort. 

 Kew. 1. c. Marty n Mill. Dicl. n. 18, 



CHAM/EDAPHNE. Buxbatim in Comm. Petrop. 1, p. 241. 



(3. latifoha ; corollis oblongo-cylindraceis, foliis oblongo- 

 ovalibus obtufis. 



y. anguftijolia ; corollis oblongo-ovalibus, foliis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis. 



f. nana ,- caule decumbente, foliis rotundato-ovatis fCbdenti- 

 culatis. 



r. linearis ; calycibus acutis, ramulis ere£tis, foliis lanceolato- 

 linearibus margine undulato reflexo. 



By the two bracles at the bafe of the calyx, which have 

 given occafion to its name, this fpecies approaches to Gaul- 

 theri a, but the fruit is that of an Andromeda. 



There are feveral varieties of this fhrub : in Mr. Loddiges's 

 garden, befides the three mentioned in Hortus Kewenfis, we 

 have obferved two others. The one ($) is diftinguifhed by its 

 decumbent (tern, rounder, fomewhat more toothed leaves, and 

 Shorter racemes. The other (s) by its fmaller greenifh flowers, 

 Wl th narrow pointed calycine leaflets, more erect branches, 

 nearly linear dark-coloured leaves with undulate reflexed 

 margins. 



May be propagated by cuttings or feeds. Cultivated by the 

 Jjuke of Argyll in 1748. Flowers in February and March. 

 Communicated by MejTrs. Loddiges and Sons. 



