C 2936 ) 
- ANDROMEDA HyPNoIpEs. HYPNUM-LIKE 
ANDROMEDA. 
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Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeyni. 
( Nat. Ord —Enricines. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. sub-campanulata, limbo reflexo. 
Antheree bicornes. Caps. 5-locularis, marginibus valvarum 
nudis, columna centrali quinquelobo. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
AnDRomepa* hypnoides; pedunculis solitariis unifloris ter- 
minalibus, corolla campanulata 5-fida laciniis obtusis 
_ Conniventibus, stylo ovato-acuminato, foliis imbricatis 
pluriseriatis erectis subulatis. Graham. 
AnpRomepa hypnoides. Linn. Succ. p. 355. Sp. Pl. 9.1. 
Pp. 563. Fl. Lapp. p. 165. t. 1. f. 3. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
v 2. p. 606. Fil. Dan. t. 10. Wahl. Fl. Suec. p 450. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 289. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 
2.0. 3.p.51. Graham in Edin. N. Phil. Journ. July, 
1829. p. 178. we om 
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Descr. Stem procumbent, much branched, every where 
Covered with leaves. Leaves imbricated, erect, minutely 
pubescent, ciliated, subulate, flat above, rounded below. 
eduncles (three lines long) terminal, solitary, one-flowered, 
ted. Flowers drooping.’ Calyx five-parted, red, sub-acute.. 
Corolla pure white, when, as in the specimens here de- 
scribed 
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a So named by Livnazus after the virgin Andromeda, because it is attach- 
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rocks in the midst of marshes which abound in aquatic monsters, 
