*2f4 Dfi€ANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



ther too saccharine, but a very agreeable fruit, brought in 

 great quantities to the Philadelphia market. 15. iiUgvno- 

 sum. The Eurcpe..n Whdrtle-berry. 16. myrtiUcides^. 17. 

 C(V'^pitosiim. 



§ II. Leave s sempervirent. 



18. Vitis Jdaa. Berries scarlet, farinaceous and insipid. 

 A small subalplne species, indigenous also to the north of 

 Europe. 19. myvtifolium. 20. crasaifoUinn. A variety proba- 

 bly of the following. 21. nitidum Branches procumbent and 

 repent.^-From Virt^inia to Georgia. 22. myvs'miies. 23. bux- 

 ifolium. 24. ovatum. 25. ohtusmtu These 2 last are indi- 

 genous to the North West coast. 



A North American genus, with the exception of 3 

 species in Europe, 1 m Jamaica, 1 in the island of Tahei- 

 ti in the Pacific, 1 indigenous to Madeira and Cappado* 

 cia, and 3 in Japan. 



380. ANDROMEDA. Z. 



C«fix 5-pai'ted, minute, inferior. CoroUamore 

 or less ovate, or siibcylindiic, smooth; border 

 5-cleft, reflected. Capsuk 5-celled, 5-valved; 

 valves producing dissepiments from the middle, 

 margins naked. 



A genus not altogetlier natural, including species of 

 variuus aspects; tliey ai-e muslly shrubs, in ^i.arborea and 

 A. piirifoUa, bordering upon trees, 4 species indigenous 

 to Siberia and the coldest parts of Europe, with 2 near 

 the extremliy of South America, nscmble the genus 

 Erica, and are amongst the most humble sufTrutices; tlie 

 leaves of most are alternate and sempervirent; flowers ax- 

 illary and terminal, rarely solitary, more commonly aggre- 

 gated, or racemose, in 2 or 3 species paniculated, pro- 

 tected by gemmaceous and proper bractes. (.'•'eeds nu- 

 merous, angular, usually truncate at one extremity, 

 transversely attached to a 5 lobf d pendulous rtcep'acle, 

 septa of the valve^ bipartile in A. caliculntu.) 



Species. 1. A. tetrug-nnn. h\ Canada. 2. hypnoides. 

 North West coast. 3. polifoha. Common also to Europe. 

 5 caUc:data. Obs. Flowers unilateral, axdlary, solitary, 

 approximating towards tlie end of the branches in the 

 manner of a raceme; culix blbracteate; capsule rounai.sh, 

 coated; septa spontaneously bipartile in a longitudmal 

 direction, exhibiting 5 distinct capsules primarily at- 

 tached to a cjmmon axis opening externally, and con- 

 nected by a 5-parted external envelope. Seeds nii- 

 aerous, truncate, anguUr, transversely accumulated. 



