CHAP. LXIX. 



Z:[lICA^CEiE. CASSIOPZ:. 



Genus V. 



1107 



894 



CASSrOPii' D. Don. The Cassiope. Lin. Sj/.it. Decandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 829. 

 Synoni/me. Andromeda sp. Lin et Pall. 



Derivation. From Cassione wife of Cepheus, and mother of Andromeda, whose foolish boast that 

 her beauty was superior to that of the Nereides provoked the wrath of Neptune. (See p. 1105.) 



i~. 1. C. /fYPNoiDEs D. Don. The Hypnum-like Cassiope. 



Identification D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3, p. 6 

 Synonyme. Andromeda Aypmiides Lin. Sp., 563., Lin. Ft. Lapp., \Cn. t. 1. f. 3., 



(Ed. Ft. Dan., t. 10., Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 55. t. 73. £ 2., Hooker in Bot. Mag., t. 



2936. 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., 1. 1. f. 3. ; Fl. Dan., t. 10. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 73. 



f. 2. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2936. ; and out fig. 894. 



Spec. Char., t^c. A small creeping shrub, resembling a kind of 

 moss. Leaves loose, flat, and needle-hke. Flowers small, 

 with a red calyx, and white corolla. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 829.) 

 A native of Lapland, Denmark, and Siberia, on the mountains, 

 where it covers whole tracts of land ; and on the north-west 

 coast of North America. Introduced in 1798; but rare in 

 collections, from the difficulty of keeping it. There are 

 plants at Messrs. Loddiges, where it flowers in June and 

 July, and is protected during winter. 



n. 2. C. TETRAGO^NA D. Don. The 'i-cornered-brancfied Cassiope. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



Synoityine. Andn'jmeda tetragbna Lin. Sp, bSZ., Lin. Fl. Lapp., 166. t. 1. f. 4., Pall. Fl. Ross., 

 p. 50. t. 73. f. 4., Hooker in Bot. Mag., t. 3181. 



Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 1. f. 4. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 73. f. 4. ; Bot. Mag., t 3181. ; and our 

 Jig. 895. 



S})ec. Char., Sfc. Leaf obtuse, minutely ciliated, its margin revolute, in such a 

 manner as to render the leaf tumid, and somewhat 

 2-celled. Leaves appressedly imbricate in 4 rows, 

 and into a 4-cornered column, of which the stem 

 or branch is the axis and support. (Dons Alill., iii. 

 p. 829.) A native of Lapland and Siberia; and, in 

 North America, of Canada, Labrador, and the north- 

 west coast; and of the Island of St. Lawrence, 

 Kotzebue Sound. Introduced in 1810, and culti- 

 vated by Messrs. Loddiges, and in some other col- 

 lections. It flowers in" March and April, and re- 

 quires protection during winter. This species and the preceding one may, 

 without destroying the harmony of the scene, be admitted nito the eri- 

 cetum ; but they are both difficult to keep, requiring a sandy peat, which 

 should never be stirred after planting ; and which should be kept cool, and, 

 as far as practicable, in an equable degree of moisture throughout the year. 

 Covering the soil round the plant closely with small pebbles, immediately 

 after it is planted, has the effect of consolidating the soil, and retaining 

 moisture ; but in very hot sunshine, it produces rather too much heat. 



App. i. Hardy Species of Cassiope, not yet introduced. 



C. lycopodidides D. Don ; AndriT-meda lycopodioldes Fall. Fl. Ross., p. 55 t 73. f. 1. ; is a small 

 moss-like, creeping shrub, with red flowers, a native of Siberia and the Island otht. Lawrence. 



C. ericoides D. Don ; Andr6raeda cricoides Pall. Fl.Ross., p. 56. t. 73. (. 3.; is a heath-like creepnig 

 shrub, a native of Daliuria and Kamtschatka. ^ o 1,1 ui • t ■ 



C. Reddwskii G.Don in Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. ; Andromedn Roduwski; Clianr et Schlecht. in l.in- 

 naea, 1. p. 517., is a procumbent much-branched shrub, a native ot the cast ot .Siberia. 



C Mertensi^naCr. Don, Don's Mill., 3. p. 829 ; Andromed« MertensiaH« Bongard in Mem. Acad. 

 Petersb., 2. p. 152. t. 5. ; is a procumbent shrub, with the habit of C. tetragbna, indigenous to the 

 Island of Sitcha. „ ^ „_, . .., 



C.fastigidta D. Don; Andr6med« fastigiJita Wall. PI. Rar. Asiat., 3. t. ^i. ; A. cupressiformis 

 Jf'aiJ. MSS. ; is a procumbent shrub, a native of Nepal and Mongol. 



4 D .3 



895 



