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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Genus VI. 



CASSA'NDRJ D. Don. The Cassandra. Lin. Syst. Decandria 

 Monogj'nia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 1". p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synom/tne. Andronicdn .sp. iJn. and others. 



Derivation. The name of a daughter of Priam and Hecuba. 



M- 1. C. CALYCULA^TA jD. Z)ow. The calj'culated Cassandrs. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synimyme. Andromedn calyculata Lin. Sp., 5fi5., Pall. Ft. }{oss., 2. p. .53. t. 71. f. 1.. Lodd. Bat. 



Cab., t. 1464. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t 71. f. 1. ; Bot. Cab., t. 140i. ; and our fig. 8<)6. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntish, obso- 

 letely serrulated, rusty beneath. Racemes recurved, 

 leafy. Bracteas of the calyx (these constitute the caly- 

 culus, or secondary andouter calyx, implied by the 

 term calyculata) broad, ovate, acuminate. Corollas 

 obIong-c}lindrical. (Dou's Mill., iii. p. 830.) A native 

 of North America, from Canada to Virginia, on the 

 mountains, in bogs and swamps. It grows also in 

 Sweden, Prussia, Siberia, &c. Introduced in 17-i8, 

 and frequent in collections. Flowering from February 

 to April. 



Varieties. The following forms of this species are enu- 

 merated in Don's Miller : — 



tt C c. 1 veidricasa Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1286.— Co- 

 rolla inflated. 

 M. r. r. 2 latifdlia Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 530. — Leaf 



broad. 

 «- C. c. 3 nana Sims Bot. Mag., t. 862., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 826. — Dwarf. 



M- 2. C. (c.) ANGUsTiFo^LiA G. Don. The luirrow-lcaved Cassandra. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonyines. Andromeda calyculJlta /3 angustiffjlia Ait. Hort. Kew , 

 2. p. 70. ; A. angustifblia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 291. : A. crispa 

 I De^. et Link, and our^'g. Sit]. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, the 

 edges somewhat waved and revolute, the under-sur- 

 face rusty. Racemes recurved, leafy. Bracteas of 

 calyx minute. Corollas oblong-ovate. (Bon's Mill., 

 iii. p. 830.) A native of Carolina and Georgia, in 

 open swamps. Introduced in 1748, growing to 

 the height of 1 ft., and flowering in February and 

 April. It is frequent in collections. 



Genus VII. 



896 



897 



ZENO'BI/1 D. Don. The Zenoria. Lin. Si/st. Decandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ,, July, 1834. : Don's Mill. 3 p 830 

 Synonytne. Andromedn %\>. ilichaux. •• i- 



Derivation. From Zcnohia, a q jecn Palnyra, distinguished for her virtue and Uarn'mr f.D 

 Don.) "' ^ ' 



