ERICACEAE. XXIII. ANDROMEDA. XXIV. CASSIOPE. 



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phil. journ. 17, p. 157. Andromeda, species of Authors. Poli- 

 fblia, Buxbatim, cent. 5. p. 5. t. 55. f. 1. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft ; segments 

 acute, simple at the base. Corolla globose, with a contracted 

 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, inclosed; filaments bearded; 

 cells of anthers short, furnished with one awn each. Stigma 

 truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence ; placenta 5- 

 lobed : lobes simple. Seeds elliptic, compressed, shining, with 

 a lateral linear hylum Shrubs, natives of Europe, Asia, and 

 North America. Leaves linear-lanceolate, mucronulate, with 

 the margins more or less revolute, quite entire, glaucous be- 

 neath, with an elevated rib, and reticulated veins ; petioles very 

 short, callous. Flowers terminal, umbellate, very beautiful, 

 reddish, or snow white, furnished with ovate, rather foliaceous, 

 imbricated bracteas, drooping. 



1 A. POLIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 564.) leaves oblong, glaucous 

 beneath ; corollas ovate ; calycine segments ovate, spreading, 

 white, sometimes tipped with red. Ij . H. Native of the 

 northern countries of Europe, on turfy bogs ; as of Russia, 

 Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Britain, &c. ; North 

 America, in Canada and Labrador, Bay of St. Lawrence, &c., 

 in bogs, and on the borders of mountain lakes ; New York, 

 and Pennsylvania. In Britain, in mossy bogs in the mountain- 

 ous parts of England and Ireland, and the lowlands of Scotland. 

 Lin. fl. lapp. 161. t. 1. f. 3. Oed. fl. dan. t. 54. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 713. Buxb. cent. 5. t. 55. f. 1. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 1. 

 Pluk. aim. 175. f. 1. Rhododendron polifolium, Scop. earn, 

 no. 482. Flowers flesh-coloured or pale red. The plant is 

 called Wild Rosemary, Poley-Mountain, Moorrvort, and Marsh 

 Holy Rose. 



Var. o, latifolia (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 68.). ^ . H. Native 

 of North America. Broad leaved Marsh Andromeda, or Wild 

 Rosemary, L. Her. stirp. nov. 2. t. 11. 



Var. ft, media ; leaves lanceolate ; corollas oblong ovate, 

 red ; segments of the calyx more erect. ^ . H. Native of 

 Europe. 



Var. y, subulata ; leaves subulate ; corollas pink. Tj . H. 

 Native of Britain. Subulate-leaved Wild Rosemary. 



Var. S, minima; leaves linear ; corollas pink. jj . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe. Least Wild Rosemary. 



Var. f, oleifolia ; leaves shaped like those of the olive ; co- 

 rollas pink. Olive-leaved Wild Rosemary. 



Var. , glaucophylla ; leaves lanceolate, glaucous beneath ; 

 flowers terminal, drooping. Tj . H. Native of Canada and 

 Labrador. An. polifolia, 0. latifolia, Lodd. bot. cab. 546. 

 Andr. glaucophylla, Link. Flowers pale red. 



Polium-leaved Marsh Andromeda, or Wild Rosemary. Fl. 

 May, Sept. Britain. Shrub 1 foot. 



2 A. ROSMARINIFOLIA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 291.) 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, convex, revolute, white beneath, and 

 canescent above ; corollas nearly globose ; calycine segments 

 oblong, red. Jj . H. Native of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

 A. polifolia, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 254. Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 

 53. t. 70. f. B. Flowers white, tinged with red. 



Rosemary-leaved Marsh Andromeda. Fl. June. Clt. ? Shrub 

 1 foot. 



Cult. Peat is the best soil for the species and varieties of 

 Andromeda. They are easily increased by dividing at the root, 

 or by layers. 



XXIV. CASSIO'PE (the wife of Cepheus, see Andromeda). 

 D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 157. Andromeda species of 

 Lin. and Pall. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-leaved ; leaves 

 imbricated at the base. Corolla campanulate, (f. 136 6.), 5-cleft, 

 (f. 136 a.) Stamens 10, inclosed ; filaments glabrous; cells of 



anthers short, tumid, furnished with one awn each, (f. 136g.) 

 Style dilated at the base, (f. 136, d.~); stigma obtuse. Capsule 

 with a loculicidal dehiscence; valves bifid at the apex. Placenta 

 5-lobed : lobes simple. Seeds oblong, compressed, shining. 

 Small heath-like shrubs, natives of Asia and North America. 

 Leaves small, imbricated. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, rose- 

 coloured, lateral or terminal. 



* Leaves flat. 



FIG. 136. 



1 C. HYPNOIDES (D. 

 Don. 1. c.) leaves loose, 

 acerose. fj . H. Native 

 of Lapland, Denmark, and 

 Siberia, on the mountains, 

 where it covers tracts of 

 land ; and on the north- 

 west coast of America. 

 Andromeda hypnoldes, 

 Lin. spec. 563. fl. lapp. 

 165. t. 1. f. 3. Oed. fl. 

 dan. t. 10. Pall. fl. ross. 

 p. 55. t. 73. f. 2. Hook, 

 bot. mag. t. 2936. A 



small creeping shrub, resembling a moss. Flowers small, with 

 a red calyx, and white corolla. 



Hypnum-like Cassiope. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. Shrub 

 creeping. 



2 C. LYCOPODIOIDES (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves ovate, adpressed, 

 imbricated in 4 rows. ^ . H. Native of Siberia and the Island 

 of St. Lawrence. Andromeda lycopodioides, Pall. fl. ross. p. 

 55. t. 73. f. 1. Flowers red. A small moss-like creeping 

 shrub. 



Club-moss-like Cassiope. Shrub creeping. 



* * Leaves imbricated in 4 rows, adjiressed, with revolute 

 margins, tumid, somewhat bilocular. 



3 C. TETRAobNA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves obtuse, mutic, mi- 

 nutely ciliated ; peduncles glabrous. Tj . H. Native of Lapland 

 and Siberia ; of North America, in Canada, Labrador, and the 

 north-west coast; Island of St. Lawrence, Kotzebue Sound. 

 Andromeda tetragona, Lin. spec. 563. fl. lapp. 166. t. 1. f. 4. 

 Pall. fl. ross. p. 50. t. 73. f. 4. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3181. 

 Flowers white. 



Tetragonal-branched Cassiope. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1S10. 

 Shrub ^ foot. 



4 C. MERTENSIA'NA ; leaves bluntish, glabrous ; pedicels 

 axillary, downy. Tj. H. Native of the Island of Sitcha. 

 Andromeda Mertensiana, Bongard, in mem. acad. petersb. 2. 

 p. 152. t. 5. Habit of C. tetragona. 



Mertens's Cassandra. Shrub ^ foot. 



5 C. ERICOIDES (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves awned, setosely ciliated ; 

 peduncles glabrous. ^ H. Native of Dahuria and Kamts- 

 chatka. Andromeda ericoides, Pall. fl. ross. p. 56. t. 73. f. 3. 

 Flower. ? 



Heath-like Cassiope. Shrub \ foot. 



6 C. FASTIGIA'TA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves elongated at top, with 

 scarious membranous margins ; peduncles woolly. Tj . H. 

 Native of Nepaul and Mongol. Andromeda fastigiata, Wall. pi. 

 rar. asiat. 3. t. 284. Andromeda cupressiformis, Wall. mss. ex 

 D. Don, in mem. wern. soc. 3. p. 411. prod. fl. nep. p. 150. 

 Flowers pale red. 



Fastigiate Cassiope. Shrub procumbent. 



7 C. REDO'WSKH ; leaves scale-formed, shining, smooth, 

 fringed, imbricating in 4 rows, making the branches appear ex- 

 actly tetragonal ; pedicels axillary, glabrous. Tj . H. Native 

 of the east of Siberia. Andromeda Redowskii, Cham, et 



