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Ancistrum; a genus of the class Diandria, order Monogy- 

 lia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth one-leaved, 

 turbinate, truncate, four-toothed ; teeth cylindric, awned, 

 erect, terminating in four reversed hooks. Corolla : superior, 

 one-petalled, funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, and 

 a spreading quadrifid border ; the divisions nearly equal, 

 obtuse, the length of the tube. Stamina : filamenta, fastened 

 to the base of the tube, longer than the corolla, capillary ; 

 antherse roundish. Pistil: germen oblong;, style filiform, the 

 length of the corolla : stigma pencil-shaped. Pericarp : none, 

 but the calix, in the bottom of which is the fruit. Seed: 

 single, oblong. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : four-leaved. 

 Corolla: none. Stigma: many-parted. " Drupe: dry, hispid, 

 one-celled. The species are, 



1. Ancistrum Decumbens. Stems decumbent; peduncle 

 scape-form, solitary ; flowers in a globular head ; leaflets 

 wedge-form, deeply serrate, hairy beneath ; seed covered 

 with the thickened calix. Native of New Zealand. 



2. Ancistrum Lucidum; Shining Ancistrum. Stems sub- 

 demerged ; peduncles scape-form ; spikes ovate ; leaflets 

 oblong, quite entire, acute, subfasciclcd. It flowers in May 

 and June ; and is a native of the Falkland Isles. 



3. Ancistrum Latebrosum ; Hairy Ancistrum. Stems de- 

 merged; peduncles scape-form; spikes elongate; leaflets 

 oblong, gashed, villose ; fruits armed on every side. 



Andrachne, a genus of the class Monoecia, order Gynandria. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Male. Calix: perianth live-leaved, 

 equal, marcescent. Corolla: petals five, emarginate. slender, 

 shorter than the calix; nectary, leaflets five, semibifid, her- 

 baceous, one within each petal, and less than it. Stamina: 

 filamenta five, small, inserted into the rudiment of each style ; 

 anthers simple. Female. Calix: perianth five-leaved, equal, 

 permanent. Corolla: petals none; nectary as in the male. 

 Pistil: germen superior, globose ; styles three, filiform, 

 two-parted ; stigmas globose. Pericarp: capsuleglobose, tri- 

 lobate, three-celled ; cells bivalved, the size of the calix. 

 Seeds : in pairs, rounded on one side, triangular and obtuse 

 on the other. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Mule. Calix: five- 

 leaved. Corolla : five-petalled. Stamina : five, inserted 

 into the rudiment of the style. Female. Calix: five-leaved. 

 Corolla: none. Styles: three. Capsule: three-celled. Seeds: 

 two. The plants of this genus are propagated in England 

 by seeds sown uponahot-bcd in March. The second and third 

 sorts are very tender. They ripen their seeds in August or 

 September, and decay soon after. The species are, 



1. Andrachne Telephoides. Procumbent and herbaceous. 

 It grows wild in Italy and the Archipelago, and is a low 

 trailing plant. 



2. Andrachne Fruticosa. Erect, shrubby. Fourteen feet 

 high, with small herbaceous-white flowers. A native of the 

 East Indies, China, and of Vera Cruz, in New Spain. 



3. Andrachne Arborea. Stem arborescent ; leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, hoary underneath. This species has a strong woody 

 stem rising more than twenty feet high. Native of Cam- 

 pteachy. 



Andromeda, a genus of the class Decandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GEXKRIC CHARACTER. Perianth: five-parted, acute, 

 very small, coloured, permanent. Corolla: monopetalous, 

 campanulate, quinquefid ; clefts reflex. Stamina: filamenta 

 subulate, shorter than the corolla, and scarcely fixed to 

 it; anthers two-horned, nodding. Pistil-, germen round- 

 ish ; style cylindric, longer than the stamina, permanent ; 

 stigma obtuse. Pericarp.- capsule roundish, five-cor- 

 nered, five-celled, five-valved, opening at the corners ; 

 partitions contrary. Seeds : very many, roundish, shining. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Cain.- five-parted. Corolla: 



ovate, or campanulate, quinquefid at the edge. Capsule : 

 superior, five-celled, with the partitions from the middle of 

 the valves. Most of the plants of this genus are hardy de- 

 ciduous shrubs, delighting in moist ground. They are 

 propagated by their creeping roots, which putting up suckers 

 at a distance, may be taken off with roots, and transplanted 

 where they are designed to remain ; for they will not bear 

 frequent removals. The species are, 



1. Andromeda Tetragona. Peduncles solitary, lateral; 

 corollas bell-shaped ; leaves opposite, imbricate, obtuse, 

 revolute. Grows in Siberia and Lapland. 



2. Andromeda Hypnoides. Peduncles solitary, terminal; 

 corollas bell-shaped; leaves crowded, awl-shaped. This 

 little plant is found in Denmark, Siberia, and in the Lap- 

 land Alps ; where it covers great tracts of ground, adorn- 

 ing them with its beautiful red flowers. 



3. Andromeda Cerea. Peduncles axillary, two-leaved, 

 One-flowered ; leaves alternate, ovate, serrate. Native of 

 Otaheite. 



4. Andromeda Ccerulea. Peduncles aggregate ; corollas 

 ovate ; leaves scattered, linear, obtuse, flat. Found in Swe- 

 den, Denmark, Lapland, and Siberia. 



5. Andromeda Mariana; Maryland Andromeda: Pedun- 

 cles aggregate, branched ; corollas ovate cylindrical ; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, quite entire, deciduous. Native of North 

 America. There are two varieties belonging to this.species. 



6. Andromeda Ferruginea; Rusty Andromeda. 1'eduncles 

 aggregate, axillary ; corolla subglobose ; leaves elliptic, quite 

 entire, beneath scaly scariose. Native of North America. 



7. Andromeda Polifolia : Marsh Andromeda. Peduncles 

 aggregate ; corollas ovate, leaves alternate, lanceolate, revo- 

 lute. This elegant little shrub is from six to eight inches 

 and a foot high, with a red calix and pink-coloured corolla. 

 It powers about the end of May ; and is a/native of America; 

 of turf-bogs in the northern countries of Europe ; and of 

 Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, Yorkshire, &c. It is 

 called Moor-wort, Wild Rosemary, Marsh Holy Rose, &c. 



8. Andromeda Bryantha. Flowers corymbed ; leaves 

 elliptic ; stem prostrate. It comes up in thick clumps, like 

 Wild Thyme, on the rocks of Kamtschatka. 



9. Andromeda Daboecia; Irish Whorts, Cantcbrian Heath, 

 or Trailing Andromeda. Racemes pointing one way; flowers 

 quadrifid-ovate; leaves alternate, lanceolate, revolute. Found 

 only in the Irish bogs, and flowers in June and July. 



10. Andromeda Droseroides ; Clammy Andromeda. Ra- 

 cemes pointing one way; leaves linear, hairy, viscid. A 

 native of the Cape. 



11. Andromeda Paniculata; Panicled Andromeda. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, panicled ; corollas roundish ; leaves ovate, 

 rather entire. Stem four feet high. Native of Virginia. 



12. Andromeda Japonica. Racemes panicled, cylindric, 

 bracted; leaves elliptic, reflex, serrate at the tip. This is a 

 tree, flowering in December. Native of Japan. 



13. Andromeda Arborea; Tree Andromeda, or Sorrel Tree. 

 Racemes terminal ; corollas rather downy ; leaves elliptic, 

 pointed, toothletted. A shrub from ten to twenty feet 

 high ; native of Virginia and Carolina. 



14. Andromeda Racemosa ; Branching or Pennsylvania 

 Andromeda. Racemes terminal, simple, bracted ; corollas 

 cylindric; leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrate. It flowers in 

 July, and is a native of Pennsylvania. 



15. Andromeda Axillaris ; Notch-leaved Andromeda. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, simple ; corollas ob'long ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 serrulate. Native of Carolina; flowering from May to August. 



16. Andromeda Coriacea; Thick-leaced Andromeda. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, simple ; leaves ovate, very entire, very shin- 



