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CASSI\)P. 



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. A. p. 4 lati/olifi Locld. Bot. Cab. t. o46., and ow fig. 1039., has broad 



leaves, and is a larger plant, 

 a. A. p. 5 minima has small flowers. 



J037. A. p. angustif61ia. 103S. A.p.granaiflova. 



tt. A. p. 6 revolida Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 725., and our /g. 1040., has 



flowers bent back. 



tt. A. p. 7 scotica is common in Scotland. 

 . -4. p. 8 stricta has the branches erect. 



Cultivated in gardens in moist peaty soil ; and it is only in such a soil, 

 in an open airy situation, that it can be preserved for any length of time. 



. 2. A. .KOSMARINIFO^LIA Pursh. The Rosemary-leaved Andromeda. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Aroer. Sept., 1. p. 291. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 

 Synonyme. A. polifblia Miciix. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 254. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 53. t. 70. f. B. ; and oar fig. 1041. 



Spec. C/iar. t $c. Leaves linear- lanceolate, convex, re- 

 volute, white beneath, and canescent above. Corollas 

 nearly globose. Calycine segments oblong red. Flow- 

 ers white, tinged with red. (Dons Mill.) A diminu- 

 tive evergreen shrub. Newfoundland and Labrador. 

 Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced ? 1790. Flowers white, 

 tinged with red ; June. 



Andromeda Drummondn Hook., Gard. Mug. 1840 

 p. 4., is a slender-growing plant, with the young leaves 

 and shoots covered with a scurf, like that which is found 

 on the J?lseagnus. Horticultural Society's Garden. 



and 



1041. A . -osmwinifiM 



GENUS V. 



CASSrOP-E D. Don. THE CASSIOPE. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



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

 Synonyme. Andrdmeda sp. Lin., Pall. 



Derivation. From Cassiope, 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. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-leaved; leaves imbricated at the base. Corolla campanu- 

 late, 5-cleft. Stamens 10, enclosed ; filaments glabrous ; cells of anthers 

 short, tumid, furnished with one awn each. Style dilated at the base. 

 Stigma obtuse. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence ; valves bifid at the 

 apex. Placenta 5-lobed ; lobes simple. Seeds oblong, compressed, shining. 

 (Don's Mill.} 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; very small, acerose, 

 imbricated. Floivers solitary, pedunculate, rose-coloured, lateral or ter- 

 rnjnal Shrubs, small, heath-like; natives of Asia and North America. 



Sw I. C. HYPNOIDES D. Don. The Hypnum-like Cassiope. 



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



Svnonyrne. Andr6med Aypnoldes Lin. Sp. 5G3. 



Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 73. f. 2. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2936. ; and our^. 1042. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. A small creeping shrub, resembling a kind of moss. Leaves 



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