562 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



loose, flat, and needle-like. Flowers small, with a red calyx 

 and white corolla, (Don's Mill.) A diminutive creeping ever- 

 green shrub. Lapland, Denmark, and Siberia, on the moun- 

 tains, where it covers whole tracts of land ; and on the 

 north-west coast of North America. Height 6 in. Intro. 

 1798. Flowers white, tinged with red; June and July. 

 Rare in British gardens. 



. 2. C.TETRAGO V NA D.Don. The 4f-cornerccW'ra;ze//<?</ Cassiope. 



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

 Synonyme. Andr6med tetrngbna Lin Sp. 563. 



Engravings. 

 Jig. 



Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 73. f. 4. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3181. ; and our 



1042. C. Aypnolde*, 



1013. C. tetragjua. 



Spec. Char., &;c. Leaf obtuse, minutely ciliated, its 

 margin rcvolute, in such a manner as to render 

 the leaf tumid, and somewhat 2-celled. Leaves 

 adpressedly imbricate in 4 rows, and into a 4- 

 cornered column, of which the stem or branch is 

 the axis and support. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive 

 creeping evergreen shrub. Lapland, Siberia, North 

 America, from Canada to the north-west coast. 

 Height 6 in. Introduced in 1810. Flowers white, 

 tinged with red : March and April. Lodd. 



. 3. C. LYCOPODioYDES D. Don. The Club-Moss-like Cassiope. 



Identification. D. Don in Ed. Phi}. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; 



Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



Synonym*. Andr6med lycopodioldes Pall. Fl. Ross. p. 55. 

 Engravings. Pall. Ross., 1. c., t. 73. fig. 1. ; and our Jig. 1044. 



Spec. Char.y fyc. Leaves ovate, adpressed, im- 

 bricated in 4 rows. (Don's Mill.) A diminu- 

 tive, evergreen, moss-like, creeping shrub. 

 Siberia, and the Island of St. Lawrence. 

 Height 6 in. Introduced ?. Flowers red ; 

 1044. c. lycopodioWes, June and July. 



n. 4. C. .ERICOIDES D. Don. The Heath-like Cassiope. 



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



p. 829. 



St/nonyme. Andr6med ericoldes Pall Ross. p. 56. 

 Engravings. Pall. Ross,, 1. c., t. 73. f. 3. ; and our fig. 1045. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves awned, setosely ciliated. Peduncles 

 glabrous. (Don's Mill.) A diminutive creeping, evergreen 

 shrub. Dahuria and Kamtschatka. Height 6 in. Intro- 

 duced ?. Flowers not seen. 



C. fastigiata D. Don, a native of Nepal, and C. RedowsJci 

 G. Don, a native of the East of Siberia, are described in our 

 first edition, but they have not yet been introduced. 



GENUS VI. 



1045. C. cricW.es. 



J 



CASSA'NDR^ D. Don. THE CASSANDRA. Lin. Syst. Decandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 167. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonyme. Andr6meda sp. Lin. and others. 



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



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-leaved, bibracteate at the base ; leaflets imbricated afe 



