194 ANDRACHNE ANDROMEDA 



portions of which die back in winter. Leaves set about | in. apart on the 

 shoots, ovate, J to f in. long, about half as wide, rounded at the base, blunt at 

 the apex ; quite smooth, and with thickened, entire margins ; dull green. 

 Flowers ^ in. across, on thread-like stalks | to f in. long, produced successively 

 along the young shoots throughout the summer and early autumn. Fruit pale 

 brown, |- in. across. Introduced to Kew, in 1900, from the Botanic Garden of 

 Tiflis, but probably cultivated long previously. 



A. RCEMERIANA, Mueller. 



(A. phyllanthoides, Mueller?) 



An erect, much-branched, deciduous shrub, I to 3 ft. high, its twigs angled, 

 slightly downy, becoming glossy ; slender, but not so slender as in A. colchica. 

 Leaves obovate or oval, \ to f in. long, \ to \ in. wide, tapered or rounded at 

 the base, bluntish or rounded at the apex, entire ; quite smooth or sparingly 

 downy beneath, glossy green above ; stalk ^ in. long. Flowers % in. across, 

 yellowish green, produced in summer and autumn. Fruits nearly globose. 



Native of the S. Central United States. It is easily distinguished from the 

 Caucasian species by its stouter branchlets, and its partially downy, shorter- 

 stalked leaves, often broadest above the middle. 



ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA, Linnceus. BOG ROSEMARY. 

 ERICACE^:. 



A low evergreen shrub, rarely more than i| ft. high, whose slender, 

 smooth, wiry stems are clothed thickly with stiff, hard-textured leaves; 

 young wood pinkish. Leaves linear-oblong, tapered at both ends, i to 

 ij ins. long, -J- to J in. wide, but made to appear narrower than they 

 really are by the recurving of the margins; dark green above, glaucous 

 or slightly felted beneath. Flowers produced in short, compact clusters 

 at the end of the shoots during May and succeeding months, each flower 

 on a stalk J in. or less in length. The corolla is pink, -J in. long, pitcher- 

 shaped, contracted towards the mouth, where are five small recurved 

 teeth. Calyx five-lobed, the lobes triangular, glaucous. 



Native of peat bogs in N. Europe, including Britain. It is an 

 interesting and pretty shrub, requiring a damp peaty soil to thrive in. 

 In the Thames Valley it succeeds better if the ground in which it 

 is planted is covered with an inch or two of sphagnum moss, which 

 acts as a sponge in conserving moisture. Some eight or ten names have 

 been given to forms of this little shrub, which differ chiefly in the size 

 and width of the leaf. They may very well be reduced to two, viz. : 



Var. ANGUSTIFOLIA, with very narrow leaves ; and 

 Var. MAJOR, with leaves broader than those of the type. 



The N. American Andromeda, which has for long been regarded as 

 a form of the European A. polifolia, appears to be distinct in its more 

 robust growth and larger leaves, which are often over 2 ins. long and 

 in. or more wide, covered beneath with a white close felt. Link's 

 name of A. GLAUCOPHYLLA may be revived for this. 



The name Andromeda has been extensively used for what are here 



