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cent branchlets : but the one has deep red flowers, and was received I 

 from Aberdeenshire; and the other, which was received {"rem Arran, I 

 has white flowers, that appear later than those of the other varieties. 

 The first rnay be called C. v. 11 dtro-ritbens, and the second C. v. 12 

 serotina. 



Very ornamental, either as detached bushes, or as edgings to beds and 

 borders, in sand}' or eaty soil. 



ii. AndromedeQ. 



All the species are propagated by layers, and some of them also by divi- 

 sion, though most of them might, doubtless, be rooted in sand from the points 

 of the growing shoots, as in the preceding section ; but layers soonest make 

 saleable plants. They all require a soil more or less peaty, and a situation 

 cool, open, and moist, rather than dry and airy. Most of the genera are of 

 comparatively short duration, though some species of Andr6med and Ar- 

 butus attain an almost tree-like size, and endure many years. 



Genus IV. 



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ANDRO'MEDJ L. The Andromeda. Lin. Si/st. Decandria Monogynia. ; 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Joum., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 828. | 



Siynonyme. Polifijlia Buxbaum Cent. 5. p. 5. t. 5-5. f. 1. ; Andromeda sp. L. 



Derivation. Andruineda was the name of the daughter of Cephalus, king of Ethiopia. How a I 



plant came to .be named by Linnaeus after this personage, will be found given at length in our 



first edition. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Segments acute, simple at the base. Corollr, 

 globose, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stame7is 10, enclosed; fila- ; 

 ments bearded ; cells of anthers short, furnished with 1 awn each. Stigma j 

 truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence. Placenta b-^db&d.; lobes | 

 simple. Seeds elliptic. (Don^s Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; linear lanceolate, mu- 

 cronulate. Flowers terminal, umbellate, reddish or snow white. Under- 

 shrubs, evergreen, spreading ; natives of Europe and North America. 



c I. A. POLiFoYiA L. The Poly-leaved Andromeda, or Moonvort. 



Identification. Lin. Sp.. 564. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



Si/nonymcs. TZhododeudron polifolium Scop. Cam. No. 482. ; wild Rosemary, Poly Mountain, 



Marsh Cistus, Moorwort, Marsh Holy Rose ; Andromfide, Fr. and Ger. 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 1. f. 3.; Eng. Bot., t. 713. ; and onr fig. 1036. 



Sjiec. Char., S^c. Leaves oblong, glaucous beneath. 

 Corollas ovate, flesh-coloured or pale red. Seg- 

 ments of calj'X ovate, spreading, white, sometimes 

 tipped with red. (Don^s Mill.) A diminutive ever- 

 green shrub. Northern countries of Europe, on 

 turfy bogs ; and also in Britain ; North America, 

 from Canada to Pennsylvania. Height 6 in. to 

 1ft. Flowers white, tipped with red; May to Sep- 

 tember. Capsule brown. 



Varieties. 



A. [). 1 angustifolia Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1591., io36. A.poiifWia. 



and our Jig. 1037., has narrow leaves. 

 A. p. 2 cric'dides has the habit of a heath. 

 u4. p. 2, grandif.ora Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1714., and our /g. 1038., ha 



large flowers. 



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