XI.III. EiUCACEJE: CASSI OPi:. 



561 



A. p. 4 kttifoUa Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 546., and on\ fg. 1039., has broad 



leaves, and is a larger plant. 

 A. p. 5 viinhna has small flowers. 



10.>7. A. p. angustifulia. 103S. A. p.RranQiflora. 1039. A. p. latifolia, 1010. A. p. revolilta. 



a. yl. p. 6 revoluta Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 725., and our fg. 10-10., has the 

 flowers bent back, 

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

 a. yl. p. 8 stricta has the branches erect. 



j Cultivated in gardens in moist i>caty soil ; and it is only in such a soil, and 

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



a. 2. A. tjosmarimfo'lia Pursh. The Rosemary-leaved Andromeda. 



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

 fSnnoiii/me. A. polif&lia Mic/ix. Fl. I3or. Jnier. 2. p. 2^4. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. .53. t. 70. f. B. ; and our^^. 10-11. 



]S]jec. Char., cS'c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, convex, re- 

 i volute, white beneath, and canescent above. Corollas 

 [ nearly globose. Calycine segments oblong red. Flow- 

 I ers white, tinged with red. (Don's Mill.) A diminu- 

 tive evergreen shrub. Newfoundland and Labrador. 

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

 ! tinged with red ; June. 



i Andromeda. DriimmondW Hook., Gard, Mag. 1840 

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

 |md .shoots covered with a scurf, like that which is found 



m the i?laeagnus. 



Horticultural Society's Garden. 



1 04 1 . A . rosmarimf6!in. 



Genus V. 



&^J I %T> 1 



JASSrOP^ D. Don. The Cassiope. Lin. Si/st. Decandria Monogynia. 



Jinlificalion. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Joarn., 17. p. 157. ; Don's JNlill., 3. p. 829. 



inunyme. Andrdmedn sp. Lin., Pall. 



derivation. From Cassiope, wife of Cepheus, and mother of Andromeda, whose foolish boast that 



lier beauty was superior to that of the Nereides, provoked the wrath of Neptune. 



',cn. Char. Calt/.r 5-leaved; leaves imbricated at the base. Corolla campanu- 

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

 i short, tumid, furnished with one awn each. St^le dilated at the base. 

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



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



{Don's Mill.) 



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

 jimbricated. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, rose-coloured, lateral or ter- 

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



SW 1. C. HYPNOiDES D. Don. The Hypniim-like Cassiope. 



ntificaiion. D. Don in Rd. Phil. Journ., 17. p. l.'>7. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



fonyme. Andromeda AyP"o"'des Lin. Sp. 5f)3. 



\gravijigs. Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 73. f. 2. ; Bot. Mag., t. 293G. ; and oarjig. 1042. 



'Cc. Char., Sf-c. A small creeping shrub, resembling a kind of moss. Leaves 



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