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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



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

 and white corolla. (Dons Mill.) A diminutive creeping ever- 

 green shi'ub. 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. 

 . 1 798. Flowers white, tinged with red ; June and July. 

 Rare in British gardens. 



a. 2. C.tetrago'na Z). Z>o7i. The 4-cornered-6j'ancA6'C? Cassiope. 



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

 Synunyme, Andrdraedu tetragbna hin. Sp. 563. 

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

 ^^.1043. 1042. C.AypnSldes, 



Sjjec. Char., c^-f. Leaf obtuse, minutely ciliated, its 

 margin revolute, in such a manner as to render 

 the leaf tumid, and somewhat 2-celled. Leaves 

 adpressediy imbricate in 4- rows, and into a 4- 

 cornered column, of which the stem or branch is 

 the axis and support. (Doii^s Mill.) A diminutive 

 creeping evergreen shrub. Lapland, Siberia, North 

 America, from Canada to the north-west coast. 

 Height Gin. Litroduced in 1810. Flowers white, 

 1043. c. tetragona. tiugcd with red ; March and April. Lodd. 



tL 3. C. LYcoPoDiorDES Z). Do7i. The Club-Moss-like Cassiope. 



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

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

 g Synonyme. Andr6medu lycopodiuldes Pall. Fl. Ross. p. 5.5. 

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



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate, adpressed, im- 

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

 tive, evergreen, moss-like, creeping shrub. j 

 Siberia, and the Island of St. Lawrence.! 

 Height 6 in. Introduced ?. Flowers red ;j 

 June and July. i 



1014. C. lycopodioides. 



a. 4. C. RicoiDES D. Don. The Heath-like Cassiope. 



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



p. 829. 

 Synonyme. Andr6med ericiildps Fall Ross. p. 56. 

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



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves awned, setosely* ciliated. Peduncles 

 glabrous. (Don's jMill.) A diminutive cree[)ing, evergreen 

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

 duced ?. Flowers not seen. 



C. fastigidta D. Don, a native of Nepal, and C. Red6ivslc\ 

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

 first edition, but they have not yet been introduced. 



Genus VI. 



CASSA'NDRJ D. Don. The Cassandra. Lin. St/st. Decandria 



Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 137. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 8:30. 



Synonyme. Andrumedn sp. Lin. and others. 



Derivation. The nanie of a daufjhter of Priam and Hecuba. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 3-leaved, bibracteatc at the base ; leaflets imbricated | 



