XLin. erica'ce.e: zeno^bi^. 



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tlie base. Corolla oblong, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, 

 enclosed ; filaments glabrous, simple at the base ; cells of anthers elon- 

 gated, and tubular at the apex, mutic. Stigma annular, with a 3-tubereled 

 disk. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence. Placenta 3-lobed ; lobes 

 simple. {Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; acerose, on short pe- 

 tioles. Flowers axillar}-, on short pedicels, drooping, snow white, disposed 

 in the manner of racemes at the tips of the branches. Undershrubs, 

 evergreen ; natives of Europe, Asia, and North America. 



1. C. calyculaVa D. Don. 



The calyculated Cassandra. 



p. 157. ; Don's Mil)., 3. p. S30. 



low 



Jdentification. D. Don in Edinb. Naw Phil. Journ., 17 



^ynoni/me. Andr6medrt calyculata I,m. Sp. 565. 



VSngravings. Pall. Fl. Koss., 2. t. 71. f. i. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1464. ; and our^g. 1046. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntish, ob- 

 soletely serrulated, rusty beneath. Racemes recurved, 

 leafy. Bracteas of the calyx (these constitute the 

 calyculus, or secondary and outer calyx, implied by 

 the term calyculata) broad, ovate, acuminate. Co- 

 rollas oblong-cylindrical. (Doit's Mill.) A 

 evergreen shrub. North America, 

 from Canada to Virginia, and also 

 in the North of Europe and Si- 

 beria. Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introd. 

 in 1748. Flowers white j April 

 and May. 



Varieties. 



tt. C c. 1 ventricosa Sims Bot. 

 Mag., t. 1286. Corolla in- 

 1046. c.caiycuiiita flated. 



H. C. c. 2 latifolia Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 530., and ourj^cr. 1047. Leaf broad. 

 B. C. c. 3 nana Sims Bot. Mag. t. 862., Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 826. Dwarf. 



1047. C. c. latifolia. 



The narrow- 



!j 2. C. (C.) ANGUSTIFO^LIA G. Don. 



' leaved Cassandra. 



\entification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



^nanytnes. Andrdrneda calyculata /3 angustifblia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 

 p. 70. ; A. angustifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 291. ; A. crispa 

 \Desf. et Link. r r , v 



n^raving. Ouxfig. 1048. 



)ec. Char., S;c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, the 

 'edges somewhat waved and revolute, the under 

 j hiirface rusty. Racemes recurved, leafy. Bracteas 

 'of calyx minute. Corollas oblong-ovate. (Don's 



Mill.) A low evergreen shrub. Carolina and 

 , Georgia, in open swamps. Height 2 ft. Litro- 



ciuced in 1748. Flowers white ; April and May. 



Genus VII. 



1048. C. (c.l angusUfoHa. 



I'ENO'BU D. Don. The Zenobia. Un. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



lirfication. D. Don in Edinb. New PhU. Journ., July, 1834 : Don's Mill. 3 n 830 

 tyme. Andromeda sp. Michaux. , r ou. 



lotion. From Zenobia, a queen of Palmyra, distinguished for her rirtue and learnmg. 

 . Char. Calyx 3-lobed. Corolla carnpanulate ; limb revolute, 3-lobed. 



^tamens 10 ; filaments glabrous, dilated at the base ; cells of anthers 



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