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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III, 



GENUS VI. 



CASSA'NDR^ D. Don. 



Lin. Syst. Decandria 



THE CASSANDRA. 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonyme. Andromeda sp. Lin. and others. 



Derivation. The name of a daughter of Priam and Hecuba. 



- 1. C. CALYCULA V TA D. Don. The calyculated Cassandra. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonyme. Andromeda calyculata Lin. Sp. t 565., Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 53. t 71. f. 1., Lodd. Bot. 



Cab., t. 1464. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t 71. f. 1. ; Bot. Cab., 1. 1464. ; and our^g. 896. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntish, obso- 

 letely serrulated, rusty beneath. Racemes recurved, 

 leafy. Bracteas of the calyx (these constitute the caly- 

 culus, or secondary and outer calyx, implied by the 

 term calyculata) broad, ovate, acuminate. Corollas 

 oblong-cylindrical. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 830.) A native 

 of North America, from Canada to Virginia, on the 

 mountains, in bogs and swamps. It grows also in 

 Sweden, Prussia, Siberia, &c. Introduced in 1748, 

 and frequent in collections. Flowering from February 

 to April. 



Varieties. The following forms of this species are enu- 

 merated in Don's Miller : 



a. C. c. 1 ventricosa Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1286. Co- 

 rolla inflated. 

 tL C. c. 2 latifolia Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 530. Leaf 



broad. 

 it- C. c. 3 ndna Sims Bot. Mag., t. 862., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 826. Dwarf. 



. 2. C. (c.) ANGUSTIFO V LIA G. Don. The narrow-leaved Cassandra. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonymes. Andr6meda calyculata /3 angustifblia Ait. Hort. Kev>., 

 2. p. 70. ; A. angustifblia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 291. ; A. crispa 

 | Desf. et Link, and our fig. 897. 



Spec. Char., $-c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, the 

 edges somewhat waved and revolute, the under-sur- 

 face rusty. Racemes recurved, leafy. Bracteas of 

 calyx minute. Corollas oblong-ovate. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 830.) A native of Carolina and Georgia, in 

 open swamps. Introduced in 1748, growing to 

 the height of 1 ft., and flowering in February and 

 April. It is frequent in collections. 



GENUS VII. 



896 



897 



D. Don. THE ZENOBIA. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ,, July, 1834. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 

 Synonyme. Andromeda sp. Hichaux. 



Derivation. From Zenobia, a qjeen Pa nyra, distinguished for her virtue and learning. (D. 

 Don.) 



