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ANDROMEDA AND ITS ALLIES 



Andromeda polifolia 



Moonwort, Wild Rosemary, 

 Pearlwort 



Fetter-bush 



Stagger-bush 

 Japanese Andromeda 



Pierisfloribunda, or Andromeda 



floribunda . 

 /ormosa, or Andromeda 



formosa 

 Mariana, or Andromeda 



mariana 

 japonicaj or Andromeda 



japonica 

 Perneltya mucronata 



THE TREE HEATHS 

 Erica arbor ea . . . v Tree Heath 



mediterranea . . . Mediterranean Heath 



UP in the boggiest part of the heather moor, where 

 the cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) domin- 

 ates, and the little sundew (Droserd] and the 

 butterwort (Pinguicula) catch and absorb unwary insect 

 life, is found one of our few native shrubs, the Moon- 

 wort or Wild Rosemary, Andromeda polifolia. The 

 peat is thick here, and formed almost entirely of the 

 bogmoss, sphagnum, which holds water like a sponge, 



with an overflow into tiny pools, and just on the edge 



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