434 ERICACE^. Andromeda. 



5. ANDROMEDA. Linn. gen. 5i9 ; Juss. gen. pi. p. 160. ANDROMEDA. 



[ Named in allusion to the fable of Andromeda, who was chained to a rock, and exposed to the attack of a sea monster : 

 some of the species growing on the rocky sides of mountains.] 



Calyx 5-cleft or 5-parted, not becoming fleshy or baccate. Corolla ovate, globose or some- 

 what campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens 10. Capsule 5-celled. — Shrubs or small trees of 

 various habit. 



^ 1. PoLiFOLiA, Buxb. Calyx 5-cleft : corolla ovoid-globosc : anthers with two awns at the summit, 



opening longitudinally. 



1. Andromeda polifolia, Linn. Wild Rosemary. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate or linear-revolute on the margin, glaucous underneath. — Linn, 

 sp. \.p. 393 ; Engl. hot. t. 713 ; Michx. ft. 1. p. 254 ; Tursh.fl. 1. p. 291 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. 

 p. 167 ; Torr. Ji. 1. p. 419 ; Beck, h^ p. 217 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 38 ; DC. prodr. 

 7. p. 606. 



A slender shrub, about a foot or a foot and a half high, nearly simple. Leaves 1-2 inches 

 long and 2-3 lines wide, coriaceous, acute, dark green above, bluish white underneath, with 

 a thick and very prominent midrib. Flowers in terminal nodding umbellate fascicles ; the 

 pedicels whitish and half an inch long, with ovate bracts at the base. Segments of the calyx 

 triangular, acute. Corolla .about 3 lines long, nearly globose, contracted at the mouth, white 

 or pale rose-color. Stamens included : filaments hairy, dilated below : anthers ovate. Style 

 stout : stigma truncate, entire. 



Sphagnous swamps ; near Albany and Troy ; Pine Plains, Rome {Dr. Knieskern). Nor- 

 thern part of the State, particularly in Essex county. June - July. A native also of the 

 northern parts of Europe. The leaves are acid, as in some other species of the genus. 



^ 2. Cassandra, Don. Calyx 5-parted, bracteolate : corolla ovate-oblong, the orifice contracted and 

 5-toothed : anthers awnless ; the cells elongated, opening by a terminal pore : epicarp of the 

 capsule separating from the endocarp, which splits into five coriaceous carpels. — Leaves scaly, 

 evergreen : flowers solitary, axillary. 



2. Andromeda calyculata, Linn. Leather-leaf. Box-leaved Andromeda. 



Leaves elliptical-oblong, rather obtuse, flat ; bracleoles ovate, about half the length of the 

 caXyx.— Linn. sp. 1. p. 394; Michx. Jl. I. p. 254; Bat. mag. t. 12S6; Pursh,fl. I. p. 291 ; 

 Nutt.ge?i.l.p.264:; EU. sk. 1. ]>. 485 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. p. 166 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 419 ; Beck, 

 hot. p. 217 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 39. Cassandra calyculata, Don in Edinb. phil. jour. 

 July, 1834; DC. prodr. 7. p. 610. 



A shrub 2-4 feet high, much branched. Leaves about an inch long, coriaceous, covered 



