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2. M. polifdlia, syn. Dabeocia. St. Dabeoc's Heath. A 

 dwarf straggling viscid shrub, the flowering branches alone 

 erect. Leaves ovate to linear, silvery beneath. Flowers tetra- 

 merous, pedicellate, about 6 lines long, white or pink. There 

 are several other varieties of this elegant little shrub in culti- 

 vation, differing in foliage and colouring of the flowers from 

 white to deep purple. A native of Ireland and South-western 

 Europe generally, flowering in June or July. 



M. empetrifolia and M. globularis are North American 

 species : the former dwarf with narrow leaves and rosy purple 

 flowers; and the latter about 3 feet high with- ovate leaves 

 clustered at the ends of the branches and drooping pink 

 flowers. 



4. ANDROMEDA. 



Shrubs or small trees of variable habit and foliage. Buds 

 clothed with scales. Calyx -lobes valvate. Corolla ovate or 

 campanulate, deciduous. Stamens 10 ; anthers with or with- 

 out awns. Capsule 5-celled, dehiscing through the cells. This 

 genus as here limited includes a considerable number of species 

 inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. But it has been 

 subdivided into several genera, including the names Cassiopea, 

 Cassandra, Leucothoe, etc. 



1. A. polifolia. This is an indigenous species, and the only 

 one of the genus according to some botanists. It is a procum- 

 bent shrub with small lanceolate acute coriaceous shining leaves 

 having the margins recurved and glaucous beneath. Flowers 

 small, globose, umbellate, pink or white, produced all the 

 Summer. A widely distributed species varying considerably in 

 its foliage and flowers. A. Canadensis, A. rotundifolia, A. 

 rubra, A. rosmarini folia, etc., are American varieties. 



2. A. tetrdgona. A beautiful little shrub about 6 inches 

 high. Leaves scale-like, imbricated, and closely appressed to 

 the branches. Flowers pendulous, globular, white, appearing 

 in April. A native of Lapland. 



3. A. Mariana. A dwarf branching shrub about a yard 

 high. Leaves oval. Flowers white, in pendent clusters from 

 the old wood. Corolla tubular ; calyx brown. A native of 

 North America, flowering in Summer. 



4. A. calyculata. An undershrub about 18 inches high 

 with lanceolate or elliptical leaves and urceolate white or 

 pinkish flowers produced in great abundance in the axils of the 

 upper leaves. The specific name refers to the two small bracts 



