192 
ANDROMEDA sauicirouts. * 
Willow-leaved Andromeda, or Wild Arbutus. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Onv. ERICEZ. 
Gen, Cuar.—Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ovata, ore quinquefido. Capsula su- 
pera, quinque-locularis, dissepimentis e medio valvarum. 
Andromeda salicifolia ; racemis secundis glabris, foliis lanceolatis basi 
apiceque attenuatis subtus albidis. 
Andromeda salicifolia, Commers, MSS.—Lam. Encycl. v. i. p. 159.—Smitu, 
Ic. ined. t. 58.—Wiiip. Sp. Pi. v. ii. p. 611. 
Shrubby, much branched, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves numerous, al- 
ternate, 2-4 inches long, rigid, coriaceous, lanceolate, but varying con- 
siderably in breadth in different specimens, acuminated, quite entire, 
attenuated at the base into a footstalk, which is from half an inch to an 
inch in length, dark green above, pale, and almost white beneath: there 
is a central rib, and two obscure depressed lines, one on each side, run- 
ning parallel with it. 
Racemes terminal, 4—6 inches long. Flowers rather large, handsome, secund, 
drooping. Pedicels about as long as the flower, subtended by a minute 
scale or bractea. Calyx deeply 5-fid; the segments broadly ovate. Co- 
rolla ovate, or oblongo-ovate, of a beautiful purple colour, the mouth 
contracted, 5-toothed. Stamens 8. Filaments erect: Anthers with a pore 
at the extremity of each cell. Germen 5-lobed. Style shorter than the 
corolla: stigma obtuse. Capsule very hard, coriaceous, opening with 
5 valves, each valve bearing the dissepiment in the middle, which dis- 
sepiment alternates with the lobes of the central seminal receptacle: 
hence it is 5-celled. The lobes of the receptacle are covered with nu- 
merous, small, oblong, curved brownish seeds, and are crowned with the 
persistent style. 
For the opportunity of figuring this charming plant, I 
am indebted to CHarLtes TELFaIR, Esq. of the Mauritius, 
who was so good as to send me a coloured drawing by Mrs’ 
TELFarr, together with numerous fine specimens, in various 
Stages of fructification. CoMMERSON is the first botanist who 
- VOL, iii. 
