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ous. Corolla campanulate, 4-S-Iobed, the lobes recurved. Stamens 8-10, included; filaments 

 subulate, glabrous, anthers in one plane, attached to the filaments near the apex, the sacs 

 opening by large terminal pores and tipped with a recurved awn. Ovary 4-S-ceIled; ovules 

 numerous ; style slender, elongated ; stigma simple. Capsule globose or ovoid, 4-S-valved', 

 each valve 2-cleft at the apex. Seeds minute, not winged, numerous. [Name from Cassiope, 

 mother of Andromeda.] 



About 8 species, natives of the colder parts of the northern hemisphere, the following typical. 

 Besides the following, 2 others occur in the northwestern parts of North America. 



1. Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don. Four- 

 angled Cassiope. Fig. 3234. 



Andromeda tetragona L. Sp. PL 393. 1753. 

 Cassiope tetragona D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17: 

 158. 1834. 



Tufted, much-branched, 4'-i2' high, the branches 

 ascending or erect. Leaves thick, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, closely appressed, channeled on the back, 

 concave or nearly flat on the inner (upper) surface, 

 acute or the lower obtuse, usually puberulent when 

 young, i"-ii" long; peduncles several or numerous, 

 lateral, ascending or erect, slender, 5"-i2" long; 

 flowers 3"-4" broad; corolla 5-Iobed ; style slightly 

 thickened below; capsule nearly globular, i"-ii" in 

 in diameter. 



Labrador, Greenland and Hudson Bay to Alaska and 

 Oregon. Also in arctic Europe and Asia. Summer. 



12. HARRIMANELLA Coville, Proc. 

 Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 570. 1901. 



Low heath-like evergreen shrubs, similar to Cassiope, the leaves imbricated in many 

 ranks, the nodding flowers solitary at the ends of the branches. Sepals 5, imbricated in the 

 bud, not bracted, persistent; corolla campanulate, vertically plaited at the base, deeply S-cleft, 

 its lobes overlapping. Stamens 10, included; anthers in 2 planes, their sacs awned just 

 below the apex, opening by terminal pores. Ovary S-celled; style short, stout ; ovules numer- 

 ous. Capsule globose, many-seeded, the numerous seeds oblong. [In honor of Edward H. 

 Harriman, American financier and patron of science.] 



Two species, of arctic and subarctic regions. Type species: Harrimanella Stelleriana (Pall.) 

 Coville. 



I. Harrimanella hypnoides (L. 



Andromeda hypnoides L. Sp. PI. 393. 1753. 

 Cassiope hypnoides D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. 



Journ. 17 : 157. 1834. 

 Harrimanella hypnoides Coville, Proc. Wash. 



Acad. Sci. 3: 575. 1901. 



Densely tufted, glabrous, usually much 

 branched, i'-4i' high. Leaves linear-sub- 

 ulate, densely crowded and imbricated, 

 somewhat spreading or appressed, acute, 

 flat above, convex beneath, i"-2" long; 

 flowers z"-a" broad ; peduncles very slen- 

 der, erect, 4"-i2" long; corolla nearly 

 white; style conic; capsule about li" jn 

 diameter, 2-3 times as long as the ovate 

 calyx-lobes. 



Summits of the higher mountains of New England and the Adirondacks of New York ; Lake 

 Superior ; Quebec and Labrador to arctic America. Also in arctic Europe and Asia. Plant with 

 the aspect of a moss. Moss-bush. Summer. 



13. CHAMAEDAPHNE Moench, Meth. 457. 1794. 

 [Cassandra D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17: 158. 1834.] 

 An- erect shrub,' with stiff slender terete branches, alternate coriaceous evergreen short- 

 petioled narrow leaves, and white short-pedicelled secund flowers, solitary in the axils of the 

 small upper leaves, forming terminal leafy racemes. Calyx of S distinct imbricated per- 

 sistent sepals, bracted at the base. Corolla oblong-cylindric, narrowed at the throat, S-toothed, 



