Ericacea—Nenstesta. a57 
2. M. polifolia, syn. Dabedcia. 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 Cassiopéa, 
Cassandra, Leucothdé, ete. 
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. Canadénsis, A. rotundifolia, A. 
rubra, A. rosmarinifilia, ete., 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. Maridna.—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 
