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9. CASSIOPE, Don. CAssiorE. 



Calyx without bractlets, of 4 or 5 nearly distinct ovate sepals, imbricated in 

 the bud. Corolla broadly campanulate, deeply 4-5-cleft. Stamens 8 or 10 : 

 anthers fixed by their apex ; the ovoid cells each opening by a large terminal 

 pore, and bearing a long recurved awn behind. Pod ovoid or globular, 4-5- 

 celled, 4 - 5-valved ; the valves 2-cleft : placentas many-seeded, pendulous from 

 the summit of the columella. Seeds smooth and wingless. — Small, arctic or 

 alpine evergreen plants, resembling Club-Mosses or Heaths. Flowers solitary, 

 nodding on slender erect peduncles, white or rose-color. {Cassiope was the 

 mother of Andromeda. ) 



1. C. hypnoides, Don. Tufted and procumbent, moss-like (l'- 4' high); 

 leaves needle-shaped, imbricated ; corolla 5-cleft ; style short and conical. (An- 

 dromeda hypnoides, L.) — Alpine summits of the Adirondack Mountains, New 

 York (Dr. Parry), White Mountains of New Hampshire, Mount Katahdin, 

 Maine (Mr. Young], and high northward. (Eu.) 



10. ANDBOMEDA, L. (in part). Andromeda. 



Calyx without bractlets, of 5 nearly or partly distinct sepals, valvate in the 

 bud, but very soon separate or open. Corolla 5-toothed. Stamens 10 : anthers 

 fixed near the middle, the cells opening by a terminal pore. Pod globular, .5- 

 celled, 5-valved ; the many-seeded placentse borne on the summit or middle 

 of the columella. — Shrubs, with umbelled, clustered, or panicled and racemed 

 (mostly white) flowers. (Fancifully named by Linnaeus for A. polifolia, in al- 

 lusion to the fable oi Andromeda.) 



§ 1. ANDR6MEDA proper. Corolla globular-umshaped : ^filaments bearded, 

 not appendaged : anthers short, the cells each surmounted by a slender ascending 

 awn : seeds turned in all directions, oval, with a close and hard smooth coat .•• 

 flowers in a terminal umbd : pedicels from the axils of ovate persistent scaly 

 bracts ; leaves evergreen. 



1. A. polifdlia, L. Smooth and glaucous (6'- 18' high; leaves thick, 

 lanceolate or oblong-linear, with strongly revolnte margins, white beneath, ^r 

 Cold bogs, from Pennsylvania northward. May. (Eu.) 



§ 2. PORXtTNA, Nutt. Corolla ovoid-urn-shaped and 5-angled: fllaments mt 

 appendaged : anthers ohl-ong, the cells each bearing a hng reflexed awn near the 

 insertion : seeds mostly pendulous, and with a loose cellular coat : flowers in axil- 

 lary and terminal naked racemes, formed in summer, but the blossoms expanding 

 the following spring: pedicels l-sided, bracted and with minute bractlets, re- 

 curved : leaves thick and evergreen., 



2. A. floribtinda, Pursh. Branches bristly when young ; leaves lance- 

 oblong, acute or pointed (2' long), petioled, serrulate and bristly-ciliate ; racemes 

 dense, crowded in panicles. — Moist hills, in the Alleghanies from Virginia 

 southward. April. — A very leafy shrub, 2° - 10° high, bearing abundance 

 of handsome flowers. 



§ 3. PlfeRIS, Don. Corolla ovoid-oblong or cylindraceous : fllaments slender and 

 awl-shaped, usually appendaged with a spreading or recurved bristle on each side 



