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cent branchlets : but the one has deep red flowers, and was received 
from Aberdeenshire; and the other, which was received from Arran, 
has white flowers, that appear later than those of the other varieties. 
The first may be called C. v. 11 dtro-riibens, and the second C. v. 12 
serotina, 
Very ornamental, either as detached bushes, or as edgings to beds and 
borders, in sandy or eaty soil. 
§ ii. Andromédex. 
All the species are propagated by layers, and some of them also by divi- 
sion, though most of them might, doubtless, be rooted in sand from the points 
of the growing shoots, as in the preceding section; but layers soonest make 
saleable plants. They all require a soil more or less peaty, and a situation 
cool, open, and moist, rather than dry and airy. Most of the genera are of 
comparatively short duration, though some species of Andrémeda and A’r- 
butus attain an almost tree-like size, and endure many years. 
Genus IV. 
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ANDRO'MEDA L. Tue Anpromepa. Lin. Syst. Decindria Monogynia. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 828. 
Synonyme. Polifdlia Buzbaum Cent. 5. p. 5. t. 55. f. 1, ; Andr6émeda sp. L. 
Derivation. Andromeda was the name of the daughter of Cephalus, king of Ethiopia. How a 
plant came to .be named by Linneus after this personage, will be found given at length in our 
first edition. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Segments acute, simple at the base. Corolla 
globose, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, enclosed; fila- 
ments bearded ; cells of anthers short, furnished with 1 awn each. Stigma 
truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence. Placenta 5-lobed; lobes 
simple. Seeds elliptic. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; linear lanceolate, mu- 
cronulate. Sowers terminal, umbellate, reddish or snow white. — Under- 
shrubs, evergreen, spreading; natives of Europe and North America. 
w 1. A. PotrroLia L. The Poly-leaved Andromeda, or Moorwort. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.. 564. ; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 829. 5 
Synonymes. Rhododéndron polifdlium Scop. Carn. No. 482.; wild Rosemary, Poly Mountain, 
Marsh Cistus, Moorwort, Marsh Holy Rose ; Androméde, Fr. and Ger. 
Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp,, t. 1. f.3.; Eng. Bot., t. 713, ; and our fig. 1036. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, glaucous beneath. 
Corollas ovate, flesh-coloured or pale red. Seg- 
ments of calyx ovate, spreading, white, sometimes 
tipped with red. (Don’s Mill.) A diminutive ever- 
green shrub. Northern countries of Europe, on 
turfy bogs; and also in Britain; North America, 
from Canada to Pennsylvania. Height 6 in. to 
lft. Flowers white, tipped with red; May to Sep- 
tember. Capsule brown. 
Varieties, 
™ A. p. 1 angustifolia Lodd. Bot. Cab. t..1591., 1056. A. polifolia. 
and our jig. 1037., has narrow leaves. 
2 A. p. 2 ericotdes has the habit of a heath. 
wn A. p. 3 grandiflora Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1714., and our Jig. 1038., has 
large flowers. 
