CHAP. LXIX. 2?RICA~CE/E. CASSI V ()P/,'. 



Genus V. 



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CASSrOPi' D. Don. 



The Cassiope. Lin, Syst. Decandria Monogy 



17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



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Identification. D. Don. in Etlinb. New Phil. Journ 

 Synonyme. Andromeda sp. Lin et Pall. 



Derivation. From Cassiope wife of Cepheus, and mother of Andromeda, whose foolish boast 

 her beauty was superior to that of the Nereides provoked the wrath of Neptune. (See p. 1105. 



lv 1. C. j/ypnoides D. Don. The Hypnum-like Cassiope. 



Identification D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 

 Synonyme. Andr6meda 4ypnoides Lin. Sp., 563., Lin. Fl. Lapp., 165. t. 1. f. 3., 



(Ed. Fl. Dan., t. 10., Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 55. t. 73. f. 2., Hooker in Bot. Mag., t" 



2936. 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 1. f. 3. ; Fl. Dan., t. 10. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 73. 



f. 2. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2936. ; and our fig. 894. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. A small creeping shrub, resembling a kind of 

 moss. Leaves loose, flat, and needle-like. Flowers small, 

 with a red calyx, and white corolla. (Do?i's Mill., iii. p. 829.) 

 A native of Lapland, Denmark, and Siberia, on the mountains, 

 where it covers whole tracts of land ; and on the north-west 

 coast of North America. Introduced in 1798; but rare in 

 collections, from the difficulty of keeping it. There are 

 plants at Messrs. Loddiges, where it flowers in June and 

 July, and is protected during winter. 



«. 2. C. tetrago^na D. Don. The 4-cornered-^m«r/^^ Cassiope. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



Synonyme. Andromeda tetragbna Lin. Sp, 563., Lin. Fl. Lapp., 166. t. 1. f. 4., Pall. Fl. Ross, 



p. 50. t. 73. f. 4., Hooker in Bot. Mag., t. 3181. 

 Engravings. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. 1. f. 4. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 73. f. 4. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3181. ; and our 



fig. 895. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Leaf obtuse, minutely ciliated, its margin revolute, in such a 

 manner as to render the leaf tumid, and somewhat 

 2-celled. Leaves appressedly imbricate in 4 rows, 

 and into a 4-cornered column, of which the stem 

 or branch is the axis and support. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 829.) A native of Lapland and Siberia ; and, in 

 North America, of Canada, Labrador, and the north- 

 west coast; and of the Island of St. Lawrence, 

 Kotzebue Sound. Introduced in 1810, and culti- 

 vated by Messrs. Loddiges, and in some other col- 

 lections. It flowers in March and April, and re- 

 quires protection during winter. This species and the preceding one may, 

 without destroying the harmony of the scene, be admitted into the eri- 

 cetum; but they are both difficult to keep, requiring a sandy peat, which 

 should never be stirred after planting ; and which should be kept cool, and, 

 as far as practicable, in an equable degree of moisture throughout the year. 

 Covering the soil round the plant closely with small pebbles, immediately 

 after it is planted, has the effect of consolidating the soil, and retaining 

 moisture ; but in very hot sunshine, it produces rather too much heat. 



A pp. i. Hardy Species of Cassiope, not yet introduced, 



C. lycopodioides D. Don ; Andromeda lycopodioides Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 55. t 73. f. 1. ; is a small 

 moss-like, creeping shrub, with red flowers, a native of Siberia and the Island of St. Lawrence. 



C. ericoides D. Don ; Andr6meda mcoides Pall. Fl.Ross., p. 56. 1. 13. f. 3.; is a heath-like creeping 

 shrub, a native of Dahuria and Kamtschatka. 



C. Redowski'i G. Don in Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. ; Andromeda Redowsku Cham, et Schlecht. in Lin- 

 naea, 1. p. 517., is a procumbent much-branched shrub, a native of the east of Siberia. 



C. Mertensihna G. Don, Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. ; Andromeda Mertensiami Bongard in Mem. Acad. 

 Petersb., 2. p. 152. t. 5. ; is a procumbent shrub, with the habit of C. tetragbna, indigenous to the 

 Island of Sitcha. 



C.fustigiata D. Don; Andromeda fastigiata Wall. Pi. Bar. Asiat.,5. t 284.; A. cupressiformis 

 Wall. MSS. ; is a procumbent shrub, a native of Nepal and Mongol. 



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