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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Genus VI. 



CASSA'NDRJ D. Don. The Cassandra. 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don 



Si/noni/me. Andromeda sj>. Lin. and others. 



Derivation. The name of a daughter of Priam and Hecuba. 



Lin. St/st. Decandria 



Mill., 3. p. 



1. C. calycula n ta D. Don. The calyculated Cassandra. 



Mill., 3. p. 830. 



2. p. 53. t. 71. f. 1., Lodd. Bot. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don 

 Si/nmyme. Andromeda calyculata Lin. Sp., 565., Pall. Fl. Ross. 

 ' Cab., t. 1464. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. t. 71. f. 1. ; Bot. Cab., 1. 1464. ; and our^g. 896. 



Spec. Char.y Sfc. Leaves elliptic-oblong, bluntish, obso- 

 letely serrulated, rusty beneath. Racemes recurved, 

 leafy. Bracteas of the calyx (these constitute the caly- 

 culus, or secondary and outer calyx, implied by the 

 term calyculata) broad, ovate, acuminate. Corollas 

 oblong-cylindrical. (Dim's Mill., iii. p. 830.) A native 

 of North America, from Canada to Virginia, on the 

 mountains, in bogs and swamps. It grows also in 

 Sweden, Prussia, Siberia, &c. Introduced in 1748, 

 and frequent in collections. Flowering from February 

 to April. 



Varieties. The following forms of this species are enu- 

 merated in Don's Miller : — 



n. C. c. 1 ventricosa Sims Bot. Mag., t. 1286. — Co- 

 rolla inflated. 

 «- C. c. 2 latifolia Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 530. — Leaf 



broad. 

 «l C. c. 3 nana Sims Bot. Mag., t. 862., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 826. — Dwarf. 



896 



2. C. (c.) angustifo v lia G. Don. The narrow-leaved Cassandra. 



Identification. Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonymes. Andr6meda calyculkta /3 angustifdlia Ait. Hort. Kew., 



2. p. 70. ; A. angustif61ia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 291. ; A. crispa 



Desf. et Link, and our fig. 897. 



Sj)ec. Char., fyc. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, the 

 edges somewhat waved and revolute, the under-sur- 

 face rusty. Racemes recurved, leafy. Bracteas of 

 calyx minute. Corollas oblong-ovate. (Don's Mill., 

 iii. p. 830.) A native of Carolina and Georgia, in 

 open swamps. Introduced in 1748, growing to 

 the height of 1 ft., and flowering in February and 

 April. It is frequent in collections. 



897 



Genus VII. 



ZENO Iii J I). Don. The Zknobia. Lin. Sj/st. Decandria Monogynia. 



ii,,,n. D Don in Edinb. Sew Phi Journ., July, 1834. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 

 fynonyme. Andromeda ip. liichaux. 



1), rUtaiion J rom Zendbta, a queen Palmyra distinguished for her virtue and learning. (., 

 Don 



