52 Jlndrewsia paniculata. 



Plant from three to twelve inches high, but not often exceeding 

 a span. Root small, fibrous, annual. Stem upright, yellowish-green, 

 smooth. Branches few, opposite. Flowers pedunculate, lateral and 

 terminal — often only terminal. Petals straw-yellow, linear, acute, sel- 

 dom fully expanded. Stamens constantly four in number, about the 

 length of the petals. Grows among moss, and in Cranberry swamps 

 and morasses, and prefers shady, moist, and retired places filled with 

 sphagnum ; throughout the Union— not very common. Flowering 

 time from July till September. 



An inconspicuous plant, most remarkable for its numerous sy- 

 nonyms. Sprengel has finally imposed on it the name of Mr. Andrews, 

 author of an elegant work on the roses. 



Table 53. Fig. 2. represents the whole plant in flower, of its com- 

 monest size. 



