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ANDROMEDA* * 
Linnean Class and Order. DECA'NDRiAf, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Eri'cea:, Brown's Prod, p.557. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 172.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 182. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
523. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 179. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 411. — 
Erica'ceas; subtribe, Androme'dea:, Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. 
and Bot. v. iii. pp. 785 & 787. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. pp. 1076 
and 1077. — Ericinea:, Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 450. — Erica:, Juss. 
Gen. PI. p. 159. — Sm. Gr. Bot. p. 115. — Syringales ; subord. 
Ericosa. ; sect. Ericina; ; type, Ericaceas ; subtype, Ericida: ; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 937, 944, 946, & 948.— Bi- 
cornes, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1, a.) inferior, small, coloured, of 
1 sepal, in 5 deep, egg-shaped, pointed segments, permanent. 
Corolla (see fig. 1, b.) of 1 petal, globose, or egg-shaped, with a 
contracted, 5-toothed mouth (see fig. 2). Filaments (see figs. 3 & 4.) 
10, awl-shaped, upright, shorter than the corolla, slightly attached 
to its base. Anthers incumbent, of 2 short cells, opening by two 
terminal pores, surmounted by a pair of horns. Germen (see fig. 5.) 
roundish, with 5 furrows. Style (see fig. 5.) terminal, cylindrical, 
longer than the stamens, permanent. Stigma blunt, notched. 
Capsule (see fig. 6.) superior, roundish, with 5 angles, 5 cells, and 
5 valves, with the dissepiments (partitions) from the middle of the 
valves (see fig. 7). Seeds (fig. 8.) numerous, minute, elliptical, com- 
pressed, polished, with a lateral, strap-shaped hilum. 
The small, 5-toothed calyx ; the monopetalous, globose, or egg- 
shaped corolla, with a 5-toothed, reflexed limb ; and the 5-celled, 
5-valved capsule , with numerous, minute seeds; will distinguish 
this genus from others in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
ANDRO'MEDA POLIFO'LIA. Polium-leaved Andromeda. 
Marsh Andromeda. Wild Rosemary. Poly Mountain. Marsh 
Cistus. Moorwort. Marsh Holy Rose. 
Spec. Char. Leaves alternate, oblong, their margins revolute ; 
glaucous beneath. Segments of the calyx egg-shaped, spreading, 
white, sometimes tipped with red. Corolla egg-shaped, flesh- 
coloured, or pale red. 
Engl. Bot. t. 713.— Linn. FI. Lapp. (2nd ed.) p. 131. t. 1. f. 2. ; Sp. PI. p. 564.— 
Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 176. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. I. p. 610. ; vav. media. — 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 441. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 251. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 520. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 399. — Lindl. Syn. p. 173. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 188. — Macr. 
Man. Brit. Bot. p. 150. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 214. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. iii. p. 35. 
— Hook. FI. Scot, p 125. — Winch’s FI. of Northumbl. and Durh. p. 27. — Don’s 
Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 829. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. p. 1106, 
Fig. 1. A Flower ; a. the ealyx ; b. the corolla. — Fig. 2. Front view of a Flower. 
— Fig. 3. Corolla opened to show the 10 stamens. — Fig. 4. A single Stamen. — 
Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 6. Capsule. — Fig. 7. A separate valve 
of ditto, a little magnified. — Fig. 8. A Seed. 
* So named by Linnjeus, in allusion to the story of Andromeda, who was 
chained to a rock, and exposed to the attacks of the monsters of the ocean ; so does 
this beautiful tribe of plants grow in dreary and northern wastes, in the midst of 
swamps, and loathsome reptiles. -f See folio 37, note +. 
