with a figure. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 304 . — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 545 . — Mack. Catal. 
FI. of Irel. p. 39. ; FI. Hibern. p. 179 . — Ledum palustre nostras, arbuti /lore, 
Ray’s Syn. p. 472 . — Blackst. 8p. Bot. p. 44 . 
Localities. — In mossy bogs in the mountainous parts of England and Ire- 
land, and in the low-lands of Scotland.— Bucks ; On Iver Heath: Mr. J. 
Rayfr. — Cheshire; Moors and bogs, frequent : Mr. Bradbury. Moors near 
Stockport: Mr. L. Howard. — Cumberland ; Kirkland ; Cross Fell ; Keswick; 
and Brampton : Hutchinson. Moss near Bromfield: Rev. J. Dodd. Moors 
near Latrigg : N. J. Winch, Esq. — Lancash. On Causeway Moss, and Rusland 
Moss, Furness Fells: Mr. Jackson. In Middleton Moss near Lancaster: Mr. 
Lawson. On the Mossy Moor rear Ashton : Mr. O. Sims. “ From 18 to 24 
inches on Wooiston Moss near Warrington :” J. E. Bowman, in N. B. G. On 
Mosses near Warrington : G. Crosfield, Esq. — Norfolk ; Peat-bogs, Larling- 
ford : Sir W. J. Hooker. — Northumberl. On the heathy part of Prestwick 
Carr, and on the Muckle Moss north of the Roman Wall and west of Shewing 
Shields; also on the Wallington Moors: N. J. Winch, Esq. On Green 
Leighton Moss, and at Dardon Lough: Miss Emma Trevelyan. Near Halt- 
whistle: Mr. John Thompson. — Shropsh. Birch Bog, near Ellesmere, plenti- 
fully: Dr. Evans. WhixalMoss: Rev. A. Bloxam. — Somersetsh. Near the 
beginning of the Mendip Hills from Bath: Mr. Hill, in Blackst. Sp. Bot. On 
Glastonbury and Burtle Turf Moors: Sir T. G. Cullum. — Stnffordsh. On 
Charlton Moss : Mrs. A clan d. Chartley Moss : G. Howitt, Esq. in N. B. G. 
— Westmoreland; Frequent on Peat- bogs in this county: Hudson. On Brig- 
steer Moss near Kendal : Mr. Lawson. — Yorksh. Bogs near Howden: Teis- 
dale. About Halifax: Mr. Crowe. Hills above Keighley, and abundantly 
on all the ridge mountains, which separate Yorkshire from Lancashire: Mr. 
Knowlton. Black Moor, near Leeds: Rev. W. Wood. Potteric Car, near 
Doncaster : M. N. H. Richworth Moor, ten miles from Halifax: N. J. Winch, 
Esq. Thorn Moor: Mr. Robson. Ilelwith Moss, and Settle, Craven: Rev. 
E. F. Witts. — WALES. In Denbighshire, and Glamorganshire. —SCOT- 
LAND. In Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Perth, Renfrew, Stirling, and Wig ton : 
N. B. G. — 1 R EL A N D. Peat-bogs in many parts ot the country : Mr. Mackay. 
Shrub. — Flowers from May to September. 
An elegant little shrub, from 6 to 8 or 10 inches high. Stem 
smooth, somewhat decumbent at the base, then upright branched 
and leafy. Leaves irregularly scattered, on very short petioles, 
oblong, pointed, various in breadth, rigid, their margins strongly 
revolute ; of a dark green on the upper surface, very glaucous, with 
a prominent rib beneath. Stipulas none. Peduncles from the 
summits of the branches, single-flowered, white or reddish, occa- 
sionally solitary, but usually 3, 4, or more together, with small 
bracteas. Calyx white, tipped with red, or sometimes entirely 
red. Corolla egg-shaped, or nearly globular, of a delicate pale 
pink, or flesh-colour. Capsule upright. 
Several varieties of this very pretty little shrub are cultivated in our gardens; 
two only of which have, I believe, been found wild in Britain, namely, var. a. 
latifolia, and var. ft. media, of Wii.ldenow’s Sp. PI. The latter is the common 
one, the localities of which are given above. The variety latifolia has only one 
English station given for it, namely, near Bridgewater, Somersetshire, where it 
was discovered by W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. growing to the height of I or 2 feet. 
Mr. Mackay and Mr. Templeton have observed it in Ireland, between Newport 
and Castleconnel, county of Limerick; and near Grey Abbey, county of Down. 
It is a native of North America. 
Dr. Withering says, “ a very judicious Botanist suspects that the represen- 
tation in ‘ English Botany’ was taken from a specimen of A. polifoliay. angus- 
tifolia, of Willdenow, a Labradorian plant.” 
The drawing for the accompanying plate was made from a native specimen, 
kindly communicated to me from the neighbourhood of Haltwhistle, by Mr. J. 
Thompson, Crowhall Mill, nearllaydon Bridge, Northumberland, Sept. 3, 1839. 
The plant has been used instead of nut-galls. Its decoction, according to 
Gmelin, is inebriating; and in Siberia it is resorted to as the source of an ex- 
hilarating beverage. 
For an interesting account of this charming little shrub, and the reasons for the 
applicaiion, by Linn*us, of the name of Andromeda to the genus, see Sir J, E. 
Smith’s translation of Linn*us’s Lapland Tour, v. i. p. 188; and Loudon’s 
Arb. et Frutic. Brit. p. 1 105. 
