AND 
Atiguft and September, foon after which the plants 
will decay. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in China, and alfo at 
La Vera Cruz in New Spain, where it rifes twelve or 
fourteen feet high; the branches are garnifhed with 
fpear-fhaped, pointed, fmooth leaves, under which the 
foot-ftalk of the flowers are produced ; thefe are pretty 
long and hang downward: the flowers are fmall, of an 
herbaceous white colour, fome of which are male, and 
others female, but when the latter are fltuated at too 
great diftance from the former, there is rarely any 
feeds within their covers •, though they feem very fair 
to fight, yet upon being opened there will no feeds 
be found in them ; whereby feveral perfons have been 
deceived, who have fown them, without raiflng a 
Angle plant. 
The third fort was difcovered by the late Dr. William 
Houfton, growing naturally at Campeachy ; this has 
a ftrong woody item, which rifes more than twenty 
feet high, fending out branches on every fide, which 
are garnifhed with oval blunt leaves, hoary on their 
under-flde, and having pretty deep furrows on their 
upper, placed alternately on the branches : the flow- 
ers I have not feen, for the plant which rofe from the 
feeds in the phyflc garden did not produce any, tho’ 
it grew upward of fourteen feet high ; nor were there 
any flowers upon the trees at Campeachy, at the time 
Dr. Houfton was there, the feeds being then ripe ; of 
thefe the doftor fent many to Europe which appeared 
very fair, but on being opened, no kernels were found 
within them, fo that but one plant was raifed from 
all the feeds. 
Thefe two forts are very tender plants, fo that when 
good feeds can be obtained, they fhould be planted 
in pots, plunging them into a hot-bed of tanners bark, 
obferving to water them as the earth becomes dry in 
the pots ; and when the plants come up, and are fit 
to remove, they fhould be each planted in a fmall 
pot, plunged into a tan-bed, fhading them until they 
have taken frefh root, after which they fhould have 
free air admitted to them in warm weather, but muft 
be conitantly kept in the bark-ftove. 
There is alfo another fort which I have raifed from 
feeds, fent me from Jamaica •, the whole form of the 
feeds agree with thole of the third fort, as do alfo 
the plants, but the leaves are fomewhat like thofe of 
the Laurel, but are much larger ; this hath not as yet 
flowered in Europe. 
ANDROMEDA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 48 5. We have 
no Englifh name for this plant. 
The Characters are, 
! The empalement is cut into five fmall acute fegments ; this 
is coloured and permanent. The flower is of one leaf , ovaf 
bell-fid aped, and divided into five parts at the brim , which 
are reflexed. It hath ten awl-fhaped Jlamina , which are 
fhorter than the petals to which they are fixed ; thefe are 
crowned with nodding fummits having two horns. In the 
center of the flower is fituated a round germen , fupporting 
a cylindrical ftyle , which is longer than the fiamina , and 
crowned with a blunt fltigma. The germen afterward turns 
to a round pentagonal vefflel having five cells , which are 
filled with fmall round feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged by Dr. Linnseus in the 
firft divifton of his tenth clafs, entitled Decandria 
Monogynia, the flowers having ten ftamina and one 
germen. 
The Species are, 
1. Andromeda ( Polifolia ) pedunculis aggregatis, co- 
rollis ovatis, foliis alternis lanceolatis revolutis. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 393. Andromeda with aggregate foot-filalks , 
oval petals , and fpear-fhaped leaves growing alternately. 
Polifolia. Buxb. Act. 2. p. 345. 
2. Andromeda ( Mariana ) pedunculis aggregatis corol- 
lis cyliildricis foliis alternis ovatis integerrimis. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 393. Andromeda with aggregate foot-ftalks, 
cylindrical flowers , and oval entire leaves placed alter- 
nately. 
3. Andromeda ( Paniculata ) racemis fecundis midis pa- 
niculatis, corollis fubcylindricis foliis alternis oblongis 
crenulatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Andromeda with naked , 
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fruitful loofe /pikes , cylindrical 'flowers, and oblong ere - 
nated leaves placed alternately. Vitis idasa Americana, 
longiori mucronato & crenato folio, fioribus urceolatis 
racemofis. Pluk. Aim. 391. 
4. Andromeda (Arboreal) racemis fecundis nudis, co- 
roliis rotundo-ovatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Andromeda 
with naked fruitful J pikes , and oval roundifh flowers . 
Frutex foliis oblongis acuminatis fioribus lpicatis uno 
verfu difpofitis. Catefb, Carolin. 1. p. 71. commonly 
called Sorrel-tree in Carolina. 
5. Andromeda ( Caliculata ) racemis fecundis foliaceis 
corollis fubcylindricis, foliis alternis lanceolatis obtufis 
punftatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 394. Andromeda with leafy 
fruitful fpikes , cylindrical flowers , and obtufe fpear-fhaped 
leaves , with punAures placed alternately. Chamredaphne; 
Buxb. Ad. 1. p. 241. 
The firft fort is a low plaftt which grows naturally on 
bogs in the northern countries, but is with difficulty 
preierved in gardens ; and having little beauty, is 
feldom cultivated except in botanic gardens. I re- 
ceived the feeds from Peterfburgh, which came up in 
the Chelfea garden, but did not continue more than 
one year. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in North America : 
this is a low fhrub, which fends out many woody 
ftalks from the root, garnillied with oval leaves placed 
alternately; the flowers are colleded in fmall bunches: 
thefe are fhaped like thofe of the Strawberry-tree, 
and are of an herbaceous colour. They appear in 
June and July, and fometimes arefucceeded by fruit, 
which feldom ripen in England.- 
The third fort is alfo a native of North America. 
This fhrub grows about four feet high, fending out 
feveral branches, which are clothed with oblong leaves 
placed alternately ; the flowers grow in loofe fpikes 
from the ends of the branches; they are of the pitcher 
fliape, like thofe of the Arbutus, but are a little 
longer, and appear in July, but do not produce feeds 
in this country. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Virginia and Ca- 
rolina ; in the latter it is much larger than- in the for- 
mer, the climate being warmer ; fo many of the trees 
and fhrubs grow to a much greater height there. In 
Virginia, it is a fhrub growing ten or twelve feet 
high, but in Carolina it rifes twenty feet. The branches 
are very fiender, bending downward ; thefe are gar- 
nifhed with leaves placed alternately, which are oblong 
and pointed : the flowers grow in long naked fpikes, 
corning out from the hides of the branches, which are 
of an herbaceous colour, and are ranged on one 
fide of the ftalk ; they are oval, and fhaped like a 
pitcher. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in Siberia, and alfo in 
North America ; it is a low fhrub which grows on 
mofiy land, fo is very difficult to keep in gardens. 
The leaves are fhaped like thofe of the Box-tree, and 
are of the like confidence, having feveral fmall punc- 
tures on them ; tire flowers grow in fnort fpikes from 
the extremity of the branches : thefe are produced 
Angle between two leaves, they are white and of a 
cylindrical pitcher fliape. 
All the forts, except the fourth, are very hardy plants, 
which delight in moift ground ; they increafe by their 
creeping roots, which put up fuckers at a diftance, 
and may be taken off with roots, and tranfplanted 
where they are defigned to remain, for they do not 
bear to be often removed. 
The fourth fort requires to be fheltered from hard 
froft in winter, but in the fummer fhould be fre- 
quently watered. It is a difficult plant to keep in gar- 
dens, as it grows naturally on boggy places, and re- 
quires a greater heat than that of this climate. It may 
be propagated by feeds, which fhould be procured 
from America, where it is known by the name of 
Sorrel-free. 
AND ROSACE. We have no Englifh name for 
this plant. 
The Characters are. 
The flowers grow in an umbel ; they have a many-leaved 
general involuermn. Each flower hath a five-cornered em- 
palement 
