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piinidiment, condemned Andromeda to be chained to a 
rock by the Nereides, and expofed naked, in order to be 
devoured by a lea-monller; but Perfeus, mounted on the 
horfe Pegains, -as he was palling by, faw Andromeda in 
this condition; and, the monlter appearing, he fhewed him 
the head of Medina, which turned him to done; upon 
'which the princefs was rendered back to her father, who 
married her to Perfeus. Andromeda was made a conftel- 
Jation in heaven after Iter death. 
A xdrom eda, in aftronomy, a condellation of the north¬ 
ern hemifphere, representing the figure of Andromeda, al- 
moft naked, her feet at a dillance from each otlier, and her 
arms extended and chained, as dated above; being one of 
the original forty-eight afterifms, or figures under which 
the ancients comprehended the dars, as derived to us from 
the Greeks, who probably had them from the Egyptians, 
or Indians. The Arabians, whole religion did not permit 
them to draw the figure of the human body on any occa- 
fion whatever, have changed this condellation into the fi¬ 
gure of a fea-calf. Sc hickard has changed the name for 
that of fhe feripture-name Abigail. And Schiller has alio 
changed the figure of the condellation for that of a lepul- 
•chre, and calls it the Holy Sepulchre. This condellation 
contains about twenty-feven dars that are vilible to the na¬ 
ked eye ; of which the principal are, a, Andromeda's head ; 
g, in the girdle, and called mirac/i or mizar ; y, on the 
iouth foot, and named alamak, and fometimes alhames. 
The number of dars placed in this condellation by the 
catalogue of Ptolemy is twenty-three; by that of Tycho 
Brahe alfo twenty-three; by that of Hevelius forty-feven; 
and by that of Flamdead fixty-fix. 
■ Andromeda,/, [from the daughter of Cepheus and 
Calliope, relcued from the fea-mondef by Perfeus.] In 
botany, a genus of the decandria monogynia clafs, ranking 
in the-natural order of bicornes. The generic characters 
are—Calyx : perianthium five-parted, acute, very fmall, 
coloured, permanent. Corolla : monopetalous, campanu- 
late, quinquefid ; clefts reflex. Stamina: filaments fubu- 
late, Ihorter than the corolla, and fcarcely fixed to it; an- 
therse two-horned, nodding. Piftillum : germ roundilh ; 
dyle cylindric, longer than the damens, permanent; dig- 
■ma obtufe. Pericarpium: capfule roundilh, five-cornered, 
five-celled, five-valved, opening at the corners; partitions 
contrary. Seeds: very many, .roundilh, Alining..— EJfential 
Character. Calyx, five-parted. Corolla, ovate, or cam- 
panulate, quinquefid at the edge. Capfule, fuperior, five- 
celled, with the partitions from the middle of the valves. 
Species, i. Andromeda tetragona: peduncles folitary, 
lateral; corollas bell-fltaped; leaves oppofite, imbricate, 
obtufe, revolute. This is like the paderina filiformis, but 
the flowers are very different, refembling thofe of the lily 
of the valley. The leaves are generally four-fold ; whence 
it has the fquare appearance which acquired it the name 
of tetragona. Linnaeus fird obferved it growing very Ipa- 
ringly in Lapland, in the year 1732. Gmelin alfo found 
it on the mountains of Siberia. 
2. Andromeda hypnoides : peduncles folitary, termi¬ 
nal ; corollas bell-fhaped ; leaves crowded, awl-Ihaped. 
This little plant has the appearance of a mofs, fpreads o- 
ver great trafls of ground in the Lapland Alps, and adorns 
them with its beautiful red flowers; it is found alfo in 
Denmark and Siberia. 
3. Andromeda cerea: peduncles axillary, two-leaved, 
one-flowered ; leaves alternate, ovate, ferrate. Refembles 
the fourteenth Ipecies, but is fmooth. This is from the 
ifland of Otaheite. 
4. Andromeda coerulea: peduncles aggregate ; corollas 
ovate ; leaves fcattered, linear, obtufe-, flat. It grows wild 
on the mountains of Lapland ; but more plentifully on 
thofe of Dalecarlia and Jemtia ; and is found alfo in Den¬ 
mark and Siberia. 
5. Andromeda mariana, or Maryland andromeda : pe¬ 
duncles aggregate, branched; corollas ovate-cylindrical ; 
leaves oblong-ovate, quite entire, deciduous. A native of 
Not lb America, of this there are two varieties: i. With 
AND 
oval leaves; ii. With oblong leaves. They appear in June 
and July, and fometimes are fucceeded by fruit, which fel- 
dom ripens in England. 
6. Andromeda ferrugipea, or rufly andromeda : pedun¬ 
cles aggregate, axillary; corolla fubglobofe ; leaves ellip¬ 
tic, quite entire, beneath fcaly-fcariofe. This is alio"a 
native of North America. It flowers in July and Auguft. 
7. Andromeda polifolia, or mar 111 andromeda: pedun¬ 
cles aggregate, corollas ovate, leaves alternate, lanceolate, 
revolute. This elegant little lhrub is from fix or eight 
inches to a foot in height, eredl and branched. The calyx 
is red, and the corolla is of a pink colour. Native of Ame¬ 
rica, and the northern countries of Europe, on turf-bogs.; 
in Rubin, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland; and 
in Britain, on the modes of Chediire, Lancadiire, Wed- 
moreland, Cumberland, Yorklhire, and Scotland, as on 
Brigdeer-mofs near Kendal, Middleton-mofs by Lancas¬ 
ter, on Blackdone-edge between Hallifax and Rochdale, 
upon Solway-mofs abundantly, and not unfrequent in peat¬ 
bogs in the low-lands of Scotland. It flowers about the 
end of May; and is called mars chijlus, wild rofemary, pcley 
mountain, moorzoort, and marjh holy rofe. There is fome dif¬ 
ference betw een the varieties of this fpecies, as found in 
North America, in Europe, and in Newfoundland and 
Labradore. 
8. Andromeda bryantha : flowers corymbed, leaves el¬ 
liptic, Item prodrate. The antherae adhere perpendicu¬ 
larly to the back of the filaments. Peduncles many-flow¬ 
ered. It comes up in thick clumps, like wild thyme, on 
the rocks of Kamtfchatka- 
9. Andromeda daboecia, or Irifh wherts, or Cantabrian 
heath, or trailing andromeda : racemes pointing one way, 
flowers quadrifid ovate, leaves alternate, lanceolate, revo¬ 
lute. This fpecies has been obferved to grow only in the 
Irifli bogs, and flowers in June and July.. 
10. Andromeda droferoides, or clammy andromeda : ra¬ 
cemes pointing one way ; leaves linear, hairy, vifeid. This 
is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
11. Andromeda paniculata, or panicled andromeda : ra¬ 
cemes terminal panicled ; corollas roundilh ; leaves ovate 
rather entire. Stem about four feet high ; the flowers 
grow in loofe fpikes from the ends of the branches ; they 
appear in July, but do not produce feeds in this country. 
A native of Virginia. 
12. Andromeda japonica : racemes panicled, cylindric, 
braCted ; leaves elliptic, reflex, ferrate at the tip. This 
is a tree. Branches coming out by threes of more in a fort 
of umbel, ftriated and angular, fmooth, purplilh. ereT, 
knobbed from the fall of the leaves, and fubdivided-. Na- 
of Japan, near Nagafaki; flowering in December. 
13. Andromeda arborea, or tree andromeda, or forrel- 
tree : panicles terminal, corollas rather downy, leaves el¬ 
liptic, pointed, toothletted. In Virginia it is a flirub 
growing ten or twelve feet high ; but in Carolina it rifes 
twenty feet. The branches are very (lender, bending 
downward. The flowers grow in long naked fpikes from 
the (ides of the branches; they are of an herbaceous colour, 
and ranged on one fide of the ftalk. 
14. Andromeda racemofa, or branching or Pennfylvania 
andromeda : racemes terminal, Ample, braided ; corollas 
cylindric; leaves oblong-lanceolate, ferrate. This was 
found in Pennfylvania, by Kalm. It flowers in July. 
15. Andromeda axillaris, or notch-leaved andromeda : 
racemes axillary, Ample ; corollas oblong ; leaves ovate, 
acute, ferrulate. Native of Carolina ; and flow'ers from 
May to Augud. 
16. Andromeda coriacea, or thick-leaved andromeda: 
racemes axillary, dmple; leaves ovate, very entire, very 
Ihining'; branchlets three-cornered. Found in North Ame¬ 
rica ; and flowers in July and Augud. 
17. Andromeda acuminata, or acute-leaved andromeda: 
racemes axillary, dmple ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acumi¬ 
nate, ferrate. This is a lhrub about four feet in height, 
upright, and the whole of it fmooth, with round branches, 
which are leafy to a conddcrable extent. It flowers in 
July 
