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July and Auguft. It is a native of North America, and 
was introduced in 1765. 
18. Andromeda calyculata, or calycled andromeda : 
peduncles folitary, axillary, pointing one way ; bracles 
two ; leaves oval, fcaly-dotted, obfoletely fcrrulate. It 
is a low fhrub : the leaves fhaped like thofe of the box- 
tree, and of the fame confidence, with fmall pun6lures on 
them. The dowers grow in fhort ipikes from the extre¬ 
mities of the branches ; they are produced (ingle, between 
two leaves, and are white. It grows in Sw eden, Ingria, 
Siberia-, and alio in North America, on molly land. There 
is fome difference in the varieties from Rufiia, Newfound¬ 
land, and North America and Siberia. 
19. Andromeda anadomozans : racemes crowded, leafy; 
leaves ovate dightly ferrate, anadomozing--underneath and 
dotted. A fhrub with hairy branches ; found by Mutis, 
in New Granada. 
20. Andromeda rupedris : leaves oblong, alternate, fer¬ 
rulate. A native of New Zealand. 
21. Andromeda falicifolia, or willow-leaved androme¬ 
da : racemes pointing one way, naked ; corollas fubcylin- 
drical ; leaves lanceolate, acute, quite entire. It was found 
by Gommerfon, in the iflan.d of Mauritius. 
22. Andromeda buxifolia, or box-leaved andromeda : 
racemes pointing one way, naked; corollas fubcylindrical; 
leaves cordate-ovate, quite entire, with a little dagger 
point. It is a native of the ille of Bourbon, where it was 
found by Gommerfon. 
23. Andromeda fafciculata : peduncles aggregate, leaves 
alternate ovate-lanceolate obtufe (lightly crenulate coria¬ 
ceous. 24. Andromeda jamaicenlis: peduncles aggre¬ 
gate, corollas ovate tranfparent, leaves alternate broad- 
lanceolate obtufe entire, beneath afh-coloured membrana¬ 
ceous. 25; Andromeda octandra : peduncles aggregate, 
corollas cylindric quadrifid, leaves alternate ovate-lanceo¬ 
late entire membranaceous. Natives of Jamaica. 
Propagation and Culture. Mod of the forts are hardy de¬ 
ciduous fhrubs, delighting in moift ground. They may 
be increafed by their creeping roots, which put up fuckers 
at a diftance, which may be taken oft with roots, and tranf- 
planted where they are defigned to remain; for they do 
not bear to be often removed. Such alfo as are imported 
from America by the feedfmen may be propagated by 
.feed, which mud be fown in the fpring, in abed of moift 
earth. They may alfo be increafed by layers, in autumn. 
The 13th fort requires to be fheltered from hard troft in 
winter, but in the fummer fhould be frequently watered. 
It is a difficult plant to keep in gardens, as it grows natu¬ 
rally on boggy places, and requires a greater heat than that 
of this climate. 
AN'DRON, f. in Grecian antiquity, denotes the apart¬ 
ment in houfes defigned for the ufe of men; in which fenfe 
it (lands cppofed to Gynceceum. The Greeks alfo gave their 
dining-rooms the title of andron, becaufe the women had 
no admittance to feafts with the men. 
ANDRO'NA, f. in ancient writers, denotes a ftreet, or 
public place, where people met and converled together. 
In fome writers, androna is more exprefsly ufed tor the 
fpace between two houfes; in which fenfe, the Greeks alfo 
ufe the term for the way or pafluge between two 
apartments. Androna is alfo ufed, in eccleliaftical writers, 
for that part in churches deftined for.the men. Anciently 
it was the cuflom for the men and women to have feparate 
apartments in places of worfhip, where they performed 
their devotions afnnder ; which method is (till religioufiy 
obferved in the Greek church. The or androna, 
was in the fouthern fide of the church, and thewomen’s 
apartment on the northern. 
ANDRONI'CUS I. emperor of the Eaft, caufed A- 
■lexius II. who had been put under his care, to be ftrangled ; 
and then took polfeffion of the throne of Confiantincple in 
1183 : but the people, becoming exafperated at his cruel¬ 
ties, proclaimed lluae Angeleus emperor, and put Andro- 
nicus in irons: they then.-thruft out his eyes: and, having 
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led him through the city in an ignominious manner, hang¬ 
ed him. 
Andronicus of Cyrrhus, built at Athens an octa¬ 
gon tower, with figures carved on each fide, reprefenting 
the eight principal winds. A brafs triton at the fummit, 
with a rod in its hand, turned round by the wind, pointed 
to the quarter from whence it blew. From Ibis model is 
derived the cuftom of placing weather-cocks on fteeples. 
ANDROPHA'GI, in ancient hiftory, the name of a 
nation whofe country, according to Herodotus, was adja¬ 
cent to Scythia. Their name, compounded of two Greek 
words, fignifies man-eaters. Herodotus does not inform us 
whether their manner of fubfifting correfponded with their 
name ; whether they were fp favage as to eat human flefh. 
See the article Anthropophagi. They are reprefented, 
however, as the mpft barbarous and fierce of all nations. 
They were not governed by laws : the care of their cattle 
was their chief employment. Their drefs was like that 
of the Scythians; and they had a language peculiar to 
themfelves. 
ANDROPO'GQN,/] [a^&Trwyov, Gr. fignifying man’s 
beard.] In botany, a genus of the polygamia njonoecia 
clafs, of the natural order of gramina or-graftes. The ge¬ 
neric cljaradters are—Hermaphrodite flowers feflile. Ca- 
lyx : a glume, one-flowered, two-valved, oblong, obtufe, 
cartilaginous, awnlefs ; the outer valve concave, flattidi at 
the back, embracing the inner, which is narrower, with 
its edges. Corolla: a two-valved glume, lets and more 
(lender than the calyx ; outer valve (mailer, frequently 
very fmall, within the inner valve of the calyx, (harp or 
bifid at the end, in molt of the fpecies awned ; awn termi¬ 
nating, or from the deft of the. glume, long, with a bent 
joint, and twifted at bottom; the inner valve lanceolate, 
doubled at the edges ; nectary two-leaved ; leaflets thick- 
id), diaphanous. Stamina: filaments three, capillary, very 
tender; anthers; oblong, forked at both ends, incumbent. 
Piftillum : germ oblong; ftyles two, capillary; ftigmas 
oblong, feathered. Pericarpinrn: none, glumes of the co¬ 
rolla and calyx involving and inclofmg the feed. Seed : 
folitary, oblong, covered ; armed with the awn of the co¬ 
rolla, which eafily falls oft'. Male (lowers peduncled, (in¬ 
gle, or in pairs to each hermaphrodite. Calyx, corolla, 
and (lamina, as in the others; only that the corolla has no 
awn. — EJjential Chataider. Hermaphrodite. Calyx, glume 
one-(lowered ; corolla, glume awned at the bale ; (lamina, 
three; ftyles, two; feed, one. Male. Calyx and corolla 
the (ame; (lamina, three. 
Species. 1. Andropogon caricofum: fpike folitary, im¬ 
bricate; feeds (baggy ; awns naked, contorted. A native 
of Amboyna and Japan. 
2. Androppgon contortum : fpike folitary; male flow¬ 
ers awnlefs on the back of the (pike ; female flowers on 
the belly of it, twice as long as the males, with twifted 
approximating awns, longer than the whole fpike. A na¬ 
tive of the Eaft Indies. 
3. Andropogon crmitum : fpike folitary, (baggy; awns 
naked, jointed, very long. A native of Japan ; iound by 
Thunberg. 
4. Andropogon divaricatum : fpike oblong ; flowers 
woolly, remote, divaricate; awn flexuofe, naked. Native 
of Virginia. 
5. Andropogon gryllus : peduncles of the panicle en¬ 
tirely Ample, three-flowered ; the hermaphrodite floicule 
feflile, awned, ciliate, bearded at the bafe. A native of 
Piedmont, Verona, Montpellier, Carniola, the Grifons, 
and Switzerland. 
6. Andropogon faccharoides : branches of the panicle 
Ample, florets in pairs, hermaphrodite awned (eflile, the 
other awnlefs pedicelled withering, pedicel and rachis 
.woolly. Native of Jamaica. 
7. Andropogon nutans: panicle nodding; awns twifted, 
.polilhed ; glumes of the calyx (baggy. A native of Vir¬ 
ginia and Jamaica. 
8. Andropogon.ciliatum : paniple nedding; outer.^alyx. 
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