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ANDROMEDA SALICIFOLIA. 4 , 
Willow-leaved Andromeda, or Wil d An rb as 
DECAN DRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nat. Orb. ‘ERI CEL. 
GEN, Cuar.—Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. ovata, ore quinquefido. Capsula su> | 
pera, qe ie e medio eal 
auaetidde salicifolia ; ‘racemis. secundis glabris, ‘eds lanceolatis ve 
apiceque attenuatis subtus albidis. 
Andromeda salicifolia, Commens, MSS. sil sh Bagel v. i -P. 159. —Smiru, oe 
Ic. ined. t. 58. —Wixp. Sp. Pl. v. ii. p. 611. 
i tain much branched, glabrous in all its iets. ‘Leaves numerous, al- 
% ternate, 2-4 inches long, rigid, coriaceous, lanceolate, but varying con- 
i siderably i in breadth in different specimens, : acuminated, quite entire, 
attenuated at the base into a footstalk, which is. from half an inch to an 
inch in length, dark green above, pale, and almost white beneath: there 
is a central rib, and two obscure depressed lines, one on each side, run- 
ning parallel with it. : 
Racemes terminal, 4-6 inches long. Flowers tethe large, handsome, secund, 
drooping. Pedicels about as long as the flower, subtended by a minute 
scale or bractea. Calyx deeply 5-fid; the segments broadly ovate. Co- 
rolla ovate, or oblongo-ovate, of a beautiful. purple colour, the mouth 
contracted, 5-toothed. Stamens 8. Filaments erect: Anthers with a pore 
at the extremity of each cell. Germen 5-lobed. Style shorter than the 
corolla: stigma obtuse. Capsule very hard, coriaceous, opening with 
5 valves, each valve bearing the dissepiment in the middle, which dis- 
sepiment alternates with the lobes of the central seminal receptacle: 
hence it is 5-celled. The lobes of the receptacle are covered with nu- 
merous, small, oblong, curved brownish seeds,.and are crowned with the 
persistent style. : 
For the opportunity of figuring this charming plant, I 
am indebted to CHaRLEs TELFAIR, Esq. of the Mauritius, _ 
who was so good as to send me a coloured drawing by Mrs 
TELFatrR, together with numerous fine specimens, in various 
Stages of fructification. COMMERSON is the first botanist who 
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