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ANDROMEDA. floribunda. 
Many -flowered Andromeda. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNTA. 
Nat. ord. Ericem. Juss. gen. 159. 
ANDROMEDA. L. Calyx minimus 5-partitus. Corolla campanulata 
aut globosa, 5-fida laciniis reflexis. Stamina 10 non exserta. Capsula 5- 
locularis 5-valvis. Suffrutices; folia alterna aut rarius opposita, in A, ma- 
riana margine revoluta ; flores axillares aut terminales. Juss. |, c. 
. 
A. floribunda, glaberrima foliis oblongo-ovatis acutis tenuissime serrulatis 
adpresso-ciliatis glabris coriaceis, racemis secundis axillaribus et termi- 
nalibus congesto-paniculatis, pedicellis bibracteatis, Pursh. Fl. Am. 
sept. 1. 293. : ri ' 29 
A. floribunda. Curtis bot. mag. t. 1566. ‘Nutt. gen. vol.l. 
Frutex 2-3 pedalis sempervirens, foliosus. Mami teretes, atrovirides, pilis 
raris appressis adspersi. Folia oblonga, acuta, coriacea, crenata, glaberrima, 
plana, subavenia, etiolo brevi piloso. Racemi terminales, compositi, multi- 
fori, thyrsoidei. Rachis pilosiuscula, teres. Flores cernut. Bractew sub- 
ulate, coriacee,. pedicellis pubescentibus longiores. Calyx cum pedicello 
articulatus, in stipite brevi pentagono insidens, 5-sepalus, sepalis ovatis, 
carnosis, in estivatione valvatis, dorso pilosiusculis. Corolla monopetala 
hypogyna, ovata, alba, pentagona, 5-dentata; dentibus minimis, obtusis, | 
ovatis, patentibus. Stamina 10, in basi corolle inserta, corolla duplo brevi- 
ora, filamentis alatis planis, antheris oblongis, poro duplici apicis dehiscen- 
tibus, dorso bicalcaratis. Ovarium subrotundum, in disco viridi brevi 5- 
gono intrastamineo. Stylus pauld declinatus. Stigma simplex, protrusum. 
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This is a very rare plant, now seen in few collections. 
It is perfectly hardy, but difficult to propagate. Our draw- 
ing was made at Mr. Jenkins’s Nursery, New Road. 
Mr. Nuttall has divided from Andromeda certain species 
(A. paniculata, caprecefolia, arborea, &c.) under the name of 
Lyonia, and distinguished them by a character derived from 
their seed-vessel ; attributing to Andromeda a capsule with 
valves bearing the dissepiment in the middle, and the mar- 
gin of their valves naked; to Lyonia a similar capsule as 
regards the valves, but with a margin closed by other small 
extra valyes. We have had no opportunity of examining 
satisfactorily the seed-vessel of the plant before us ; and we 
observe, that Mr. Nuttall refers it to Andromeda proper; 
but its habit is more that of Lyonia than of Andromeda; and 
it will, therefore, if found to agree with the latter genus in 
