loose, flat, and needle-like. Flowers small, with a red calyx
and white corolUu (Doris Mill.') A diminutive creeping evergreen
shrub. Lapland, Denmark, and Siberia, on the mountains,
where it covers whole tracts of land ; and on the
north-west coast of North America. Height 6 in. Intro.
1798. Flowers white, tinged with red ; June and July.
Hare in British gardens.
«. 2. C . t e t r a g o ' na D.Don. Th e4-cornered-/>m?/c/¿c’d Cassiope.
Identification. D. Don in Ed. New Phil. Jour., 17. p. 157. ; Don’s Mill., 3.p. 829.
Synonyme. Andrómeda letrngbna Lin. Sp. .563.
Eiufrnvings. Pall. Fl. Koss., t. 73, f. 4. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3181. ; and our
fig. 1043.
101.1. C. tetragona.
1042. C. Aypnyides.
Spec. Char., Leaf obtuse, minutely ciliated, its
margin revolute, in such a manner as to render
the leaf tumid, and somewhat 2-celled. Leaves
adpressedly imbricate in 4 rows, and into a 4-
cornered column, o f which the stem or branch is
the axis and support. (Doris Mill.') A diminutive
creeping evergreen shrub. Lapland, Siberia, North
America, from Canada to the north-west coast.
Height 6 in. Introduced in 1810. Flowers white,
tinged with red ; March and April. Lodd.
3. C. LYCOPODioiDES D. Dou. The Cliib-Moss-like Cassiope.
Identification. D. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157.;
Don’s Mill., 3. p. 829.
•V Synonyme. Andrómed« lycopodldldes Pall, FI. Ross. p. 55.
jt' Engi-aviitgs. Pall. Ross., 1. c., t. 73. fig. I. ; and o u r 1044.
Spec. Char., 4c. Lcaves ovate, adpressed, imbricated
in 4 rows. {Doris Mill.) A diminutive,
evergreen, moss-like, creeping shrub.
Siberia, and the Island of St. Lawrence.
Height 6 in. Introduced ?. Flowers red ;
KM4. c.iycopodioides. Jimc and July.
tL 4. C. FRICOÌDES D. Don. The Heath-like Cassiope.
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don’s Mill,, 3.
Andromeda ericoides Pall Ross. p. 56.
Pall. Ross., 1. c., t. 73. f. 3. ; and o u r /g . 1045.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves awned, setosely ciliated. Peduncles
glabrous. {Doris Mill.) A diminutive creejiing, evergreen
shrub. Dahuria and Kamtschatka. Height 6 in. Introduced?.
Flowers not seen.
C. fastigiàta D. Don, a native of Nepal, and C. Redówski
G. Don, a native of the East of Siberia, are described in our
first edition, but they have not yet been introduced.
G e n u s VI.
104,5. C. ericSldes.
CASSA'NDRA D. Don. T h e C a s s a n d r a . Xm. ó> í . Decándria
Monogynia.
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 830.
Synonyme. Andrómeda sp. L in . and otheis.
Derivation. The name of a daughter of Priain and Hccuha.
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-leaved, bibracteate at the base ; leaflets imbricated at
the base. Corolla oblong, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10,
enclosed; filaments glabrous, simple at the base; cells of anthers elongated,
and tubular at the apex, mutic. Stigma annular, with a 5-tubercled
disk. Capside with a loculicidal dehiscence. Placenta 5-lobed ; lobes
simple. {Doris Alili.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; acerose, on short petioles.
Flowers axillary, on short pedicels, drooping, snow white, disposed
in the manner of racemes at the tips of the branche.s.— Undershruhs,
evergreen ; natives of Europe, Asia, and North America.
a. 1. C. c a l y c u l a ' t a D. Don. The calyculated Cassandra.
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 157. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 830.
Synotit/ine. Andrómeda calyculàta Làa. Sp. 565.
Engràvings. Pall. F l. Koss., 2. t. 71. f. i. ; Bot. Cab., t. 1464. ; and o u r/g . 1040.
Sjiec. Char., 4c. Leaves elHptic-oblong, bluntish, oh-
soletely serrulated, rusty beneath. Racemes recurved,
leafy. Bmcteas of the calyx (these constitute the
calyculus, or secondary and outer calyx, implied by
the term calyculáta) broad, ovate, acuminate,
rollas oblong-cylindrical. {Don’s Mill.) A
evergreen shrub. North America,
from Canada to Virginia, and also
in the North of Europe and Siberia.
Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Introd.
in 1748. Flowers white ; April
and May.
Varieties.
13. C. c. \ ventricosa Sims Bot.
Mag., t. 1286.— Corolla in- 1047. c. c. latiP.na.
1046. C. oalyculiita flatcd
13. C.c. 2 latifòlia Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 530., andoury%. 1047. — Leaf broad
a. C.c. 3 nana Sims Bot. Mag. t. 862., Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 826.—Dwarf. '
J, 2. C. (o.) a n g u s t i f o ' l ia G.Don. The narrow-
ieaved Cassandra.
Ideniification. Don’s Mill., 3, p. 830.
Syniinymes. Andrómeda calyculáta 0 angustifòlia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2.
R70.; A. angustUòlia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p .291.; A. crispa
Desf. et Link.
Engraving. O u r/g . 1048.
Spec. Chat'., 4c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, the
edges somev/hat waved and revolute, the under
surface rusty. Racemes recurved, leafy. Bracteas
of calyx minute. Corollas oblong-ovate. {Doris
Aldi.) A low evergreen shrub. Carolina and
Georgia, in open swamps. Height 2 ft. Introduced
in 1748. Flowers white ; April and May. lOIS. C. (c.) angustifòlia
G e n u s VII.
ZENO'BLl D. Don. T h e Z e n o b ia . Lir.. Syst. Decándria Monogynia.
Derivation. From Zenobia, a queen of Palmyra, distinguished for her virtue and learning.
Gen Char. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate ; limb revolute, 5-lobed
stamens 10; filaments glabrous, dilated at the base; cells of anthers
o 0 2
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