Andersonia
(in honour of Messrs. Anderson, surgeons, great promoters of botany). ORD. Epacridaceae. Elegant and delicate little greenhouse shrubs. Flowers terminal, solitary, or spicate; corolla sub-campanulate, hypocrateriform, five-lobed. The undermentioned, which is the only species yet introduced, grows freely in a sandy peat with perfect drainage, which latter is most essential. Cuttings from the tips of young shoots may be made in autumn, winter, or spring, and planted in sand in a gentle heat, with a bell glass placed over them.
A. sprengelioides (Sprengelia-like).* fl. pink, furnished with two small bracteas, spicate. March. l. spreading, bases curved inwards, so as to resemble a hood, ending in a flat point. h. 1ft. to 3ft. New Holland, 1803. Evergreen squarrose shrub. SYN. Sprengelia Andersoni.