Cassandra
(name of mythological origin). ORD. Ericaceae. A small genus of hardy shrubs, sometimes included under Andromeda. C. calyculata, distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, is the only species known, C. angustifolia being merely a form of it. They thrive best in peat or sandy loam. Propagated by layers or by seeds, which latter, being very small, require to be covered lightly with earth.
C. angustifolia (narrow-leaved).* fl. snow-white; corolla oblongovate, with a contracted mouth, o short pedicels, axillary, disposed in the manner of recurved racemes at the tips of the braches. April. l. linear-lanceolate, acute, with sub-undulated edges, rusty beneath. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Carolina, 1748. SYN. C. crispa.
C. calyculata (small-calyxed).* fl. snow-white; corolla oblong-cylindrical, on short pedicels; racemes terminal, recurved, leafy April. l. elliptic-oblong, bluntish, obsoletely serrulated, rusty beneath. h. 1ft. to 3ft. North America, 1748. There are several unimportant varieties of this species. (B. M. 1286.) c. CRISPA (curled). Synonymous with C. angustifolia.