ANDROSACE, in botany, a genus of the pentandria monogynia class. The umbella of the androsace is inclosed in an involucrum; the corolla is ovated; and the capsule is globular, and consists of one apartment. There are six species of this genus; viz. the maxima, a native of Austria; the septentrionalis, a native of Lapland, Russia, and the Alps; the villosa, a native of the Pyrenean mountains; the lactea, a native of Austria; the carnea, a native of Switzerland; and the elongata, a native of Austria.