duplici apicis dehiscentes; connectivo carnoso. Ovarium superum ovatum 
teres uniloculare, placenta libera centrali, ovulis plurimis placenta spongiosd 
immersis. Stylus subulatus, basi coloratus, paululum ultra tubum exsertus. 
Stigma acutiusculum. 
This charming addition to the genus Cyclamen 
was sent to the Horticultural Society from Florence, 
by the Rev. David Lysons, in 1824. It forms the third 
sweet-scented species in our gardens, and the second 
of the hardy ones, and is one of the most desirable plants 
that has been introduced for many years. If we are right 
in our synonym front Parkinson, it is, however, by no 
means a stranger to this country; but, like many other 
plants which were known to that indefatigable collector, 
it has been long lost. 
A hardy tuberous-rooted plant, flowering and leafing at 
the same time. The blossoms begin to open at Mid¬ 
summer, and continue in perfection till September, en¬ 
during till the common autumnal species appears. The 
corolla is of a clear light purple, and emits so delicious an 
odour, that no plant can be better calculated for ornament¬ 
ing a lady’s boudoir. 
For the foregoing synonyms, and for all our information 
concerning this plant, we are indebted to Mr. William 
Smith, at present an Under-Gardener in the establishment 
of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, who is now 
occupied upon a full investigation of the genus Cyclamen, 
which will one day be laid before the public. 
J. L. 
