Tas. 5758. 
CYCLAMEN AFRICANUM. 
Algerian Cyclamen. 
Nat. Ord. Primviacem.—Prntanpria Mownoeynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partitus. Corolle tubus brevis, subglobosus, fauce 
incrassata, limbi refracti laciniis 5 tubo longioribus. Stamina 5, imo 
corolle tubo inserta, inclusa, filamentis brevissimis ; anthers cuspidate. 
Ovarium 1-loculare ; stylus indivisus, stigmate simplici; ovula numerosa, 
peltatim amphitropa. “Capsula globosa, 1-locularis, 5-valvis, valvis reflexis. 
Semina plurima, subglobosa, angulata, umbilico ventrali; embryo rectus, 
umbilico parallelus.—Herbe Europe medi, Asie occidentalis et Africe 
borealis incole, tubere carnoso napiformi. Folia radicalia, petiolata, cor- 
dato-reniformia. Scapi nudi, lflori, floriferi stricti, fructiferi in spiramn 
convolut: humo appressi. Corolla rosea, purpurea v. alba. 
CrcLamen Africanum; tubere magno, foliis synanthiis basi cordatis swpius 
acute 7—9-angulatis margine revolutis crenulato-dentatis, pedunculis 
superne calycibusque pubescenti-glandulosis, sepalis ovatis setaceo- 
acuminatis glanduloso-dentatis, corolla roseo-alba, tubo apice non 
constricto, fauce 10-dentato, laciniis oblongo-linearibus, antheris 
sessilibus. 
Crctamen Africanum. Boiss. § Reuter, Pugill, Plant. Nov. Afr. Or. et 
Hisp. Austr. p. 75. Planchon in Flore des Serres, v. viii. t. 841. 
Cyctamen Neapolitanum. Duby in DC. Prodr. quoad descriptionem et 
patriam Algeriam, non Tenore. 
CycLaMEN macrophyllum. Host ex Planchon in Fl. des Serres, 1. ¢. 
The largest species of the beautiful genus to which it be- 
longs, the tubers sometimes attaining the size of a large 
turnip. It is a very common Algerian plant, and was sent 
to the Royal Gardens by Giles Munby, Esq., Col. Playfair, 
Consul-General of Algeria, and other parties, and it flowers 
abundantly in September. 
I follow Boissier and Reuter in considering this a distinct 
species, though under a conviction that it is but a form of 
one of the European kinds (probably C. Neapolitanum), which 
FEBRUARY Isr, 1869. 
