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Cyclamen— continued. 
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NU Fig. 584. FLOWER, BUD, AND LEAF OF CYLLAMEN EUROPJ/EUM, 
гора European) Л. bright red, very fragrant; corolla 
—. Segmen occae Se fin to fin. long. August to October. 
1. produced at the same time as the flowers, ovate-orbicular, 
deeply cordate at the base, with close lobes, moderately firm in 
texture, marbled with white above, tinted with purple beneath, 
entire or minutely crenulate, always without large deltoid teeth. 
Rootstock a depresso-globose lar tuber, with slender fibres 
from all over its lower half, the tufts of leaves and flowers often 
connected with it by a rhizome 2in. or 3in. . А. ĝin. Central 
and Southern Europe, widely WDx 1596. See Fig. 584. 
C. Clusii (В. В. 1013), C. littorale (В. R. 1846, 56), and C. Peaki. 
anum (F. M. 262) are Italian forms of this species, with much 
longer and more delicate flowers. 
C. grecum (Greek) /. pure white, with a bright purple spot at 
he base ; corolla segnien: MN auricled at the base, 
Jin. to Zin. long. § an tober. i. not developed till 
after the flowers, cular, obtuse, small, firm in texture 
. A well 
not unlike C. neapolitanum, but quite different 
(berian)* f. bright red in the type, with a bright 
[Ue corolla segments oblong-spathulate. 
t with the flowers, ovate- 
entire or faintly undulated at the edge, 
zoned E ber globose. 
d вее). | | 
| CYCLONEMA MYRICOIDES. See 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, ^ 
Cyclamey —continued. 
| die 
£e 72 
Fic. 585. CYCLAMEN NEAPOLITANUM, showing Single Flower, 
Bud, and Habit. 
fibres in : 
tuft from its base. South Europe. (B. M. 1001, under the nam 
Varieties. Mixed seed from a good strain are n 
general cultivation, as they can be procured much che 
and the produce represents a much greater diversi ty 
colour, than would be obtained from a few named varie 
These latter, in many cases, soon become supe 
still better selections, and are of most use to Bee? 
for fixing a —— a vec is — ei 
is one that has flowers of imm „ 0957 
Me. The flowers in this and the ordinary sec 
in eolour from pure white to dark purple, ап some 
two or more colours beautifully blended. — — 
CYCLOBOTHRA. See Calochortus. ` 
CYCLOGYNE. included under Swainsons b 
See Aspidium. 
