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CYCLAMEN COUM. 



Round-leaved Cvclamen. 



PeNTANDIUA. MONOGYNIA. 



Class 5. Order 1. 



Cyclamen, from v.'^y\a,. 



Linn. gen. ??. 201. Bot.Mag.A. 



GENERIC CUARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth half five-cleft, roundish, permanent j divisions ovate. 

 Cor. one-petalled. Tube somewhat globose, twice as large as the 

 calyx, small, nodding. Border bent upwards, five-parted, very 

 large, divisions lanceolate. Neck prominent. Stam. Filaments 

 five, very small in the tube of the corolla, converging. Pist. Germ 

 roundish. Style filiform, straight, longer than the stamens. Stigma 

 sharp. Per. Berry globose, one-celled, gaping five ways at the 

 top, covered with a capsular shell. Seeds very many, somewhat 

 ovate cornered. Recept. ovate, free. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves orbicular, cordate, quite entire. 



Root perennial, tuberous. Leaves plain, orbicular, with short 

 weak petioles ; their underside is very red in the beginning of 

 winter, but that colour goes off in the spring ; their upper side 

 is smooth, of a lucid green, and spread flat open ; whereas the 

 other sorts are hollowed and reflex at the base. The flowers 

 are of a bright purple, and are supported on stalks about three 

 inches in heiuht. 



