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CYCLAMEN 



CYCLAMEN 



plants at all stages of growth. In the frames the plants 

 may be plunged in tobacco stems, and in the green- 

 house they must be fumigated or vaporized with some 

 of the nicotine extracts. Great vigilance must be exer- 

 cised in growing cyclamens. (E. O. Orpet.) 



sestivum, 5. 

 africanum, 7. 

 album, 1, 2. 

 aleppicum, 1. 

 Atkinsii, 3. 

 atro-rubrum, 1. 

 autumnale, 8. 

 cilicicum, 6. 

 Clusii, 5. 

 cordifolium, 5. 

 coum, 2, 3. 

 elegans, 3. 

 europseum, 5. 

 ficarixfolium, 8. 



INDEX. 



floribundum, 5. 

 giganteum, 1. 

 hedersefolium, 1, J 

 ibericum, 3. 

 indicum, 1. 

 latifolium, 1. 

 libanoticum, 4. 

 macrophyttum, 1. 

 magnificum, 1. 

 neapolitanum, 8. 

 orbiculatum, 5. 

 Papilio, 1. 

 persicum, 1. 

 punctatum, 1. 



punicum, 1. 

 purpureum, 1. 

 purpurascens, 5. 

 pyrolxfolium, 1. 

 roseo-superbum, 1. 

 rubrum, 1. 

 saldense, 7. 

 sanguineum, 1. 

 splendens, 1. 

 subhastatum, 8. 

 vernale, 3, 8. 

 vernum, 2. 

 violaceum, 1. 



A. Plant blooming in spring (or in winter under glass). 

 B. Corolla-lobes not eared. 



1. persicum, Mill. (C. hedersefolium, Sibth. & 

 Smith. C. indicum, Linn. C. latifolium, Sibth. & 

 Smith. C. macrophyttum, Sieb. C. punicum, Pomel. 

 C. pyrolssfolium, Salisb.). Fig. 1183. The common 

 greenhouse or Persian cyclamen, in many forms: 

 tuber large, flattened endwise, corky on the outside: j 

 Ivs. appearing with the fls., ovate, 

 crenate-dentate, base deeply cor- 

 date, usually marbled or variegated 



with white: fls. on scapes 

 6-7 in. high, large, scent- ,,-. 

 less, white, purple-blotched ' ' 

 at the mouth, but with 

 rose -colored, purple and 

 spotted forms, the segms. 

 oblong-spatulate in shape, 

 not eared or lobed at the 

 base: pedicel not coiling in 

 fr. Greece to Syria. 

 The large-fld. cult. 

 forms are grouped 

 as follows by Pax 

 & Knuth: Var. 

 album (C. aleppi- 

 cum, Hort.). Pure white. 

 Var. giganteum. White with 

 red throat; very large. Var. 

 magnificum (var. puncta- 

 tum). White, speckled with 

 red, large. Var. rubrum. 

 Red. Var. sanguineum. 

 Light blood-red, large. Var. 

 rdsea-superbum. Brilliant 

 rose-red, large. Var. purpureum. Purple with bluish 

 markings, large. Var. violaceum. Violet-red. Var. atro- 

 rubrum and var. splendens. Dark red, large. The 

 var. giganteum (C. giganteum, Hort.) is the common 

 large-fld., improved form of the florist's cyclamen. 

 There are also double-fld. forms (R.H. 1886, p. 250) ; 

 alsofimbriate or crested forms, C. Papilio (I.H. 43:63. 

 G.F. 5:235. G.C. III. 21:71; 23:173). Other por- 

 traits of C. persicum are: B.M. 44. I.H. 35:43. Gn. 

 47:378; 48:182. J.H. III. 34:578. Gt. 44, p. 203; 45, 

 p. 164. F.S. 22:2345. A.G. 14:390-2; 17:261. A.F. 

 7:521-5; 11:1176-9; 12:499. The species is frequently 

 figured in the trade catalogues. 



2. coum, Mill. (C. vernum, Sweet). Tuber smaller 

 than in the last, globose or flattened: Ivs. with or pre- 

 ceding the fls., nearly orbicular or round-reniform, 

 entire, firm, not marbled nor variegated: fls. small, 

 scentless, half or less as large as those of the last, purple 

 and spotted in the throat. S. E. Eu. to Persia. B.M. 

 4. L.B.C. 2:108. F.S. 22:2345. There is a white-fld. 

 form (C. album, Hort.). 



A A, 



1183. Cyclamen persicum. 

 Showing a flower of perfect 

 form, and the crested variety. 



3. ibericum, Goldie (C. coum var. ibericum, Boiss. 

 C. elegans, Boiss. & Buhse. C. vernale, Koch). Dwarf: 

 Ivs. appearing before the fls., ovate-orbicular and 

 rounded at the apex, entire or obscurely undulate, 

 more or less zoned with white above: fls. purple with, 

 a darker colored throat. Caucasus. Perhaps a geo- 

 graphical form of C. coum. C. Atkinsii, Moore, is 

 C. coum X C. ibericum, Hildeb. Lvs. reniform, apex 

 rounded, more or less shining, deep green, spotted 

 silver-white, the corolla-lobes pale rose or white and 

 usually lined or spotted red. F.S. 23:2425. 



BB. Corolla-lobes eared. 



4. libanoticum, Hildeb. Tuber globose with a cork- 

 like covering: Ivs. autumnal, the blade obcordate, 

 sinuate, dentate or crenulate or rarely entire, marked 

 with white above, deep violet or purple beneath: fls. 

 fragrant; calyx-lobes oblong-acuminate, the margin 

 lightly undulate, 5-nerved; corolla-tube somewhat 

 globose-campanulate, the lobes lightly eared at base 

 and broad-ovate, entire, pale or deep rose-color with 



a deep red T-form mark at the 

 base; style exserted. Lebanon. 



Plant blooming in summer 



and autumn. 



B. Corolla-lobes not eared. 

 5. europseum, Linn. (C. 

 Clusii, Lindl. C. sestivum, 

 Park. C. cordifolium, 

 Stokes. C. floribundum, 

 Salisb. C. orbiculatum, and 

 C. purpurdscens, Mill.). 

 Tuber with corky exterior : 

 Ivs. ovate -orbicular or 

 reniform, entire or 

 nearly so, with a 

 deep and narrow 

 ' basal sinus, more or 

 less white-marbled 

 above, purple-tinted 

 beneath: fls. on scapes 

 4-5 in. high, bright red 

 and very fragrant, not spotted ; 

 the corolla - segms. oblong- 

 spatulate (Mm. or less long); 

 calyx glabrous: pedicel spirally 



coiling in fr. Cent, and S. Eu. B.R. 1013. Lvs. 

 appearing with the fls., more or less evergreen. 

 Variable. 



6. cilicicum, Boiss. & Heldr. Much like C. europseum: 

 tuber hairy: fls. pale rose, with purple at the mouth, 

 about twice larger; corolla-lobes elongated; calyx 

 puberulent. Sicily. G.C. III. 23:81. 



BB. Corolla-lobes eared. 



7. africanum, Boiss. & Reut. (C. saldense, Pomel). 

 Large: tuber large: Ivs. ovate-cordate to reniform, 

 coarsely toothed, pale beneath, dull and pale green 

 marbled above: calyx pubescent, the lobes broadly 

 ovate-acuminate; corolla nearly white, faintly rose- 

 or purple-tinged, the segms. 1 in. long and deep purple 

 at the base; calyx-lobes lanceolate. Algeria. B.M. 

 5758. F.S. 8:841. Little known in this country, but 

 sold by the American agencies of the Dutch bulb 

 houses. 



8. neapolitanum, Tenore (C. autumnale, Boos. C. 

 ficarispfdlium and C. subhastatum, Reichb. C. hederi- 

 folium, Ait. C. vernale, Mill.). Tuber very large, black, 

 thick-rinded: Ivs. variable, from hastate to round- 

 reniform, more or less wavy-plaited on the edges, 

 green or somewhat parti-colored: calyx small; corolla 

 pink or rarely white, the segms. short and twisted 

 and the edges raised and white-edged at the base; 

 calyx-lobes triangular to oblong. S. and E. Eu. B.R. 

 24:49. Gn.51, p. 37. 



