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CYCLAMEN 



AA. Spring-bloominq species 

 latifdlium, Sibth. & Sm (C J'usi urn ■\Iill | Fig 

 635. The common greenhouse in 1 i i i < I mi n in 

 many forms: Ivs. appearing witli i' i n ite 



dentate, usually marbled or van fls 



on scapes 6-7 in. high, large, m > mi im i iirple 



blotched at the mouth, but varMn.; iiiti) ro".! colored. 

 purple and spotted forms, oblong spatulate m shape, not 

 eared or lobed at the base. 

 Greece to Syria.- C. gi- "V^ 



Syria.- U 



Hort., is 

 common large -fld., im w_ 

 proved form of this spe V^ 

 cies. There are also dou ^ 



ble-fld. forms (R. H. 1886, 

 p. 250); also fimbriate or 



\ 



.> <^ 



latifolium 



Showing it flowei of perfect 

 form and the crested \ ,i 

 riety(XK). 



crested forms, C.PapiZto (I.H. 43:63. G.P. 5:235. G.C. 

 III. 21:71; 23:173). C. AUppinim, Fisch., is a form of 

 it. F.S. 22:-::Mr.. Oth.-r i».itrails ,,f r. latifolium are: 

 l.H. .T,:!:;. i;n, ITiIiik;; 1S:1(i:;ii. .I.H. 111. 34:578. Gt. 

 II.. !■. Iiil. F.s. L'-:-;!.-,. A.G. 14:390- 



17: 



Cdum, Mill. TiihiT .smaller than in the last: Ivs. with 

 the lis., nearly orbicular, entire, firm, not marbled nor 

 variegated : fls. small, deep red. scentless, half or less 

 as large as those of the last. S". Eu. B.M. 4. F.S. 22: 

 2345. -There is a white-fld. form (C album, Hort.). 



Ib^ricum, Goldie. Dwarf : Ivs. appearing with the 

 fls., ovate-orbicular and rounded at the apex, entire or 

 obscurely undulate, more or less zoned with white 

 above: fls. red, with a purple mouth. Caucasus. — Per- 

 haps a geographical form of C. Coum. C. Atkinsli, 

 Hort., is a form (perhaps a hybrid) with larger white 

 fls. F.S. 23:2425. , 



C. liedcrauiiuuui. Hort. (and Ait.?), is C. Neapolitanum.— O. 

 Libandticum, Hild., is a new hardy species from Lebanon, with 

 "large, rosy fls.. with T-form deep carmine markings at the 

 base of the petals" (see Bot. Jahrb. 25:477).- C. repdndum, 

 Hort. (not Sibth. & Sm.)=C. Coum?— C. vemum, Sweet=C. 

 Coum. L. H. B. 



CTCLANTHfiBA (Greek, a»«icr« in (I circic). Ciicur- 

 biUlceir'. This genus is interesting as a plant with a 



CYDONIA 



triangular, dark green above, a little paler below; 



slightly 3-lobcd : lobes triantriilar or ovatt-oblong, the- 

 middle one acute, the side I"l" - imn li .li.utrr, obtuse, 

 acute or almost wanting ; m _-■■■' ith minute, 



remote teeth : male fls. inn, m.. few-fld. 



racemes, which are usually Nil' ). I ; i ...ii . i.. pL-tioIe: fr. 

 ovate-reniforra, obtuse, with u iVw .^huii .^piues in the 

 back; seeds small, black, narrowly winged. New Gran- 



CYCLANTHUS (flowers in a circle). Cyclanthcicea:. 



A small tropical American genus, giving name to a 



small order which is allied to the palms. The species 



are not in the Amer. trade. Culture of Carlu- 



i^ dovica (which see). 



CYCLOBdTHBA (name referring to the iiec- 

 aries). LiUilrew. A small group of west Amer- 

 cau plants, now referred to Calochortus (which 



luiiruw-linear. Mex. 



CYCL0L6MA (Greek for circle and bor- 

 r. t'r-'in thf fiieircling wing of the calyx). 

 h, ,ini„.,li,i,,.i . One weedy herb (C. pla- 

 f>h'iJ/inn. ^I(ni.) of sandy soils from 

 inn., «■ -t :iiid south, which was once in- 

 trn.jiKH'd as the Cyclone Plant, since the 

 plant is a tumble-weed or rolls' before the wind when 

 it is matured and becomes detached from the soil. The 

 jilant is annual, 1-2 ft. high, pubescent or nearly gla- 

 l)rous, with narrow, but flat and sinuate Ivs., and bract- 

 less fls. in an open panicle. Tin IK. :,,;■ vi-ry small, 

 perfect or sometimes lackhiL- i1m -unr.^ n- : .-alyx 5- 

 cleft, the lobes strongly kci 1. .1 :mm! iniiniin^' winged 

 and inclosing the seed. Plant not il. >h\ n^.r jointed. 



CYCNOCHES {swan's neck, from the Greek, referring 

 to the curved cohimii). Orchiditcece, tribe Vdtidcie. 

 Swan Okchiu. An interesting genus of deciduous 

 orchids found in tropical America. Pseudobulbs long, 

 fusiform: Ivs. lanceolate, plicate, labellum continuous 

 with column; column arcuate, terete, flattening out and 

 becoming clavate at the apex; pollinia 2. The flowers 

 are of different sexes. The sann- plant may produce 

 male and female llow, |.. i Mm km.] . r iI..\m i- may lie 

 fragrant,the other I, : - l-An^nsu- 

 ally smaller than ]■! i pi^tillatp 

 flowers thickish. hin' i ■■ rou^iliau 



Uig 



fruit that explod 

 The plant is a climbing 

 ture. The seed shouhl 

 genus is near Echinocy 

 or more species, all fr. 

 annual, climbing herbs, 

 perennial root : Ivs. en 

 minute, yellow, greenish or 



nsiderable 



when ripe. 

 nh- annual of easy cul- 

 "' n..i..oi-s early. The 



I I ■ I "nil, and has 30 



I I Am. riea. They are 

 I- o|. iml.escent, with a 

 •d or .-)-7 foliolate : fls. 

 ite, with their parts in 



ailreum, Lindl. & Pa\t. IN. ninucrous, large and yel- 

 low, drooping; sepaU and }n t;ils lanceolate, purple- 

 dotted, the petals curved; liji small and much divided, 

 the column purple-dotted. Cent. Amer. 



chlorochllon, Lindl. Racemes about 3-flowered: fls. 

 large, nodding, 5-8 in. across, green; sepals oval-oblong; 

 petals falcate, slightly larger, labellum subsessile rather 

 obovate and concave at base, yellowish gi'een except at 

 the base; column slender, with a wide base, greenish. 

 Venezuela. I.H.35:65. J.H.m.35: 285. Gn.49,p.403; 

 51: 1108 and p. 173. 



pentadActylon, I,indl. Fls. greenish or white, barred 

 or blotched with bniwn: labellum partly white, spotted 

 with crimson: column purple below the anther. Rio de 

 Janeiro. B.K. IMI: 'JL!. 



I by Coigneaux in DC. Mon. Phan. 



ezpUdens, Naud. Stem slender, branched, angled or 

 furrowed, slightly villous, especiallv at the .ioints, 0-8 

 ft. long ; Ivs. 2X-3 in. long, and about as wide, ovate- 



ventricosum 



fls. greenish ; 

 callous spot on 



.come (often 2) about .")-fld. 

 int; lip white, with a blaci 

 Tuatemala. 



Oakes Ames. 



CYDONIA (the fruits known to the Romans as mala 

 Cj/dnniu, apples from Cydon, now Canea. in Crete), 

 /(■osdcetr, sub-family Pomdcca'. Quince. Shrubs or small 



