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CYCLAMEN 



AA. Spring blnn 

 latifdlium, Sibth. & &ni i 

 635. The common g:reenh 

 many forms: Ivs. appeariii 

 dentate, usually marbled i 

 on scapes 6-7 in. high lii„ 

 blotched at the mouth but ^ trj in^ int ] 

 purple and spotted forms oblong spatulate i 

 eared or lobed at the base 

 Greece to Syria.— C gi 

 Hort., is the 

 large fld ini 

 proved form of this spe 

 cies There are also dou 

 ble fld forms (R H 188b 

 p 2o0) also fimbriate or 



little paler below ; 

 i>v ovate-oblong, the 

 null shorter, obtuse, 

 'if Ivs. with minute, 

 r. .wded into few -fld. 



trianguHr dark green abc 



slithth 3 lobed ; lobes tria 



middle one 



acute or almost want 



1 emote teeth : male 



which are usually shmt. r than the petiole: fr. 

 ovate renitorm, obtuse, with a few short spines in the 

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

 ada 



CYCLANTHUS (flowers in a circle). Cyclanth&cea. 



ropical American genus, giving name to a 



sm ill ordei which is allied to the palms The species 



ire not m the Amer trade Culture of Carlu- 



5 djvici (which see) 



CYCLOBOTHRA 



ime referring to the nec- 



^mall group of west Amer- 



re i t ( ilochortus (which 



I I ite V. ith naked 



I lids the sepals 



I r 11 (now known 



IS in the trade 



1 stem rather tall, 



sni ill % cllow black dotted 



linear Mex 



CYCLOLOMA (Ureek for circle and bor- 



1 II the encircling wmg of the calyx). 



I iXcece One weed-v herb (C pla- 



Moq ) of sandy soils from 



once in- 



lUnt 



Cyclamen latifohum 



ing a flower of perfect 

 form, and the crested va- 

 riety (X}^). 



, U: 



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

 the fls., 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. P.S. 22: 

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



Ibfiricum, 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 V. Coum. C. Atkinsii, 

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

 fls. F.S. 23:2423. 



I.I Hurt, (and Ait.l). is C. Xeapolitanum.— C. 



/' ;isa new hardy species from Lebanon, with 



"!i - ithT-form deep carmine markings at the 



lia ; isee Bof. Jahrb. 25:477).— C repdndum, 



H..I1 1 ^: : \ Sin.)=C. Conm?-a vernum. Sweet=C. 



t'oum. L. H. B. 



CYCLANTHilEA (Greek, anthers in a circle). Cuciir- 

 bitdceai. This genus is interesting as a plant with a 

 fruit that explodes with a considerable noise when ripe. 

 The plant is a climbing half-hardy annual of easy cul- 

 ture. The seed should be started indoors early. The 

 genus is near Echinocystis and Elaterium, and has 30 

 or more species, all from tropical America. Thev are 

 annual, climbing herbs, glabrous or pubescent, with a 

 perennial root : Ivs. entire, lobed or 5-7 foliolate : fls. 

 minute, yellow, greenish or white, with their parts in 

 6's. Monograph by Coigneaux in DC. Mon. Phan. 3:822 

 (1881). 



ezplddens, Naud. Stem slender, branched, angled or 

 furrowed, slightly villous, especially at the .ioints, 6-8 

 ft. long : Ivs. 2H-3 in. long, and about as wide, ovate- 



lie s( il The 

 nearlj gla- 

 and bract- 

 very small. 



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

 to the curved column). Orchiddcece, tribe i'dndeie. 

 Swan Orchid. 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 clavatc at the apex; pi.llinia 2. The flowers 

 are of differriit ^^vr-. Tli. -.■iit,. ]']:,\,t nr.rc yv^lurc 



pisiill ii' n.iv . I ■> .. • ■• .ju species. Cult, like Cat- 

 asiiui i . ts. Prop, by dividing the 



ps. II i ; liiMrins. Very few forms are 



in .111:; ,' .1 . !, n ;i iiirtothe Want of brilliancy 



in till il.nM r-. s, .,,,,. ,,| III,, species produce varying 

 flowers ,,n clilV. r. Tit i:m, m, ~ .ui the same plant. 



aireum, Lin. 11. ,». I'a\t. JN. numerous, large and yel- 

 low, .li piiiL' ; -.i.als aii.l jietals lanceolate, purple- 



dottc.l, till- |..t;iN curved: lip small and much divided, 

 the .■..luinii j.uri.l.' .L.tted. Cent. Amer. 



chlorochilon. Liiull. Racemes about 3-flowered: fls. 

 lars;.-. ii...liliii_'. .'-> in. across, green; sepals oval-oblong; 

 petal- I li :'. - i : i 1 1 1 y larger, labellum subsessile rather 

 obi<\ :i . ' .at base, yellowish green except at 



thi- i I ■ I iiiider, with a wide base, greenish. 



Veii./n.|:i. Ml, .-Mi.j. J.H.III.35: 285. Gn.49,p.403; 

 51: mm and p. JT.i. 



pentadActylon, Ltndl. Fls. greenish or white, barred 

 or blotched with brown; labellum partly white, spotted 

 with crimson; column purple below the anther. Rio de 

 Janeiro. B.R. 29: 22. 



ventricfisum. r.:.i. i 

 fls. greenish \ . l}<~\\ . 

 callous spot 1)11 111'- .1 



CYDONIA (the fruits known to the Romans as mala 

 Ctidonia, apples from Cydon, now Canea, in Crete). 

 liosdce(e,»ub-fiimi\yPomicece. Quince. Shrubs or small 



me (often 2) about 5-fld. : 

 ; lip white, with a black 

 'itemala. ^ , 



