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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS lysimachia 



deep purple beneath. Flowers from De- 

 cember to March, small, deep purple, 

 scentless, petals not aimcled at the base. 

 There is a white variety album, and a 

 rosy-red one, carnewm. 



Culture dc. as above. A very hardy 

 plant. 



C. cyprium (C cyprinum). — A native 

 of Cyprus closely related to C. neapolitor- 

 nioni, from which it differs chiefly in 

 having unlobed leaves, and longer and 

 narrower petals. Corm usually round. 

 Flowers white with a purple spot at the 

 base of each auricled segment. 



Culture d-c. as above. 



C. europaeum (C. cestivum ; C.cordi- 

 folium; C. odoratum dc.) — Common 

 European Sowbread. — A native of the 

 mountains of Central and S. Europe, with 

 regular, roundish, depressed corms and 

 masses of dense, green, compact leaves, 

 which are produced at the same time as 

 the flowers, and ovate roundish m shape, 

 deeply heart-shaped at the base, marbled 

 with white above, deep purple beneath, on 

 stalks 5-6 in. long. Flowers from June 

 to October, purple-red, darker at the base, 

 fragrant. There are several varieties, such 

 as album, Chisi, Uttorale, peakianum,, 

 and colchicum; the latter from Asia 

 Minor has a large corm, more regularly 

 serrate leaves, and blunter petals. C. 

 toMricum, having large leaves marbled 

 with silver-grey, is probably only another 

 form of this species ; C. colchicum differs 

 from the typical C. europceum in having 

 larger corms and leaves, and wider and 

 blunter petals. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. graecum (C latifolium). — A native 

 of S.E. Europe and N. Persia, with large 

 red tubers often irregular in shape. 

 Leaves usually not developed till after 

 the flowers, roundish heart - shaped, 

 slightly and irregularly toothed, slightly 

 marbled above, green, or faintly tinged 

 with purple beneath. Flowers in Sep- 

 tember and October, hght or deep lilac, 

 rarely white, with a purple blotch at the 

 base of each petal, variable in size, and 

 faintly scented. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. ibericum. — A native of the Cauca- 

 sus about 3 in. high, with a roundish 

 corm. Leaves contemporary with the 

 flowers, roundish ovate, blunt, entire, or 

 slightly waved on the margin, distinctly 



zoned with white. Flowers in February 

 and March, bright red or purple in the' 

 type, varying from white to pale and deep 

 rose, scentless, sometimes with a purple 

 blotch at the base of the petals. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



C. libanoticum. — -A new species foimd 

 growing with C.persicum and C. ibericum 

 near Mt. Lebanon at an altitude of 2000- 

 3000 ft. Corms often rough and scaly, 

 the roots proceeding from the sides of the 

 base. Leaves heart-shaped, entfre, slightly 

 wavy on the margin with a silvery-white 

 zone above, dark violet beneath. Flowers 

 in April, large, sweetly scented, bright 

 or pale rose with a deep caxmine blotch 

 at the base of each petal. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. neapolitanum [C . fieariifolium ; C. 

 hedercefoUujm dc). — A native of Southern 

 Europe, with flattened, depressed and 

 irregular corms, sometimes reaching a 

 diameter of a foot, with root fibres, pro 

 duced all over the surface. Leaves de 

 veloped before the flowers appear, heart 

 shaped ovate, 3-4 in. long and broad, 

 beautifully marbled with white above, 

 purplish beneath. Flowers from August 

 to October, rosy in the type, varying from 

 red to white, slightly fragrant, spotted 

 with purple at the base. There is a white- 

 flowered form called album. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. repandum {G.balearicum ; C.hede- 

 rcefolium; C. immaculatum ; C. roma- 

 num dc). — A native of S. Europe, 

 plentiful in Central Italy and the Corsican 

 mountains at elevations from 4000 to 

 6000 ft. Corm small, roundish at first, 

 depressed when old, producing roots from 

 the base only. Leaves contemporary 

 with the flowers, ovate-deltoid, heart- 

 shaped at the base with an open sinus, 

 beautifully marbled with white above, 

 purple beneath. Flowers fr-om March to 

 May, fragrant, rosy-white, spotted with 

 purple at the base. 



Culture dc. as above. On good healthy 

 corms in rich soil a large number of 

 flowers will be produced— 200 to 300 has 

 been recorded. 



LYSIMACHIA (Loosestrife). — A 

 genus containing about 60 species of erect 

 or creeping, slender or robust, smooth or 

 downy, often glandularly punctate herbs. 

 Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled, 

 sessile or stalked, entire. Flowers axil- 



