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Stock tufted as in the last, but the leaves much smaller, often not an 
inch long, glabrous above, and usually covered underneath with a white, 
mealy, minute down, also observable on the peduncle and calyx, and only 
disappearing on a few very luxuriant specimens grown in the shade. 
Peduncle much longer than the leaves, with a compact umbel of small pale- 
lilac flowers, with a yellow eye; the lobes of the corolla rather narrow, and 
deeply notched. : 
In mountain pastures, in all the great mountain ranges of Europe and 
Asia, penetrating far into the Arctic regions; found also in Greenland and 
the northern United States. Not uncommon in northern England, and, 
although more rare in Scotland, it is found even in the extreme north, but 
not recorded from Ireland. Small specimens from northern Scotland, with 
broader leaves, and shorter and broader lobes to the corolla, are the 
P. scotica, Hook. 
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Ill. CYCLAMEN. CYCLAMEN. 
Perennials, with a globular, tuberous rootstock, and radical leaves, and 
one-flowered peduncles. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla with a campanulate tube, | 
and 5 lobes closely reflexed over the calyx. Capsule globular, opening in 5 
valves. 
A very distinct genus, comprising but few species, from southern 
Europe and Western Asia, many of which are in cultivation. 
1, ©. europzeum, Linn. (fig. 651). Common Cyclamen, Sowbread.— 
Rootstock forming a tuber, varying from } to near 2 inches in diameter, 
according to age and station, Leaves. on long stalks, heart-shaped, more 
or less angular and toothed ; often of a purple or violet colour underneath. 
Peduncles radical, spirally rolled inwards after flowering, so as to bury the 
capsules in the earth. Flower rather large, white or rose-coloured, fragrant 
or scentless, drooping from the summit of the peduncle, with the oval or 
oblong lobes of the corolla turned upwards. C. hederefolium, Willd. 
_ In woods, on banks, and under rocks, in southern Europe and western 
Asia, and, having been long cultivated in flower-gardens, has established 
itself in a few localities in Kent and Sussex. FV. autumn, In its native 
- country it varies much in foliage, in the precise shape of the orifice of the 
tube and of the lobes of the corolla, as well as in the time of flowering; 
and it is believed that two at least of the supposed species founded upon 
these differences have been gathered in England apparently wild. 
IV. LYSIMACHIA. LYSIMACHIA. 
Perennials, with erect or trailing stems, opposite or whorled leaves; the 
flowers usually yellow, either solitary on axillary pedicels or collected in - 
terminal or rarely axillary racemes or clusters. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. 
Corolla rotate or campanulate, deeply 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Capsule 
opening in 3 or 10 valves. Occasionally the parts of the flower are in 
sixes instead of fives. 
A considerable genus, spread over the northern hemisphere in Europe, 
Asia, and America. 
Stems erect. Peduncles many-flowered. 
Leaves Ovate-lanceolate. Flowers in short terminal panicles, 
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