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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



IV. — C. REPANDUM. 



(Has borne the specific names of hedercefolium, vernum (Lobel), 

 ficariifolium, romanum, and is still very generally known 

 in nurseries and gardens as vernum.) 



Blooms, in March and April ; in the type rosy red, with a 

 deeper spot at the base, but individuals occasionally vary through 

 all shades of rose to white ; larger than Coum. 



Scent, variable. 



Leaves, comtemp. with flowers ; rather long oval heart- 

 shaped ; toothed round the edge ; distinctly zoned with white 

 above, purplish beneath. 



Tuber, smooth ; dark yellow ; roots proceeding from the 

 centre of the under- sides. 



Habitat, Majorca, South of France, Italy, and Greece. On 

 the mountains of the Peloponnese it grows at a height of four to 

 six thousand feet. 



It is one of the most beautiful, but requires a somewhat 

 warmer spot than Coum. 



C. balearicum is a variety of repandicm with smaller flowers. 



V. — C. EUROPIUM. 



(Has borne the specific names of pwyurascens (Miller), 

 odoratum, cestivum (Parkinson), Coum (Reichenbach), 

 officinale, Clusii, littorale, and retroflcxum.) 



Blooms, January to October ; deep carmine to pale pink ; 

 much larger than Coum. 

 Scent, very fragrant. 



Leaves, contemp. with flowers, and almost evergreen ; deeply 

 heart-shaped at the base ; very slightly notched round the margin ; 

 marbled with white above, purple below. 



Tubers, very irregular in shape, sometimes quite elongated ; 

 dark yellowish colour ; compressed in the centre ; frequently 

 grow to a great size ; roots emitted all over the surface. It 

 possesses the peculiarity of forming short neck-like stems, some- 

 times several from one tuber, with gouty knobs, from which the 

 leaves and flowers proceed ; it also " often throws out rhizomes of 

 considerable length .... which if broken into pieces will grow, 

 thus forming the C. anemonoides of the Dutch " (Atkins). 



