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CYCLAMEN* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Primula'ce.e (J;, Vent. — Br. Prod. p. 427. — 
Lindl. Syn. p. 183. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 225. — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. p. 431. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 529. — Mack. FI. Hibern. 
p. 192. — Hook. Br. FI. (4th edit.) p. 415. — Lysimachije ; sect. 2. 
Juss. Gen. PI. p. 95. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 95. — Syringales; 
subord. Primulosa;; sect. Primulina: ; type, Primulacea: ; 
subtype, Primulida; ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900,958, 1020, 
1024, & 1025. — Rotace/e, Linn. 
Gen Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, bell-shaped, of 1 sepal, 
divided half way into 5 egg-shaped segments, permanent. Corolla 
(tig. 2.) of 1 petal, wheel-shaped ; tube egg-shaped, longer than the 
calyx ; mouth naked, prominent ; limb much longer than the tube, 
in 5 deep, oblique, equal segments, which are reflexed upwards 
(see figs. 2 & 3). Filaments (fig. 4.) 5, very short, in the tube. 
Anthers straight, acute, converging, in the mouth of the corolla. 
Germen (fig. 5.) roundish. Style (see fig. 5.) cylindrical, straight, 
rather longer than the tips of the anthers. Stigmas simple. Capsule 
(see figs. 6 & 7.) globose, rather fleshy, of 1 cell, opening at the 
top with 5 teeth (see fig. 7). Seeds (see figs. 7 & 8.) numerous, 
somewhat egg-shaped, angular, covering a central, roundish egg- 
shaped, stalked, unconnected placenta or receptacle. 
The superior, bell-shaped, 5-cleft calyx ; the monopetalous, 
wheel-shaped corolla, with a naked, prominent mouth, and 5 re- 
flexed segments ; and the somewhat fleshy, 1-celled, many-seeded 
capsule ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same class 
and order. 
One species British. 
CYCLAMEN HEDER^FO'LIUM. Ivy-leaved Cyclamen. Sow- 
bread. 
Spec. Char. Leaves heart-shaped, angular, finely toothed ; their 
ribs and foot-stalks roughish. Mouth of the Corolla toothed. 
Ait. Hort. Kew. (1st edit.) v. i. p. 196. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. pt ii. p. 810. — 
Ait. Hort. Kew. (2nd edit.) r. i. p. 311. — Bot. Mag. t. 1001 ? — Sm. Comp. Ft. Brit. 
(3rd ed.) p. 35. ; Engl. Ft. v. i. p. 273. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 291. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 182. — Hook. Brit. Ft. p. 89. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 191. — Cyclamen Eu- 
rapceum, Engl. Bot. t. 548. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 207. — Sym. Syn. p. 53. — Sm. Ft. 
Brit. v. i. p. 224. — With. (5th ed. ) v. ii. p. 299. — Cyclamen vernum, Gray’s Nat. 
Arr. v. ii. p. 303. — Cyclamen neapolitanum, Bot. Reg. N. S. (1838) t. 49 1 — 
Loud. Gard. Mag. v. xiv. p. 4801 — Cyclamen hederce folio, Bauh. Pin. p. 308. — 
Johnson’s Gerardo, p. 843. f. 2. 
Localities. — In woods and thickets ; rare. — Kent; Growing in great abund- 
ance in a wood on Alderdown Farm, in the parish of Sandhurst, on a poor yellow 
sandy loam soil ; Dec. 6, 1819. The flowers were red, white, and purple: Mr. 
W. Ross, in TV. Linn. Soc. v. xiii. p. 616. In a coppice just before you enter 
the village of Sandhurst, on the Winchelsea road : 1831 ; Mr. W. Pamplin, in 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. A Segment of the Corolla, showing the 
situation of the stamens. — Fig. 4. Stamens, attached to the base of the tube of the 
corolla. — Fig. 5. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 6. Unripe Capsule, with its 
spiral fruit-stalk. — Fig. 7. A ripe Capsule. — Fig. 8. A Seed . — All of the natural 
size. 
* Supposed from cyclos, Gr. a circle ; from the root being round, 
t Sec fol. 48, note J Sec fol. 296, a. 
