CY'CLAMEN EUROP.E'UM. 
EUROPEAN CYCLAMEN. 
Order. 
.MONOGVNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PRIMULACE^, 
Native of 
lleip^lit. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Switzerland 
3 indies. 
Anq^nst. 
Perennial. 
in 1832. 
No. 708. 
Cyclamen, from the Greek kuklos, or circle, 
see No. 229. 
The plant which we now figure was supplied to 
us by our very liberal friend, the Rev. H. T. Ella- 
combe, of Bitton Rectory, who, in his letter, says 
"'I imported it from Holland in 1832, ever since 
which it has stood out, unprotected, in the pot in 
which it is now growing, plunged in (he border.’ 
The plant has long been known, or rather heard 
of, amongst botanists, for Miller, in his Gardener’s 
Dictionary, slightly notices it as Cyclamen radice 
anemones. Its prominent distinction from all other 
species exists in its root, which, instead of being a 
round tuber, resembles that of an Anemone, as 
shown in our plate. We have sought in vain for 
other distinction between it and Europaeum, and 
this we hold to be insufficient to warrant their 
separation as distinct species. Cyclamens are 
abundantly propagated from seed, hence more 
variation will naturally occur amongst them than 
between species propagated by mere extansion. 
The tubers of this species may be divided in the 
spring for increase. 
Holt. Kew. 2, V. I, 311. 
Class 
PENTANDRIA. 
