PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Cyclamen. 291 
Yorkshire. Mr. Caley. (Frequent in the mountainous pastures of West¬ 
moreland, Durham, Cumberland, and Yorkshire. Marshes near the mouth 
of the river Dee, Flintshire. Mr. O. Sims. Bot. Guide. (Boggy ground, 
above Woodhouse-lee. Mr. Maughan in Grev. Edin. 
A white-Jtowered variety has been found near Aspatria, Cumberland, with 
the commoner kind, by the Rev. J. Dodd, ditto. E.) P. May—July. 
(P. Scoti'ca. Leaves finely toothed, even, powdery on both sides: 
limb of the blossom flat: mouth with a notched border: stigma 
five-cleft. 
Hook. FI. Lond. 133. 
Limb of the blossom of a deep violet colour: calyx rather more tumid than 
in P.farinosa ; but the five-notched stigma , accompanied by a furrowed 
style, appears to be the most material characteristic of a distinct species. 
Hook. Sm. How far this elegant plant, previously known in gardens, 
will, upon further acquaintance, justify the position it has recently 
assumed, may be questionable, though it may be prudent, for the present, 
to follow the opinion of those Botanists who have enjoyed the best oppor¬ 
tunities of observing it. 
Scottish Primrose. Discovered by Mr. Gibb of Inverness, on Holborn 
Head, near Thurso in Caithness, abundantly; also between Thurso and 
Dunbeath. P. July. E.) 
CY'CLAMEN.* Bloss. wheel-shaped, reflexed; tube very 
short; mouth projecting: Caps, one-celled, pulpy 
within: Summit acute. 
(C. hederifo'lium. Blossom bent back as if broken: leaves circular, 
heart-shaped, scolloped, denticulate: ribs and foot-stalks rough. 
E.) 
Jacq. Austr. 401—( E. Bot. 548. E.)— Blackiv. 147— Fuchs. 451— Miller, 115 
—Ger. 694— Bod. 337—Lob. Jc. 605—Ger. Em. 843 —Park. 1364— 
Kniph. 3— Cam. Epit. 357. 
{Root globular, large, with many fibres. Stamens very short, concealed 
within the blossom. Anthers awl-shaped, saffron-coloured. Style awl- 
shaped. FI. Brit. E.) Leaves varying from circular to angular, (varie¬ 
gated with dark and glaucous green, purplish underneath. Footstalks 
wavy towards the base. A lowly compact plant. Blossoms purplish 
pink, or whitish, pendulous, on naked stalks taller than the leaves. 
Flowerstalks at length curl spirally and bury the fruit in the earth. Sm. E.) 
(Ivy-leavrd Cyclamen. E.) Sow-Bread. C. hederifolium. Willd. 
Ait. Sm. C. Europceum. FI. Brit. With. E.) On a steep bank in the pa¬ 
rish of Bramfield, Suffolk. Mr. D. E. Davy. Woods at Stackpole Court, 
Pembrokeshire. Mr. Milne. Bot. Guide. At Langar, near the seat of 
Earl Howe, Nottinghamshire. Mr. Gregory, ditto. Abundant in a wood 
at Alderdown Farm, Sandhurst, Kent. Mr. W. Ross, in Linn. Tr. v. xiii. 
616. E.) Mr. Woodward assures me it has lately been found wild in 
Suffolk ; and Gerard mentions it as growing in Wales, Lincolnshire, and 
Somersetshire. P. April—May.t 
* (Supposed from the root being round, as xuxAo?, a circle. E.) 
f (That the root of this plant in a recent state, (for when dried it is said to lose 
such properties), is powerfully pungent and acrid, cannot be doubted J though its precise 
