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tlie footstalk ; flowers lilac and red, segments of the corolla ovate; 
blooms from January to March. Sometimes called Clusii. 
EuropceUm. Leaves rounded, heart-shaped, notched on the 
edges ; flowers lilac and red, segments much longer than in the 
preceding, produced in autumn. Has also been sold as Clusii 
and hederifolia. 
Hederifolium. Leaves heart-shaped, but more acuminate, be¬ 
sides being angularly toothed, and brightly variegated with white 
in the middle; flowers of the species purple; segments lanceo¬ 
late, acute. There are two varieties—one, alhidum , with white 
flowers ; the other, purpurascens, bearing blossoms of a deeper 
hue than its parent. The species blooms in March and April, 
but the varieties not till two months later. Sometimes called 
europceum. 
Latifolium. Leaves large, angular, deep green; flowers red, 
produced in March. Sold for ibericum , a species I am unacquainted 
with. 
Linearifolium, I am told, has singular narrow leaves and 
purple flowers, borne in March; but I have hitherto been unable 
to procure it. 
Neapolitanum resembles hederifolium in habit, but has red 
flowers, with ovate, acute segments, produced in March. 
Persicum, the most valuable of the genus, has kidney-shaped 
leaves, slightly toothed, and less deeply cleft at its junction with 
the footstalk. The flowers are red and white ; the segments are 
oblong and blunt-pointed. They are produced from January to 
March. It is the most tender species, as it requires to be pro¬ 
tected from frost, and is, in fact, a greenhouse plant. It has three 
or four varieties, the most esteemed of which is odorata , on ac¬ 
count of its delicious fragrance. This plant closely resembles its 
parent, but the superior scent is sufficient distinction. P. albi- 
fiorum has pure white flowers, and is a very handsome variety. 
Jnodoratum is too nearly like its parent to be worth growing in 
the same collection, and, indeed, is often sold for it. The other 
variety, called laciniata , has also red and white flowers, but is 
readily known by its toothed leaves. 
The only other species with which I am acquainted—-though 
I understand there are two more known in gardens,—is the 
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