. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 426 CYCLAMEN AA. Spring-blooming species. latifdlium, Sibth. & Sm. (C. Pirsicum, Mill.). Fig. 635. The common greenhouse or Persian Cyclamen, in many forms: Ivs. appearing with the fls., ovate, orenate- dentate, usually marbled or variegated with white: fls. on scapes 6-7 in. high, large, scentless, white,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 426 CYCLAMEN AA. Spring-blooming species. latifdlium, Sibth. & Sm. (C. Pirsicum, Mill.). Fig. 635. The common greenhouse or Persian Cyclamen, in many forms: Ivs. appearing with the fls., ovate, orenate- dentate, usually marbled or variegated with white: fls. on scapes 6-7 in. high, large, scentless, white, purple- blotched at the mouth, but varying into rose-colored, purple and spotted forms, oblong-spatulate in shape, not eared or lobed at the base. Greece to Syria.—C. gi- gantdum, Eort., is the common large-fld., im- proved form of this spe- cies. There are also dou- ble-fld. forms (R. H. 1886, p. 250); also fimbriate or. CYDONIA triangular, dark green above, a little paler below; slightly 3-lobed ; lobes triangular or ovate-oblong, the middle one acute, the side lobes much shorter, obtuse, acute or almost wanting ; margin of Ivs. with minute, remote teeth : male fls. minute, crowded into few-fld. racemes, which are usually shorter than the petiole; fr. ovate-reniform, obtuse, with a few short spines in the back; seeds small, black, narrowly winged. New Gran- ada. CYCIiANTHTTS (flowers in a circle). Oyclanth&cece. A small tropical American genus, giving name to a small order which is allied to the palms. The species are not in the Amer. trade. Culture of Carlu- .^ dovica (which see). CYCL0B6THEA (name referring to the nec- tariesj. LiliAcece. A small group of west Amer- ican plants, now referred to Calochortus (which see). The fls. are open-campanulate, with naked or only sparsely hairy nectar glands, the sepals more or less pitted. G. fl&va, Lindl. (now known as Calochortus flavus, Schult.), is in the trade as Yellow Shell-flowek. Stem rather tall, branching, with sm
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