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Cyclamen Coum. Round-leav'd Cyclamen.
Class and Order.
Pentandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Corolla rotata, reflexa, tubo brevissimo fauce prominente. Bacca tecta capsula.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
CYCLAMEN Coum foliis orbiculatis planis, pediculis brevibus, floribus minoribus. Miller's Dict.
CYCLAMEN hyemale orbiculatis foliis inferius rubentibus purpurascente flore; Coum Herbariorum. Hort. reg. Paris. Herm. Cat.
CYCLAMEN orbiculato folio inferne purpurascente. Bauh. Pin. p. 307.
The common round-leav'd Sowebread. Park. Parad. p. 198.
Grows wild in many parts of Italy and Germany, and is sometimes found with white flowers; if the season be mild, or the plants sheltered from the inclemency of the weather, this species will flower as early as February, or much earlier by artificial heat.