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tULIPA biflora 



Calmue Tulip. 



HKXANDRIA MONOOYNIA (TRIGYNIAJ. 



Nat. ord. Lilia. Jussieu gen. 40. 



Melamthaces. Brown prod. 1. ^4. 

 TULIPA Supri vol. 9. fol 204. 



T.bifl&ra, bifolia; foliis linearibus intils gtaucis, caulo bi-(l-4-)floro glabro, 

 corolla ante anthesin mutante* petalis staminibusque basi barbatis, pistillo 

 acut^ prismatico, stigmatum oA canaliculoque ioconspicuis : capsule tri- 

 lobo-diobos& mucrone simplici praeAxA. 



Tulipa biflora. Lin. mppl IDS. Pall. it. 3. 727. app. n. 86. tab. D. Jig. 3. 

 Qeorgi besckr. des ru$$. reicks. 4. part. 3. »02. Falk it. 2. 109. n. 400. 

 t. 6. Willd. sp. pi 2. 98. c/ttwl. enum. 1 . 363. Marsck. hieb. fl. taur. 



cauc. 1. 270. 

 (B) foliis splendentibus, corolla intiVs dilutfe carnea antheris oigricaDtibus. 

 Tulipse Byzantinae genus alterum. (Lal6 di duoi fiori). Cbu. hist. 1. 152. 



cum tc. 



Minima generis. Bulbo-tuber (peractdfructijlcatime emoriturum) nmUe 



guotannis perpendiculariter demittens: hinc in annosis alta exuviarum per- 

 nstentium strues caule percurrente catenata. Fol. tn/«rne caulina, altema. 

 convoluto-Hnearia, acuminata, scapo hmgiora, extUg nitida, infeme vagi- 

 nantia. Caulis Jiliformig, palmaris ad spitkatiueum, simplex vel (pbtribut 

 amjluentibus?) ramoms, ramis 2-4 unifioris. Flores remissiiis suaveolen- 

 te$, candicantes fando fiavOy J uncte v. ctrcd Umgi, sub anthesi erecti, 

 campanuktto-rotati: petaXa. apice nuda, extenon oblongo-lanceolata, tetsilia, 

 recurviora, extits colore violaceo dilute thtcta, iatenora. duph latiora, hmceo- 

 lato-elliptica, subitnguiculata, barbA exteriorum pardore, strid viridi exteme 

 prominuld. Stam. bis plusve petalis breviora: fil. postici paullulum suprd 

 basin barbata: a.n&. erecta, Jlav<e, sagittaUB, ^lamento bis breviores. Stig- 

 mata anguli loculorum cantinui trini terminaks replicati tnfus obsolete cana- 

 lieulati, margins pallida nee inerassatd neque undulatd. Caps, mole feri 

 Cerasi minoris. Flos, secmdarius (observante Pallas), stspiUs ob castrata 

 stigmata aportiens: nunc 'l-petalus et 4-andrus. 



The most diminutive of the genus, and unknown in our 

 gardens, until, like so many of our rarest as well as finest 

 liliaceous exotics, introduced by Mr. Griffin. 



It was received from Moscow along with celdana; being, 

 as well as that, an indigenous associate oi gemeriana in the 

 wilds of the southern shores of the Caspian Sea and of the 

 banks of the Wolga. 



Celsiana (sylvestris ; ^. minor. Marscli. bieb.J has bearded 

 filaments, but* beardless petals; bifora has both filaments 



vol.. vir. F 



