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TULIPA montana. 
Crimson Mountain Tulip, 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LiLIACEZ. 
TULIPA. Supra, vol. 3. fol. 204. 
§. Bulbi induviis intús lanatis. 
T. montana ; caule folioso unifloro, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis canaliculatis 
acuminatis undulatis glaucis: superioribus linearibus, perianthii foliolis 
ovatis acutis planis. 
Bulbi ovati, ovi columbini magnitudine, castanei, induviis apice lanugine 
densissimá tectis. Caulis teres, uniflorus, foliosus, glaucus, palmaris. Folia 
valdé glauca, inferiora oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, subundulata, canali- 
culata ; superiora linearia, plana, acuminatissima, floribus breviora. Perian- 
thium intense puniceum, ovale, foliolis 13 unciam longis, ovatis, planis, 
acutis. 
A native of the mountains of Persia, whence a few 
roots were procured for the Horticultural Society, by 
Sir Henry Willock. They were réceived in 1826, and 
flowered in April last, in the Garden of the Society, where 
our figure was taken. 
A beautiful hardy bulb, very distinct from any previ- 
ously described: the colour of the blossoms is, perhaps, 
more brilliant than that of any other flower of the season. 
The Tulips will readily separate into two well-marked 
sections, characterised by the absence or presence of wool 
from the integuments of the bulbs. To the section repre- 
sented by this species belong T. oculus-solis, stellata, and 
others; Tulipa gesneriana, sylvestris, &c. to the section 
in which the bulbs have no wool. 
Bulbs ovate, about as large as a pigeon's egg, of a 
chestnut colour, their coats densely covered with down 
