Tas. 6887. 
TULIPA KavrManyrana. 
Native of Turkestan. 
Nat. Ord. Lin1acrm.—Tribe Turrerx. 
Genus Tutpa, Linn.; (Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 818.) 
Tutrpa Kaufmanniana; bulbo ovoideo, tunicis brunneis membranaceis intus 
;». parce adpresse strigosis, caule diphyllo unifloro, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis vel 
oblongis glaucescentibus glabris, pedunculo erecto obscure puberulo, perianthio 
magno subcampanulato versicoiori (luteo, rubro vel albido) segmentis oblongis 
subobtusis subconformibus basi cuneatis ungue aurantiaco concolori, antheris 
linearibus magnis filamentis applanatis aurantiacis glabris zquilongis, ovario 
cylindrico-trigono stigmatibus magnis. 
T. Kaufmanniana, Regel Gartenfl. vol. xxvi. (1877), p. 194, tab. 906, figs. 6-10; 
Baker in Gard. Chron, N.S. vol. xx. (1883), p. 71. 
This is another of the fine new Tulips which have 
recently been discovered by the Russian explorers in 
Central Asia. It was found, since the date of the publica- 
tion of the first part of the Flora of Turkestan (1876), by 
Dr. Albert Regel in the mountains that surround the river 
-~Tschirtschik, and was named in honour of General Von 
Kaufmann, the governor-general of the province. It is 
closely allied to 7. Gesneriana, and is equally variable in 
colour, ranging through various shades of red and yellow 
to white. In all the specimens we have seen the claw of 
the segments is flushed with bright orange yellow, without 
any black line or encircling horseshoe-shaped mark. 
Dr. Regel has named two forms albo-variegata and luteo- 
variegata, of which he considers the former the type. In 
the plant from which his figure and description were made 
the pistil has evidently not attained its full development. 
Our plate was drawn from three plants flowered by 
Mr. Elwes at Cirencester early in the month of April of 
_ the present year. 
_ Dusor. Bulb ovoid, an inch in diameter; tunics brown, 
-membranous, slightly hairy inside. Stem erect, one- 
flowered, under a foot long. Leaves usually two, oblong- 
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