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TuLIPA TRICOLOR. THREE-COLOURED 
TULIP. 
i OS 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Li4cez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium inferum, campanulatum, hexaphyllum. 
Stylus nullus. Semina plana. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Tutra tricolor; bulbo solitario, caule unifloro subdiphyllo, 
foliis oblongo-linearibus, petalis acutis, Interioribus 
latioribus basi ciliatis, filamentis supra basin barbatis 
alternis longioribus pistillo parum brevioribus, cap- 
sula triquetra, mucronata. Ledebour. 
Tura tricolor. Ledeb. Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. Alt. Ilust. t. 135. 
Ibid. Fl. Altaica, 2. 33. Graham, in Edin. New Phil. 
Journ. January, 1836. 
Tuxipa patens. Agardh, in Schult. Syst. Veget. 7. part. 1. 
p. 384. 
This species has, during several years, flowered in April 
in the interesting collection of bulbous-rooted plants at 
Carlowrie, the seat of Davin Fatconer, Esq., who has been 
long remarkable for the success with which he cultivates, 
and the liberality with which he distributes, many hardy 
plants of great beauty and interest. 
Lepezour notices the near relationship of the present 
plant to Turrea biflora, and, I confess that, had it not been 
for his authority, the native individuals which I have re- 
ceived from himself and from Dr. Fiscuer, with the culti- 
vated specimens of Mr. Fatconer, and the native ones < 
