Tas. 6177. 
TULIPA Gretre1. 
Native of Turkistan. 
Nat. Ord. Littacem.—Tribe TuLire&. 
Genus Tura, Linn. ; (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xiv. p. 275). 
Tura Greigi; bulbo magno, tunicis fuscis apicibus intus strigosis, caule brevi 
puberulo robusto unifloro, foliis 3-4 glauco-viridibus copiose pulchre 
castaneo maculatis subtiliter puberulis prope marginem valde undulatis, 
inferioribus oblongis, superioribus lanceolatis, perianthio aperte cam- 
panulato 3—34-pollicari, segmentis omnibus subconformibus obovatis 
cuspidatis vel emarginatis splendide coccineis, ad unguem macula magna 
nigra flavo-marginata preditis, staminibus perianthio quadruplo brevi- 
oribus, antheris flavis oblongis filamento nigro lanceolato xquilongis, 
ovario cylindraceo stamina superante, stigmate profunde sulcato auriculis 
reflexis. 
T. Greigi, Regel Enum. Tulip., p. 49; Gartenflora, vol. xxii. (1873) p. 290, 
tab. 773; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xiv. p. 289. 
During the last two years no less than three striking new 
Tulips have been added to the list of species cultivated in 
this country. Although they come from different localities, 
they all three resemble one another closely, both from a_ 
botanical and horticultural point of view. They are 
P. betica, of Boissier, a native of Greece; 2 Lichleri, of 
Regel, a native of Georgia; and 7! Greigi, the subject of the 
present Plate. The two former have not yet been figured, 
but we hope soon to be able to find room for them. To 
compare them with familiar types, all the three species 
come between 7”, suaveolens, the common early Duc Van Thol 
tulip of the gardens, on the one hand; and on the other, 
T. Oculis-solis and T. precor. They show the dwarf habit, 
downy stems and nearly uniform obtuse perianth-segments of 
the first, but have the large, nearly black basal blotch, with 
a distinct yellow bérder, which fills up the whole claw of the 
perianth-segments of the latter, and gives to the flower its 
most characteristic mark as compared with 7. Gesneriana and 
other common kinds: We received at Kew 7. Greigi direct 
. JULY Ist, 1875. 
