TAB, 6191. 
TULIPA EICHLERI. 
Native of Georgia. 
* SaEara ae Me eneks 
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Nat. Ord, Littacea.—Tribe TuLipex, 21! Oe 
Genus TuLrpa, Linn. (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc.; vol.'xiv. p. 275). nS 
Tuutra Eichleri ; bulbo ovoideo glabro tunicis fuscis brevibus apice intus strigoso- 
pilosis, caule elongato unifloro sub lente dense puberulo foliis 3-5 lanceolatis 
glauco-viridibus superne minutissime puberulis marginibus planis levibus, _ 
seapo gracili, perianthio aperte campanulato 3-4 poll. diam., segmentis omni- 
bus conformibus obovatis cuspidatis sanguineo-coccineis basi macula magna 
violacea flavo-maculata, staminibus perianthio dimidio brevioribus, antheris 
purpureo-brunneis filamenta nigra «#quantibus, ovario obtuse 3-gono sta- 
ae paulo breviore, stigmatis sessilis ramis crassis horizontalibus undu- 
tis. 
T. Eichleri, Regel. Gartenfl., v. 23 (1874), n. 193, t. 799. Baker, in Gard. Chron., 
1875, p. 620. 
When figuring the no less gorgeous Tulipa Greigi for this 
volume (Tab. 6177), allusion was made to three striking new 
Tulips, which, “though coming from different localities, re- 
sembled one another very closely in both a botanical and 
horticultural point of view.” We have here the second of 
these, which is the latest discovered of them, not being in- 
cluded in Mr. Baker’s careful monograph of the genus pub- 
lished only a year ago. It belongs to the group Scabriscape 
of Baker, all the species of which are natives of the Medi- 
terranean region, from Italy eastward to the Levant, and of 
the Caspian region extending to Turkestan. This indeed 1s 
the principal area inhabited by Tulipa, for very few of 
its species (nearly fifty are described) reach the extreme 
east of Asia; only one is found in India (7’. stellata, Hook.), 
and that is confined to the North-eastern Himalayas, and 
one (7. edulis, Baker) in Japan. The 7. Lichleri was dis- 
covered by the traveller, whose name it bears, in the Baker 
district of Georgia. : . 
I am indebted to Mr. Elwes for the fine flowering speci- 
men of 7. Kichleri, which flowered ‘in his rich collection last 
spring, and also fora bulb which he has presented to the 
Royal Gardens. 
Descr. Bulb in our specimen small, ovoid, hardly two 
