‘Tan. 6439. 
TULIPA ScHRENKI. 
Native of Central Asia. 
Nat. Ord. Lintacku.—Tribe Turrre®. 
Genus Touxira, Linn.; (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xiv. p. 275). 
Tuttra Schrenzi; bulbo ovoideo tunicis brunneis intus parce pilosis, caule pu- 
berulo unifloro 3-4-phyllo, foliis lanceolatis subglaucis facie glabris margine 
obscure ciliatis, perianthio erecto rubro vel luteo infundibulari segmentis 
conformibus obtusis, staminibus perianthio duplo brevioribus, antheris fila- 
mento glabro longioribus, ovario cylindrico-trigono, stigmatibus magnitudine 
mediocribus. 
T. Schrenki, Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. ii. p. 439 and 452. 
T. Gesneriana, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xiv. p. 284, ex parte: Regel, FI. 
Turkest. vol. i. p. 188, ex parte. 
This is a close ally of the old well-known Tulipa Gresneriana 
of Linneus, from which so many of our garden forms have 
originated. It differs from esneriana mainly in the form of 
the flower, which is more funnel-shaped, with more spreading 
segments. In colour, like Gesneriana, it goes through a wide 
range of variation. Our wild specimens, gathered by Schrenk, 
have flowers of a uniform pale yellow. In the plant from 
which the drawing was made, which was sent to Kew by 
Dr. Regel, they were considerably larger and bright crimson 
with a yellow throat. It flowers with us at the beginning of 
April. It has been gathered in Turkestan by Lehmann and 
others, and in the Soongarian desert by Schrenk. Since the 
publication of my monograph of the genus in 1874, the 
Russian explorers, principally Dr. Albert Regel, have found 
eight new Tulips in Central Asia, Kaufmanniana, Kolpakows- 
kiana, triphylla, tetraphylla, Kesselringi, Korolkowi, Alberti, 
and turkestanica. 
Descr. Bulb ovoid, an inch in diameter, with brown mem- 
branous tunics, shortly pilose inside in the upper part. Stem 
JULY lst, 1879, 
