Tas. 7998. 
TU LIPA LINIFOLtA. 
Turkestan. 
Linaces. Tribe TuLire®. 
Tours, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 818; Buker in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. vol. xiv. p. 275. 
Tulipa linifolia, Regel in Acta Horti Petrop. vol. viii. p. 648, t. 5, ff. let 2; 
Gartenfl. 1886, p. 622, t. 1235; species ex affinitate 7’. montane, Lindl., 
perianthii segmentis equalibus apice non attenuatis differt. 
Bulbus ovoideus, 6-9 lin. diam., extus nigrescens, tunicis. apice intus hirsuto- 
barbatis. Calis tenuis, 2-10 poll. altus, plus minusve flexuosus. Folia 
circa 6, ad medinm caulis affixa, primum congesta, demum_ sparsa, 
linearia vel infima lineari-lanceolata, flores demum superantia, glabra 
vel sparse ciliata, 3-5 poll. longa, 2-4 lin. lata. Pedunculus glaber, 
uniflorus. Perianthii segmenta inter se wqualia, obovata vel ovato- 
lanceolata, subito breviterque acuminata, coccinea, basi macula atro- 
purpurea ornata. Stamina perianthio dimidio breviora; filamenta e basi 
dilatata linearia, glabra; antherze oblong#, purpurez, filamentis paullo 
breviores. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum; stylus brevis, conicus; stigma 
capitatum, ovario paullo latius. Capsula ovoidea, trigona, stylo per- 
sistenti apiculata. f 
This is one of the species of Tulipa from Turkestan 
alluded to under t. 7991. It was discovered by Albert 
Regel at Darwas, in Eastern Bokhara, at from 3,000 to 
6,000 ft. elevation, and has for the past twelve years been 
in cultivation at Kew, where it flowers annually in May, 
our figure being made last spring. The bulbs were pro- 
bably originally received from the late Dr. E. Regel, 
Director of the Botanic Gardens, St. Petersburg. A com- 
parison of the wild with the cultivated specimen shows 
that while the latter remains dwarf, its stem has increased — 
in thickness and the leaves in width. In the wild state 
the stem is almost more slender than in any other species 
of the genus, and more or less flexuous. The leaves are 
usually borne above the middle of the stem. The dwarf 
habit and brilliant crimson flowers render this plant 
attractive for cultural purposes. 
T. linifolia cannot be placed in any of the sections of 
the genus proposed in Mr. Baker’s monograph in the 
Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. xiv. (1875) p. 276, 
but is intermediate between the Eriobulbi and Sylvestres. 
Feurvary Ist, 1905, 
