of T. prsestans, which he considers neither complete nor 

 final : — 



"Bulb rounded, about one inch in diameter, with a 

 particularly thick, leathery skin, the latter being almost 

 glabrous inside. Peduncle varying in height from a few 

 inches to one and a half feet, covered, as well as the 

 leaves, with minute, closely set, white hairs, and bearing 

 from one to many flowers. Flower-segments all uniform 

 in shape, pointed, and of a peculiar light, scarlet-vermilion 

 colour." Botanically, he says, it is perhaps nearest T. 

 Kaufmanniana, Hegel. This is figured in the Magazine 

 (tab. 6837), and is very variable in colour, but not 

 including scarlet and vermilion shades. 



I must confess that I cannot follow the late Dr. E. 

 Kegel and Mr. Hoog in regarding T. prsestans as a tulip 

 specifically distinct from T. suaveolens, and " more deserv- 

 ing of a specific name than any other ; " but then I am 

 not an expert in tulips. Still it doubtless ranks high 

 among the early- flowering kinds. 



The plant here figured was purchased by Kew from 

 Messrs Van Tubergen (J. Hoog), and it flowered in the 

 Alpine House in March of the present year. 



It may be useful to give the corrections here of two 

 errors in the names of tulips figured in the Magazine, 

 due, in part, it may be added, to conflicting views at 

 different periods. Tab. 6635, to which the name T 

 Borszczowi is given, is T. Kolpakoivskiana, Regel; and that 

 figured under the latter name (t. 6710) is T. Ostrowshiana, 

 Kegel, as explained by him (Qartev flora, vol. xxxiii. p. 355). 

 1. Borszczoivi, or, as Regel himself afterwards wrote it 

 Borsczouu, is a very distinct species, of which no figure has 

 yet appeared in tne Magazine.— W. B. H 



Fi 

 3, 

 enlarged 



Fig. 1, portion of leaf showing the hairs; 2, anclroecium and jjvnieceum- 

 n-nt v,ew of a stamen; 4, back view of the same; 5, gyna&am ™li 



