Tas. 799%, 
TULIPA Baraxint. 
Native of Turkestan. | 
Nat. Ord. Lir1ace%.—Tribe TULIPEs. 
Genus Tuuira, Linn. (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 818.) 
Turrrpa Batalini; herba glabra, bulbo globoso tunica papyracea apice intus 
fusco-lanata, caule 3-4 poll. alto, foliis caulinis circa 7 lineari-lanceolatis 
acuminatis usque ad 7 poll. longis et 6 lin. latis superioribus sensim 
minoribus, pedunculo unifloro 2-4} poll. longo, glabro, floribus pallide 
flavis, perianthii segmentis 1} poll. longis exterioribus oblongo-ovatis 
acutis interioribus late obovatis quam exterioribus minus acutis, fila- 
mentis 8 lin. longis glabris, antheris luteis, stigmate quam ovario paullo 
latiore. 
T. Batalini, Regel in Gartenfl. 1889, p. 506, t. 1307, fig. 2. Gard. Chron. 
1889, vol. ii. p. 469 ; 1896, vol. i. p. 759, fig. 181. 
In 1876 Regel (Fl. Turkest. vol. i. p. 182) enumerated 
eleven species of Tulipa as native of Turkestan. Since 
then various collectors, stimulated by the desire of 
obtaining new hardy plants, have visited that region, and 
succeeded in adding several new species to Regel’s list, — 
amongst them the plant under consideration, which was 
discovered by the late Dr. Batalin, formerly Director of 
the Botanic Gardens, St. Petersburg. Bulbs were first 
received from St. Petersburg in 1888, and have flowered 
annually in April or May in the herbaceous ground at 
Kew, our figure having been made in May last. 
Tulipa is a very natural genus, and the species there- 
fore difficult of discrimination. This difficulty has been 
increased, both by the variation of the species under 
cultivation, and by the slight grounds on which specific 
names have been given for commercial purposes. The 
flowers here depicted are larger than those in Regel’s 
figures, and have anthers longer in proportion to the size 
of the filaments; but, considering the length of time the 
plant has been in cultivation, and that it is derived from 
material authentically named, we hesitate to apply to it a 
new name. It bears a certain amount of resemblance to 
7. sylvestris, Linn. (B. M. t. 1202), which differs in having 
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