Tas. 6304. 
TULIPA PULCHELLA. 
Native of Asia Minor. 
Nat. Ord. Liniackx%.—Tribe TuLPE. 
Genus Turapa, Linn. (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol, xiv. p. 275). 
Toripa pulehella ; bulbo ovoideo tunicis brunneis intus glabris vel apice obscure 
pilosis, scapo brevissimo unifloro glabro, foliis 2-3 patulis confertis lanceo- 
latis vel linearibus glaucis facie canaliculatis margine obscure ciliatis, 
perianthii infundibularis segmentis conformibus oblongo-spathulatis acutis 
rubris facie deorsum lilacinis unguibus immaculatis basi luteis pilosis, 
staminibus perianthio duplo brevioribus, filamentis basi pilosis, ovario clavato, 
stigmatibus parvis. 
T. pulchella, Fenzl in Kotschy Reise Cilie. p. 379; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
vol. xiv. p. 289. 
T. alpina, J. Gay in Balansa Pl. Orient. Exsic. anno 1855. 
T. sylvestris, var. pulchella, Regel Hnum. Tulip. p. 45. 
This species belongs to the same group (Sawatiles) as T. 
Hageri, which was figured last year (tab. 6242). They have 
the showy red flowers of the Gesneriane, in combination 
with perianth-segments and stamens hairy at the base, as in 
the Sylvestres. This is a very distinct dwarf species, without 
any dark-coloured blotch at the base of the perianth-seg- 
ments. It isa native of the Alpine region of the Cilician 
Taurus, where it was discovered by Kotschy in 1836, and of 
course is perfectly hardy. It has only very lately been 
introduced into cultivation in this country. For the specimens 
figured we are indebted to the Rev. H. Harpur-Crewe, who 
flowered it at Drayton Beauchamp in the spring of this 
present year, and exhibited it at one of the meetings of the 
scientifie committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Descr. Bulb ovoid, half or three-quarters of an inch in 
diameter, with many dark brown tunics, which are either en- 
tirely glabrous on the face or only obscurely pilose towards 
the tip. Scape one-flowered, glabrous, one to four inches 
long, bearing two or three crowded spreading leaves close to 
the surface of the ground, which are lanceolate or the upper. 
JUNE Ist, 1877, 
