Tab. 6374. 

 tulipa saxatilis. 



Native of Crete. 



Nat. Ord. LiliacejE. — Tribe Tdlipe^. 

 Genus Tulipa, Linn. ; (Baker in Joum. Linn, Soc. vol- xiv. p. 275). 



Tulipa saxatilis ; bulbo globoso, caule pedali viridi glabro ssepissime bifloro, 

 foliis tribus glabris, inferiori lanceolato, superioribus linearibus, floribus 

 erectis pro genere magnis, periantliii oblongo-infundibularis segmentis 

 prseter basin luteum splendide pallide purpurascentibus basi pilosis a pice 

 deltoideis puberulis, interioribus oblongis, exterioribus obovatis, filamentis 

 luteis basi barbatis, antheris lineari-oblongis filamento brevioribus, ovano 

 viridi cylindrico-trigono, stigmatibus parvis. 



T. saxatilis, Sieber, Plant. Crete Exsic, ex parte; Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. ii. 

 p. 03 ; Reich. Ie. Grit. tab. 396 ; Schultes in Boem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. 

 vol. vii. p. 385; Kunth, Enum. vol. iv. p. 226; Regel, Enum. p. 25; Baker 

 in Joum. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. p. 289. 



This is a very rare Tulip, that has been known for a long 

 time in herbaria as a native of Crete, but has never been 

 introduced into cultivation till now, when it has been re- 

 discovered and brought home by Mr. Geo. Maw, who, as well 

 as Mr. Elwes, has flowered it successfully this present spring. 

 It is a most distinct and interesting species, both from a 

 horticultural and botanical point of view. For decorative 

 purposes we do not get anywhere else in the genus a large 

 flower of a bright mauve-purple colour, with a bright yellow 

 eye. The only other large-flowered tulip, with bearded 

 filaments, is T. Hageri, lately figured (Bot. Mag. t. 6242). 

 Its locality in Crete is Cape Maleca, in Baulm's " Zone des 

 collines," which reaches from five hundred to two thousand 

 feet above sea-level. Under the same label Sieber distri- 

 buted the small-flowered T. cretica of Boissier and Heldreich, 

 supposing it to be an alpine form of the same species. 



Descr. Bulb globose, with brown membranous tumes. 

 Stem a foot or more long, green, glabrous, usually branched 

 low down, and bearing a couple of flowers. Leaves usually 

 threc to a stem, glabrous, the lowest lanceolate, reaching 



july 1st, 1878. 



