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 TULIPA S^LVESTRIS. WlLD TuLIP, 



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Generic Characler. — Fid. No. 717. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



TULIPA Jyhefiris ; (bulbus prolan lateraliter evolvens j) foliis 

 3 — 4» ovato-lanceolatis, glabris ; caule giabro, 

 unifloro (nunc floribus 2— -4 e pedunculis totidem bqfi 

 fafciculatim connexis luxuriante ;) corolla de ante 

 anthefin nutante arrefta, oblongius campinulata ; 

 laciniis (fape oclanis) ovato-lanceolatis, apice pu- 

 berulis ; extimis fubduplo anguftioribus, fuperne 

 recurvatis ; intimis concavioribus, bafin verfus utrin- 

 que ciliatis ; filamentis juxtim fupra bafin denfifiimo 

 villorum flocculo barbatis, alternis longioribus pif- 

 tillo fubifometris ; germine prifmatico, quam corolla 

 ter circiter breviore, vertice ob fummos valvarum 

 angulos in apiculos lligmatofos introrfum villofulos 

 horizontaliter divergentes continuatos obfolete tri- 

 corni. G. 

 TULIPA fylvejlris. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 1. 438. Flor. Dan. 

 /♦ 375. Gouan. lllufir. 25. Hort. Kew. 1. 435. 

 Leers. Fl. Herb. 87. «. 259. Smith Fl. Brit. 1. 

 361. Eng. Bot. t. 63. Desf. FL Atl. 1. 294. Lil. 

 a Red. t. 165. Lam. et Dec. Fl. Franc. 3. 199. 

 IVilld. Sp. PL 2. 96. 

 T. tranjlagana. Brotero FL Luf. 1. 519 f 

 T. turcica. Roth. Catalecl. 1. 45- 



T « Hall. Helv. n. 1236. — lutea bononienfis. J. Bauh. Hijl. 2. 

 678.—bolonienfis fl. luteo. Park. Par. 51. t. 52. 

 /. 2.— minor lutea gallica. Rudb. Ely/, t. no./. V. 

 — apenninea. Cluf. Hijl. 150, 151. 



The above charaBer will, we think, fufficiently diflinguifh 

 this fpecies from its congeners. The ftem varies from eight 

 In ches to near two feet, leaves and flower varying in pro- 

 Portion. Herb glaucous, fometimes tinged with a browni/h 



red 



