THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Tulipa—continued. 
Group 2. Perianth bright yellow, flushed with red on the outside. 
x australis 
humilis 
Orphanidea 
Group 3. Perianth pale yellow or whitish inside, tinged with 
green or reddish outside. , 
biflora 
patens 
primulina 
turkestanica 
Sub-genus II. Orithyia. 
Ovary narrowed gradually into a distinct style, which is tipped 
with three small stigmas. The species of thus sub-genus are all 
dwarf, small-fiowered, fragile plants, of little horticultural interest, 
natives of Siberia, China, and Japan. They may be arranged in 
three groups, according to leafage : 
Group 1. Leaves two, sub-opposite, placed about the middle 
of the stem. 
uniflora 
Group 2. Leaves three, crowded near the base of the stem. 
thianschanica 
Group 3. Leaves, two large ones low down on the stem, and two 
to four small ones near each flower. 
edulis 
Fig. 117. TULIPA ACUMINATA, showing Habit and detached 
Flower. 
. acuminata (acuminate). Turkish Tulip. /., perianth vari- 
able in colour, din. to 4in. long, the segments all alike, narrowed 
pagui i a very long point; peduncle glabrous. April. 
. (and bulb) as in F. Gesneriana. Native country unknown, A 
distinct type. See Fig. 117. SYN. T. cornuta (B. R. 127). 
'T, Alberti (Albert Regel’s). fl., perianth orange-scarlet, the base 
taae blotched with p aa on a yellow groundwork, cam- 
panulate, 2in. long, the three inner segments obtuse, the three 
outer sub-acute ; filaments yellow, exceeding the dark purple 
anthers; peduncle erect, pubescent, 6in. to 9in. long. April. 
l. glaucous-green, lanceolate, without blotches. h. 2ft. Central 
Asia, 1877. (B. M. 6761; R. G. 912.) 
T. altaica (Altaian). /., perianth usually yellow, rarely red, 
lin. to 14in. long in wild specimens, the segments oblong and 
decidedly acute, without any basal blotch; peduncle pubescent, 
Zin. to in. long. April. Z. usually three, the lowest lan- 
ceolate, about lin. broad. Stem 6in. to Sin. long. - Bulb jin. to 
: Tin. in diameter, the outer tunics without any hairs inside. 
2 South-central Siberia. The red-flowered variety is figured in 
‘G82. : 
"e Aucheriapa Aucher Eloy’s). jl. strongly fragrant ; perianth 
oblong-infur r, lin. to lłin. long, all the segments mauve- 
lilac, nearly alike, oblong, acute, jin. broad, with a bright 
yellow claw; stamens jin. long, the yellow filaments twice as 
long as the anthers, densely hairy at base; peduncle slender, 
us. April. /. three or four, linear, glabrous, acute, ĝin. 
to 6in. long, iin. broad, gradually narrowed from the middle 
to the base and apex. Stems 4in. to 8in. long, slender, 
a. one-headed. Bulb ovoid, medium-sized. Teheran, 
(Bieberstein’s), This resembles T. sylvestr 
is smaller and more funnel-sba 
and the 
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Tulipa—continued. r < 
T, biflora (two-flowered). fl., perianth white i , with a 
yellow eye, tinged green outside, oblong, infundibular, the 
segments oblong, acute; anthers minute. April. J. two or three, 
jin. to jin. broad. Stems 3in. to 6in. long, with often two or 
three, rarely four or five, flowers. Bulb ovoid, the outer tunics + 
woolly outside. Caucasus, 1806. This is a connecting link P 
between the sub-genus Orithyia and the true Tulips. (B. M. ~ 
6518; B. R. 535; R. G. 239.) ‘ 
T. Bonarotiana (Buonarotti’s). A form of T. strangulata. Pee 
T. Borszezowi (Borszczow’s). fl., perianth bright red, 1ft. to 14ft. 
long, all the segments obovate-oblong, obtuse, with a cusp at 
the tip, and furnished with a large, brown-black, basal blotch, 
margined with yellow, as in T. Oculus-solis ; peduncle glabrous, 
Spring. i. four, with a distinct, cartilaginous, very crisped 
border, the lower one lanceolate. Dwarfer than T. Gesneriana. 
Central Asia. (R. G. 1175.) The form figured in B. M. 6635 has 
the flowers yellow without any basal blotch. 
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Fig. 118. TULIPA GESNERIANA. E 
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