NAT. ORDER. 



LibiacecB. 



TULIPPA OCULIS SOLIS. SCARLET TULLP 



Class VI. Hexandria. Order I. Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Corolla, six-petalled. campanulated, with a longitudi- 

 nal nectarious line. Capsule, the valves connected by cancel- 

 lated hair. 



Sj)e. Char. Leaves, from three to five, fleshy, smooth and pointed. 



The J'oof is a large bulb, from vv^hich proceed several succulent 

 fibres ; the stem is firm, round, upright, simple, and rises from three 

 to four feet in height ; the leaves are long, narrow, pointed, fleshy, 

 smooth, without footstalks, and placed at the base of the stem ; the 

 jlower is large, of a deep red, and terminates the stem ; it has no 

 calyx', the corolla is bell shaped, consisting of si-s. petals, which are 

 of a beautiful, shining, scarlet red color, but without, ridged, and of 

 a less luminous appearance ; the filaments are six, tapering, much 

 shorter than the corolla, upon which are placed large orange-colored 

 anthers ; the style is longer than the filaments, and furnished with a 

 fleshy triangular stigma ; the germen becomes an oblong capsule, 

 marked with six furrows, and divided into three cells, which contain 

 numerous flatish, semicircular-form seeds. It flowers in June and 

 July. 



This species of tulip is a native of Persia, and was once con- 

 sidered the dearest and most beautiful flower on which the sun 

 ever shone. From Persia it was introduced into Holland, about 

 the middle of the seventeenth century, and such was the mania 



for particular sorts in that country, that a single bulb was sold for 



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