446 LILY FAMILY. 



with lanceolate or lance-oblong, bright green leaves, more or less in 

 whorls ; flowers several, hanging in a sort of umbel under the terminal 

 crown or tuft of leaves, large, orange-yellow, or sometimes almost crim- 

 son, a round pearly gland on the base of each division ; pod 0-angled. 



27. TULIPA, TULIP. (Name from the Turkish word for tnrhan, 

 which the tlower sometimes resembles.) Flowers spring and early 

 summer ; much mixed in cultivation. Following are the chief types. 



« Floicer ichite, funnel-form or narrow-campanulate ; leaves linear; 

 bulb pilose. 

 T. Clusiana, Vent. Lady Tulip. Slender species, 12'-I8' high, with 

 four ur live long-linear and channeled leaves; flower delicate white, red- 

 tinged on the outside, and a black-purple base, the narrow segments 

 bluntish ; filaments and anthers black. Mediterranean region. 



» » Floicer mostly in shades of red or yellow, bell-form; leaves broad; 

 bulb nearly or quite glabrous. 



■t- Perianth segments all acuminate. 



T. suaveolens, Both. Due Van Thol T. An earlj^-flowering Tulip of 

 dwarf habit, from the Caspian region ; perianth large, \yith the six oblong 

 segments all alike, fragrant, in shades of red and yellow ; pedunole 

 downy ; leaves few, very broad. 



T. acuminata, Vahl. Turkish T. Flower variable in color, mostly 

 red, 3'-4' long, the segments very long-acuminate-pointed ; peduncle 

 glabrous ; leaves .3-0, broad. Native country unknown. 



T. elegans is a garden form (probably hybrid of T. suaveolens and T. 

 Oesneriana, with a minutely downy peduncle, campanulate perianth ?>'— 1' 

 long, which is bright red with a yellow eye, the segments acute-pointed. 



T. RETUOFLEXA, an evident hybrid of T. acuminata and T. Gesneriaiia, 

 has bright yellow flowers, about 3' long, the oblong segments gradually 

 narrowed to a point ; stamens yellow. 



■I- -t- Perianth segments all very obtuse, tcith a small cusp in the center. 

 T. Gesneriana, Linn. Comjion- T. Parent of most of the common late- 

 flowering sorts, from Asia Minor; leaves 3-6 and broad; peduncle gla- 

 brous ; tlower large, very variable in color. T. fit lg ens is a form with 

 bright red flowers with a yellow eye. The Parrot Tulips, with long, 

 loose and fringed segments, are var. Dracontia. 



28. CALOCHORTUS, MARIPOSA LILY. (Greek: beautiful grass.) 

 Californian plants of many species, some now becoming frequent in 

 cultivation. Glands at the base of the perianth. 



* Inner pterianth segments strongly arched and pitted, the glands v-llh a 



transverse scale or fringe. 



C. dibus, Dougl. Stem P-3°, branching, the nodding flowers white, 

 with a purplish base ; inner segments acute, 1' long, bearded and ciiiate. 



C.pulcbellus, Dougl. Stem lO-2" high, branching, the nodding flower 

 yellow or orange ; iinier segments bearded and ciiiate, deeply pitted. 



* * Flowers open-campanulate (segments not arched), the glands densely 



hairy but icithout scales. 



C. lOteus, Dougl. Stem bulbiferous at the base, l-O-flowered ; leaves 

 narrow; outer segments narrow-lanceolate, yellow with a brown spot; 

 inner segments yellow or orange, lined with brownish purple. Variable. 



C. venustus, 15enth. Differs in having white or pale lilac inner seg- 

 ments with a reddish spot at the top, a brownish yellow-bordered center, 

 and a brownish base. 



