TULIPA 



Group II. Outer hiin-tiinic with a few oppressed h 

 inside towards the top. 

 A. Stem pubescent. 

 B. Lvs. blotched with linear 

 chestnut-brown spots: fila- 

 ments not bearded at base. 3. Greigi 

 BB. Lvs. not blotched: filaments 



bearded at base 4. Eichleri 



AA. Stem glabrous (T. Kolpakoiv- 

 skiana sometimes obscurely 

 pubescent). 

 B. Jbvs. ovate or broadly lanceo- 

 late. 

 C. Filaments bearded at ba 



cc. Filaments not bearded. 



BB. Iivs. linear or linear-lam 

 late, 

 o. Filaments bearded at ba 

 cc. Filaments not bearded . 



Eolpakowskiana 



pulchella 



violacea 



carinata 



vitellina 



.10. sylvestns 

 .11. Ostrowskiana 

 12. Sprengeri 



3. Greigi, Regel. Height 2-8 in.: lvs. usually 4, 

 obscurely downy, much undulate toward cartilaginous 

 border: perianth campanulate, 3-3K in. 

 long, 5 in. across, spreading abruptly from 

 about the middle, bright crimson with a 

 large dark basal blotch, margined with 

 yellow; segments uniform, obovoid, cus- 

 pidate or cniarginate; anthers yellow; fil- 

 aniiiit-. liHck [.'hibrous: ovary narrowed 

 at c'li 11 siu'iii.is yellow, twice as broad 

 as neck ut '>\.irv. refiexed. Turkestan. 

 B.Jl 1.177. FS. 21:2261. F. 1876:217. - 

 Eai ly-bloommg. 



4. Eichleri, Regel. Height 6 in.: lvs 

 12-15 in. long, lanceolate acuminate, mar 



gins plane and 

 smooth : peri- 

 anth broadly 

 campanulate. 2- 



violet - blue b 

 sal blotch ma 

 gined with yt 



TULIPA 1871 



above, passing downward into a slaty lilac without any 

 dark-colored blotch, but bright yellow at base; segments 

 all acute, densely pilose at base; filaments linear: ovary 

 clavate: stigmas less than ovary -diameter. Alpine re- 

 gion of Cilician Taurus, 1877. 

 B.M. fi.W4. - A dwarf species 



7. violicea, Boiss. & Buhse. 

 Less than 12 in. high: lvs. a-5, 

 crowded: perianth campanulate 

 with a contracted base, 1^ in. 

 long, 2 in. wide, fragrant, typi- 

 cally bright mauve-red or rosy 

 crimson flushed with purple, 

 varying to white with a slight 

 flush of red outside, with a 

 large brown or black basal 

 blotch, usually bordered with 

 white; segments uniformly ob- 

 long, subacute stamens black 

 or purple stigmas small Per- 

 sia Int to cult 1890 B M. 

 7440 G M 39 3W -Allied to T. 

 Sage) I und pulchella 



carmita, Hort 



rounded at top 

 with a mucro; 

 anthers violet- 



2598 Acute petaled style of 

 Tuhp(X}4) 



black; stigmas very 

 indulate, pale yellow, 

 in Asia. B.M. 6191. 

 : 1G9. - Allied to T. 



5. Eolpakowski&na, Regel. 

 Height 12 in.: lvs. 3-4, ob- 

 scurely ciliate on margin: 

 bad nodding: perianth cam- 

 panulate, 2-2K in. long, i% 

 in. across, faintly scented, 

 varying from bright scarlet 

 to bright yellow, typically red 

 with a faint yellow - black 

 blotch at base; segments ob- 

 long, acute, the outer spread- 



^-- -,^-i„Tu.oip {|;f Z7er%7;.X'Z'iL:i 



(X/4). bee No. 42. jjj^jj purple: ovary large, 



stout: stigmas large, crisped. 



Turkestan and Central Asia, 1877. B.M. 6710. Gn. 60, 



p. 182. -A near ally of T. Gesiieriana, which it bids fair 



to rival in beauty and variability under cultivation. 



6. pulchfilla, Penzl. Height 4 in.: lvs. 2-3, crowded 

 and spreading close to the surface of the ground, chan- 

 neled, obscurely ciliate on edges: perianth fnnnelform, 

 erect, 1-lK in. long, 2H in. across, bright mauve-red 



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stalk slighth un- 

 dulate slightly 

 r iliate on edge 

 near base peri- 



led with green 2599. 



II II liii., into a Dracontia (X J^). 

 I I i-,lit \ ( Uow ba- 

 ll II tth segments acute, cuspidate; 



nil lis jellow: ovary prismatic: stig- 

 1 I IS white not undulated. Habitat un- 

 I I " n \ ars rtibra and viol4cea, Hort., 



III ulUied 

 1 vitellina, Hort. Lvs. 4, not crowded, 



IS long as a stalk, not undulated, thinly 

 1 iliate on edge: peduncle slightly tinged 

 w ith red nearfl.: perianth campanulate, 

 . m long sulfur-yellow, no basal blotch; 

 inner segments rounded, outer acute; 

 hliimnts jellowish white; stigmas not 

 luululated - Said to be "hybrids be- 

 tween y ■iunieolens and T. Gesneriana." 

 It IS one of the "Cottage Garden'' Tulips, 

 a class of old-fashioned Tulips which 

 have been preserved from oblivion in the gardens of 

 the poor. Attempts have been made recently to restore 

 them to popular favor. Well worth attention. 



10. sylv^stris, Linn. Fig. 2601. Height 9-15 in. : lvs. 

 usually 3, at base of scape, channeled, linear-lorate: 

 peduncle sometimes 2-fld. in cultivation: bud nodding; 

 perianth funuelform-campanulate, lH-2 in. long, yel- 

 low; segments all acute, inner narrower: ovary bladder- 

 form (narrowed at collar) : stigmas smaller than ovary- 

 diameter, yellow. Said to be native in England and 

 widely so in Europe. — In cultivation as T. Florentina 

 and T. Florentina, var. odorata. 



11. Ostrowskiana, Regel. Height 12 in.: lvs. 3, flat, 

 ciliate on edge : perianth open-campanulate, 2-3 in. 

 across, non-odorous, scarlet with small brown basal 

 spot, margined with yellow at top; .segments tapering 

 at base and top; filaments dark wine-red: ovary pris- 

 matic, white striped with green, red near top: stigmas 

 equal to ovary-diameter, scarlet. Introduced from 

 Turkestan in 1881. B.M. 6895. Gn. 45:965.-AlIied to 

 T. Oculus-solis. 



12. Sprengeri, Baker. Height 10-18 in.: lvs. 4, close 

 together, long, linear-lanceolate, stiff: peduncle wiry, 

 tinged with deep red under fl. : perianth open-campanu- 

 late (star-shaped), 2 in. long, bright scarlet with a 

 somewhat dull brown basal blotch margined all around 

 with dull orange-yellow, all blending into one another; 



