TULIPA 



dulated 

 BB. Lvs. r 



24 Armdna, Boiss. Lv 



falcate, glaucous and glali 

 ciliate on edge all around 



•h without yellow border; segments narrowly ob- 

 ; fllaments tiliform, glabrous; stigmas broader 

 ovarj'-diameter. Mt. Lebanon, 1889. Gt. 38:1300. 

 lied to T. Unifolla and Maximowiczii. 



Group V. Outer bulb-Uinic pilose inside. 

 Lower lvs. lanceolate. 

 1. Lvs. slightly or not at all un- 



, 24. Armena 



nrlii lilted 2.5. platystigma 



26. Maximowiczii 



ivs. 5, crowded at base of stem, 

 >us, slightly undulated, long, 

 lunger than fl. -stalk: pedun- 

 cle glabrous, finely dotted, 

 perianth open cauipanulate, 

 slightly sweet-scented, 2 in. 

 long, dark scarlet with black 

 basal blotch margined all 

 around with yellow; inner 

 segments roundel, outer 



ments flattened, black, not 

 bearded. — This species is 

 referred by Baker without 

 hesitation to T. Gesneriana, 

 but the plants in the trade 

 as T. Armena differ as indi- 

 cated above. 



2.5. platystfgma, Jord. 

 Height 18 in.: stem slen- 

 der, glabrous: lvs. 3-4, very 

 much undulated : peduncle 

 glabrous: perianth canipan- 

 ulate, 2 in. long, violet- 

 scented, magenta-red; seg- 



1873 



all 6 segments 



ts obi 



ng; cla 



yellow 

 spot in the middle; fllaments 

 not bearded : anthers violet- 

 colored: ovary prismatic: 

 stigmas very large and undulated, France. 



20. Maximowiczii, Regel. Lvs. erect: peduncle gla- 

 brous: perianth crimson, with a black basal blotch; 

 segments obtuse, ending in a short, sharp point; an- 

 thers light purple; filaments linear, not bearded. East- 

 ern Bokhara, 1889. Closely allied to T. Unifolin. from 

 which it differs in having outer bulb-tunic hairy at apex 

 (not woolly), erect lvs. and sharp-pointed perianth-seg- 

 ments. Gt. 38:1307. G.C. III. 19:757. 

 Group VI. Outer bttlh-tunie woolly at apex inside. 



A, Filaments bearded at base 27. Lownei 



AA. Filaments not bearded. 



B. Perianth crimson or scarlet, tvith a 



distinct basal blotch 28. linifolia 



29. montana 

 BB. Perianthyellow,wifhout basal blotch.30. Batalini 



27. L6wiiei, Baker. Height 2-4 in. : stem glabrous, 

 sometimes 2-headed: lvs. 2, lanceolate, acuminate, fal- 

 cate, glabrous : peduncle slender, glabrous: bud slightly 

 nodding; perianth funnelforui, small, while with a 

 brightyellow basal blotch, tinged unlsj,li> witli light pur- 

 ple or purplish pink, inner se^nncnts wi.l. r; st.aniens 

 vellow: ovary narrowed at collar: stigmas very small. 

 iVIts. of Syria and Palestine, 1874. 



28. linifdlia, Regel. Stem somewhat shining, some- 

 times 2-headed: lvs, 7, linear and grass-like, spirally 

 arranged, spreading, glabrous: perianth open-campanu- 

 late, small, bright scarlet; basal blotch bluish black; 

 inner segments oblanceolate, outer ovate and slightly 

 wider; anthers pinkish; pollen gray; fllaments bluish 

 black: ovary pyramidal: stigmas very small, yellowish 

 white. Bokhara. 



29. mont4na, Lindl. Height 4-8 in. : lower lvs. ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acuminate, undulated, very glaucous: 

 peduncle glabrous: perianth carapanulate, lK-2in. long, 

 2 in. across, deep crimson, paler outside; segments 

 ovate or oblong, flat, acute, the inner often obovate ob- 

 tuse; filaments purplish: ovary prismatic: stigmas 

 small. Mts. of Persia. B.R. 13:1106. — Var. Jfilia, 

 K. Koch. Dwarf, from Caucasus. Not more than 3^ in. 



tall: fls. bright red, 1 in. or less lo 

 obovate and obtuse. 



30. Batatlni, Regel. Height 5 in.: stem glabrous: 

 Its. 5, crowded into a sort of whorl ,iust below middle of 

 stem, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, slu'htK umlulated: 

 perianth campanulate, slighth Im li _ments 



oblong-ovate, obtuse, sometmii - I n the 



edge near the top; fllaments I \.llow: 



ovary elliptic-oblong, compress, i t tigmas 



eoroniform. Eastern Bokhai a, Iss i (it .s 1 .07. G.C. 

 III. 19:759.-One of the c-irly Tulips 



AA. Fil<,,„. „t.< ,n,l hr.irded. 



K. p.,, .mil, hn./l,/ yellow, with 



,,ii.<r,i,-< ii,ix,:/hlotch ornone. 33. Biebersteiniana 

 BB. J'rrniiitli hriijht scarlet, with 

 a distinct black or pu7j}lish 

 basal blotch margined with 



yellow 34. Oculus-solis 



35. prsecox 

 BBB. Periimfh with miter fieriinents 



.36. Leichtlini 



