TULIPA 



1871 



GROUP II. Outer bttJb-tunic with a feiv oppressed hairs 



iiixide towards the top. 

 A. Stem pubescent. 

 B. Lvs. blotched with linear 

 chestnut-brown spots: fila- 

 >n oi fa not bearded at base. 3. Greigi 

 BB. Lvs. not blotched: filaments 



bearded at base 4. Eichleri 



AA. Stem glabrous (T. Kolpahmr- 

 skiana sometimes obscurely 

 pubescent). 



B. Lvs. ovate or broadly lanceo- 

 late. 

 C. Filaments bearded at base. 5. Kolpakowskiana 



6. pulchella 



7. violacea 

 cc. Filaments not bearded 8. carinata 



9. vitell.na 



BB. Lvs. J invar or linear-lanceo- 

 late. 

 C. Filaments bearded at, bane. 10. sylvestris 



CC. Filaments not bearded 11. Ostrowskiana 



12. Sprengeri 



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

 obscurely downy, much undulate toward cartilaginous 

 border: perianth campanulate, 3-3 % 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 emarginate ; anthers yellow; fil- 

 aments black, glabrous: ovary narrowed 

 at collar: stigmas yellow, twice as broad 

 as neck of ovary, reflexed. Turkestan. 

 B.M. 6177. F. 8.21:2201. P. 1876:217. - 

 Early -blooming. 



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

 12-15 in. long, lanceolate acuminate, mar- 

 gins plane and 

 smooth: peri- 

 anth broadly 

 campanulate, 2- 

 %-%/& in- across, 

 deep scarlet 

 with a broad, 

 cuneate, dark 

 violet - blue ba- 

 sal blotch mar- 

 gined with yel- 

 low; segments 

 rounded at top 

 with a mucro; 

 anthers violet- 

 b ro wn ; fila- 

 ments black; stigmas very 

 thick, undulate, pale yellow. 

 Georgia in Asia. B.M. 6191. 

 F. 1877:169. -Allied to T. 

 Greigi. 



5. Kolpakowskiana, Regel. 

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

 scurely ciliate on margin: 

 bud nodding: perianth cam- 

 panulate, 2-2% in. long, 4% 

 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- 

 ing away from the inner as 

 the flower expands; anthers 

 dark purple : ovary large, 

 stout: stigmas large, crisped. 

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

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

 to rival in beauty and variability under cultivation. 



6. pulchella, Fenzl. Height 4 in. : Ivs. 2-3, crowded 

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

 neled, obscurely ciliate on edges: perianth funnelform, 

 erect. l-\% in. long, 2% in. across, bright mauve-red 



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2599. A Parrot Tulip 

 Tulipa Gesneriana, var. 

 Dracontia (X%). 



2598. Acute-petaled style of 

 Tuli 



2597. 



A Darwin Turnip 

 See No. 42. 



above, passing downward into a slaty lilac without any 

 dark-colored blotch, but bright yellow rOMOta 



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

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

 gion of Cilician Taurus, 1877. 

 H..M. 6304. -A dwarf species 

 near to T. Ilayeri. 



1. violacea, Boiss. & Buhse. 

 Less than 12 in. high: Ivs. :)-.">, 

 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. 39:390. -Allied to T. 

 Hageri and pulchella. 



8. carinata, Hort. Krelage. 

 Lvs. 3, not crowd- 

 ed, as long as fl.- 

 stalk, slightly un- 

 dulate, slightly 

 ciliate on edge 

 near base; peri- 

 anth open-campa- 

 nulate, 3 in. long, 

 dark scarlet, 

 tinged with green 

 just above and 

 blending into a 

 bright yellow ba- 

 sal blotch; segments acute, cuspidate ; 

 stamens yellow: ovary prismatic:* stig- 

 mas white, not undulated. Habitat un- 

 known. Vars. rubra and violacea, Hort., 

 are offered. 



9. vitelllna, Hort. Lvs. 4, not crowded, 

 as long as fl. -stalk, not undulated, thinly 

 ciliate on edge: peduncle slightly tinged 

 with red near fl. : perianth carapanulate, 

 2 in. long, sulfur-yellow, no basal blotch; 

 inner segments rounded, outer acute; 

 filaments yellowish white; stigmas not 

 undulated. Said to be "hybrids be- 

 tween T. suaveolens 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. sylvfistris, Linn. Fig. 2601. Height 9-15 in. : Ivs. 

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

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

 perianth funuelform-campanulate, 1X-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. Florrntiim 

 and T. Florentina, var. odorata. 



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

 ciliate on edge : perianth open-r'ampanulate, 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. Allied to 

 T. Oculus-solis. 



12. Bprengeri, Baker. Height 10-18 in.: Ivs. 4, close 

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

 tinged \\-itli deep red under fl.: perianth open-eanipanu- 

 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; 



