1872 



TULIPA 



TULIPA 



segments all oblong-ovate and cuspidate; filaments red- 

 dish brown: ovary pyramidal, reddish: stigmas equal 

 to narrow collar. Hab. (?). Imported by Dammann & 

 Co., of Naples, in 1894. Gn. 56:1251. Gt. 44:1411. 



GROUP III. Outer bulb -tunic with scattering appressed 



hairs all over inside. 

 A. Stem pubescent (T. maculata 

 finely so and sometimes gla- 

 brous ) . 

 B. Perianth usually bright red 



with a yellow basal blotch... 13. elegans 

 BB. Perianth orange -scarlet or red, 

 with a dark brown, purplish 

 or bluish black basal blotch. 14. maculata 

 AA. Stem glabrous. 



B. Lower Ivs. lorate or linear - 



lanceolate 15. Kesselringi 



BB. Lower Ivs. lanceolate or 



broadly so. 



C. Filaments bearded at base.. 16. saxatilis 

 CC. Filaments not bearded. 



D. The perianth segment's all 



rounded at top 17. Korolkowi 



DD. The perianth segments all 



acute at top 18. KauJmanniana 



DDD. The inner perianth seg- 

 ments rounded : outer 



acute at top 19. Billietiana 



20. Didieri 



13. Slogans, Hort. Height 12-18 in. : Ivs. 3-4, below 

 middle of stem, lorate - lanceolate, finely ciliate upon 

 upper face: perianth campanulate, 3-3% in. long: seg- 

 ments uniform, narrowed gradually to a very acute 



2600. A pan of Murillo Tulips, one of the few double 

 varieties that are really desirable (X %) 



point; anthers violet ; filaments glabrous ; stigmas 

 larger than ovary-diameter, yellowish, Known in gar- 

 dens only. Krelage catalogues a variety as "Cottage 

 elegans picotee," which has larger Ivs. and white flowers 

 edged with rose, and without basal blotch. "Probably 

 a hybrid between T. acuminata and suaveolens." 



14. maculata, Hort. Height 12-18 in. : Ivs. 3-4, lorate- 

 lanceolate: perianth campanulate, 2-2% in.; segments 

 obovate, cuspidate, very wide beyond middle; anthers 

 purple; filaments glabrous; stigmas small. "A well- 

 marked garden race" (Baker). 



15. Kesselringi, Regel. Lvs. 4-5, crowded at base 

 of stem, lorate-lanceolate, channeled: peduncle some- 

 times obscurely puberulent: perianth campanulate, l%-2 

 in. long, bright yellow, flushed with red and green out- 

 side; inner segments subobtuse, outer acute; stamens 

 bright yellow; filaments glabrous; stigmas not equal 

 to ovary-diameter. Turkestan. B.M. 6754. 



16. saxatilis, Sieber. Height 12 in. or more: stem 

 usually branched low down and bearing 2 fls. : Ivs. 



usually 3, sometimes lowest 12 in. long: perianth ob- 

 long -funnelform, 2-2% in. long, 3 in. across, light 

 mauve-purple, at base bright yellow; segments pubes- 

 cent at base, inner obovate, outer oblong ; anthers 

 blackish; filaments bright yellow: ovary prismatic: 

 stigmas small. Crete, 1878. B.M. 6374. Gn. 56:1234. 



17. Korolkdwi, Regel. Height 6-9 in. : Ivs. 2-3, fal- 

 cate, margin crisped: perianth campanulate, red, with 

 a distinct black basal blotch ; inner segments oblong, 

 outer obovate ; .filaments lanceolate; stigmas small. 

 Turkestan, 1875. 



18. Kaufmanniana, Regel. Less than 12 in. high: Ivs. 

 2-3; perianth subcampanulate, 2-3 in. long, 2%-4 in. 

 across, bright yellow in original form, tinged with red 

 outside, without basal blotch ; in cultivation very vari- 

 ble in color and nearly always with a deep yellow ba- 

 sal blotch ; anthers lemon-yellow, linear ; filaments 

 bright orange, linear flattened: ovary pyramidal: stig- 

 mas small in cultivated form, but described as large. 

 Turkestan, 1877. B.M. 6887. 



19. Billietiana, Jord. & Four. Lvs. 3-4, undulate, not 

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

 3% in. across, inodorous, bright yellow, flushed with 

 scarlet -pink, especially outside, with obscure basal 

 blotch striated with blue-black lines ; anthers dark 

 gray or blackish; filaments yellow, with dark striations : 

 ovary narrowed at collar : stigmas light yellow, very 

 large and crisped. Savoy, Italy. B.M. 7253. G.M. 

 38:311. -One of the late Tulips. 



20. Dididri, Jord. Height 12-18 in. : Ivs. 3-4, undulate, 

 acuminate: perianth campanulate, 2-2% in. long, 4% in. 

 across, bright crimson, with purple basal blotch margined 

 with yellow or yellowish white; outer segments reflexed; 

 stamens same color as basal blotch : ovary narrowed at 

 collar: stigmas larger than collar- diameter, white. 

 Savoy, Italy and Alps. B.M. 6639. Var. Mauriana, Jord. 

 Lvs. narrower, slightly undulate: perianth brilliant red, 

 with wide yellow blotch. Var. planifolia, Jord. Stem 

 slender: Ivs. narrow, not undulated: perianth deep red, 

 faintly marked with yellowish red or blackish blotch. 

 Var. acutifolia, DC. A cultivated form: peduncle 5-8 

 in. long: Ivs. oblong -lanceolate. Var. alba, Krelage. 

 Peduncle stiff, mottled with red: perianth light lemon- 

 yellow, or white tinged green outside, basal blotch lim- 

 ited to a few dark striations ; filaments same color as 

 flower. Var. lutescens, Krelage. Lvs. 3, slightly fal- 

 cate: perianth light yellowish white streaked with red, 

 with a bluish violet," dark basal blotch; filaments col- 

 ored like spot. 



GROUP IV. Outer bulb-tunic pubescent inside, densely 



so at apex. 

 A. Perianth segments very long, linear 



and acuminate 21. acuminata 



AA. Perianth segments oblong, all uni- 

 form, and acuminate 22. retroilexa 



AAA. Perianth segments all narrowly ob- 

 long; inner acute, outer rounded 

 at top 23. Dammanni 



21. acuminata, Vahl. Figs. 2602, 2603. Height 12-18 

 in.: Ivs. 4, lowest lanceolate, all undulated at margins: 

 peduncle shining: perianth very open, light yellow 

 splotched with red lines; segments sometimes 4% in. 

 long, less than % in. wide, with edges rolled in; sta- 

 mens yellow; filaments flattened, glabrous: ovary pris- 

 matic: stigmas very large, yellow, not undulated. 

 Turkey (?). 



22. retroflSxa, Hort. Lvs. long-lanceolate, sometimes 

 linear-lanceolate, slightly ciliate on edge, otherwise 

 glabrous: peduncle somewhat shining: bud nodding; 

 perianth open funnelform-campanulate, yellow, a shade 

 darker at base a trace of a very obscure basal blotch; 

 segments uniform in width, linear-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, twisted, with undulated edges; stamens yellow; 

 filaments flattened, glabrous. A supposed garden hy- 

 brid between T. Gesneriana and acuminata. 



23. Dammanni, Regel. Height 6 in.: Ivs. 4, placed 

 whorl-like at middle of stem, linear-lanceolate, recurved, 

 obscurely bristly, ciliate on margin, otherwise glabrous: 

 peduncle glabrous: perianth spreading, star-shaped, 

 purplish or reddish with an oblong-lanceolate black 



