TULIPA 



1871 



Outer hnlb-tunic with a few oppressed ha 

 inside towards the top. 



BB. Lvs. linear or linear-lancen- 

 Inte. 

 c. Filaments bearded at base.W. sylvestris 



cc. Filaments not bearded 11. Ostrowskiana 



12. Sprengeri 



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

 obscui-ely downy, much undulate toward cartilag 

 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 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.S. 21:2261. P. 1876:217.- 

 Early-blooming. 



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

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

 gins plane and 



anth broadly 

 campanulate, 2- 

 3^-3Xiu. 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- 



ments black; stigmas very 

 thick, undulate, pale yellow. 

 Georgia in Asia. B.M. 6191. 

 F. 1877:169. -Allied to T. 

 Greigi. 



5. Kolpakowaki&na, Kegel. 

 Height 12 in.: lvs. 3-1. ob- 

 scurely ciliate on margin: 

 bud nodding: perianth cam- 

 panulate, 2-2^ in. long, 4K 

 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- 

 ncn., * r> . «, ■ ing away from the inner as 



Ivt^T'^J""'" th? flower expands; anthers 

 (X!4). bee No. 42. 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. Gesneriana, which it bids fair 

 to rival in beauty and variability under cultivation. 



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

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

 neled, obscurely ciliate on edges: perianth funnelform, 

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



above, passing downward into a slaty lilac without any 

 dark -colored blotch, but bright yellow at l>ase; 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. 6304. - A dwarf species 

 near to T. Hageri. 



7. violicea, Boiss. & Buhse. 

 Less than 12 in. high: lvs. 3-5, 

 crowded: perianth campanulate 

 with a contracted base, IX i"- 

 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; scs^inints uniformlv ob- 

 hmg, M.I , 1,1 -t II-, black 



A Parrot Tulip — 

 Tulipa Gesneriana, var. 

 Dracontia (X^e). 



nulate, 3 in. long, 

 dark scarlet, 

 tinged with green 

 just above and 

 blending into a 

 bright jellow ba- 

 sal lildtch; segments acute, cuspidate; 

 stamens yellow: ovary prismatic: stig- 

 mas white, not undulated. Habitat un- 

 known. Vars. rtibra and violicea, Hort., 

 are ofl^ered. 



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

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

 ciliate on edge: peduncle slightly tinged 

 with red near fl. : perianth campanulate, 

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

 inner segments rounded, outer acute; 



filaments yellowish white; stigmas not 



~^ — '— undulated. — Said to be "hybrids he- 



aled style of tween T. suaveolens and T. Gesneriana.^' 

 ;i^). 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. sylvestris, 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; 



}y,-2 in. long, yel- 

 ower: ovary bladder- 

 ; smaller than ovary- 

 ive in England and 

 on as T. Florentina 



perianth funuelfnrm-canij' 

 low; segments all n'-iit.-, in 

 form (narrowed ,it , ,.ii ., , 

 diameter, yelluw ~ i 

 widelv .so in Em. , 

 and f. Florentine , \.ir, .-., 



11. Ostrowskiina, Kegel. 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 ovarv-diameter, scarlet. Introduced from 

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

 T. Oculus-solis. 



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

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

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

 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; 



