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TULIPA 



31. bifldra, Linu. Height 3-6 in.: stem glabrous or 

 slightly pilose, usually U- or 3-H(l., rarely 4- or 5-acl. : 

 Ivs. often 2, sometimes 3, linear, long: perianth fun- 

 nelform-canipanulate, 1 in. long, 2in. across, pale yellow 

 or white inside, tinged with green or red or even pur- 

 plish outside; segments acute; filaments flattened, 

 ciliated at base; ovary narrowed at collar: stigmas 

 small. Mts. of Central Siberia and the Caucasus. B.R. 

 7:535. B.M. C518. 



32. Clusiana, Vent. Height 12-18 in. : stem slender, 

 glabrous: Ivs. 4-5, very long and narrow and folded 

 double, linear-acuminate, pendent: peduncle slender, 

 tinged with brown directly under fl. : perianth small, 

 when open 2 in. across, funnelform-campauulate, very 

 fragnint, briu'hf li-mon-yellow tinged with green out- 

 sidi-. or wliirc tluslird with red; segments acute; claw 



den^fly lit'ariltMi at base: ovary pyramidal; stigmas 

 small, tiugfd witli red. Portugal, through Mediterranean 

 region to Greece and Persia. B.M. 1390. 



Tuhpa acummata ( 



33. Biebersteiuiana, Schult f Height 6 in.; stem 

 slendei glabrous Ivs 2-4, crowded together, long, 

 channeled, glabrous, slightly ciliated on edge; bud 

 slightly nodding; perianth open-campanulate, 2K in. 

 long, bright yellow tinged with scarlet-pink on edges 

 and sometimes green outside; at base a brownish yellow 

 discoloration; inner segments obtuse, outer acute; 

 anthers gray; pollen yellow; filaments yellow: ovary 

 prismatic; stigmas yellow, undulated. Asia Minor. 



34. 6culus-861is, St. Aman. Height, 12-18 in. : stem 

 slender, glabrous: Ivs. 3-4, lorate-lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous; perianth funnelform-campanulate, 214-3 in. 

 long, 4>2 in. across, scentless, erect; segments very 

 acute, the inner ones often less so; anthers yellow; 

 filaments purple: ovary prismatic. South of Prance, 

 Italy and Switzerland. B.B. 5:380 (as T. Gesneriana). 

 — Var. Lortfiti, Baker. A slight variety, the basal spot 

 oblanceolate and black. Marseilles. Var. Lycica, Baker. 

 Stem 6-8 in. long; Ivs. crowded: perianth-segments all 

 acute, inneroblanceolate-oblong; apex subdeltoid; blotch 

 black; anthers and filaments dark purple. Lycia, Asia 

 Minor. Var. AUppica, Baker. A form with fls. con- 

 siderably smaller than W. European type, with a smaller 

 black basal blotch. Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine. 



35. prsBCOZ, Tenore. Height, 12-18 in. : stem slender, 

 glabrous; Ivs. 3-5, lorate-lanceolate, acute, undulated 

 at margin: perianth campanulate, 2-3 in. long, 3 in. 

 across, erect, scentless: basal blotch purplish black, 

 margined with yellow; segments widely imbricated, 

 outer slightly longer, acute, puberulent at apex; inner 

 shorter, obtusely cuspidate; anthers yellow; filaments 

 long, dark purple, glabrous: ovary prismatic; stigmas 



TULIPA 



pubescent, reddish. Italy and Southern France; also 

 Algeria, Greece, Syria, Palestine aud Persia. Very 

 closely allied to last, aud figured as such in B.R. 3:204; 

 14:1143; 17:1419. — One of the oldest known species. 



36. LelchtUni, Kegel. Height 9-18 in. : stem glabrous : 

 lower Ivs. linear-lanceolate; perianth between campanu- 

 late and funnelform, outer segments narrow and acute, 

 inner much shorter and obtuse at apex. Kashmir. Gn. 

 40:819. 



Group VIII. Outer bulb-tunic always hairy at base 

 inside around root crown, and usually furnished 

 with a few scattering hairs above, but sometimes with- 

 out them. 



B. Lr., 



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 cc. /,. 



J'i"irl, 40. fulgens 



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trill, hrii/h/ /i,lh,ir 41. macrospeila 



i-fr. r.rnnlth rin-iahle, hut rarrlij 

 ifith a bordered dark basal 

 bUdeh 42. Gesneriana 



37. suavSolens, Roth. Early Garden Tulips. Height 

 3-6 in.: Ivs. :\-\. mostly at base of stem, lowest lorate- 

 lanceolate ami I'l-oad: inrianth campanulate, l-2>2 in. 

 long, enit, fiaL'iani, lui^'litred or yellow or variegated: 

 segments all u.uti-; lilaimnts glabrous; anthers yellow: 

 ovary prismalir; stigmas very large. Southern'Russia 

 and Southern Europe, but possibly only a naturalized 

 form of old introduced Turkish garden varieties. F.S. 

 12:1223. B.M. 839. 



38. austrilis, Link. Height 12-18 in.; stem slender: 

 Ivs. 2-3, crowded together at lower portion of scape, 

 channeled; bud nodding; perianth IK in. across, funnel- 

 form-campanulate, yellow, outside reddish; segments 

 oblanceolate-oblong acute, at apex slightly puberulent; 

 anthers yellow; filaments flattened, bearded at base: 

 ovary narrowed at collar. Savoy, France, Spain, Portugal 

 and Algeria. B.M. 7171. Gn. 45:965. 



39. viridiflftra, Hort. (?). Outer bulb tunic glabrous 

 except around root-crown, where there is a dense fringe: 

 stem glabrous and glaucous : Ivs. lorate-lanceolate, un- 

 dulated, glabrous, glaucous, edges slightly ciliated near 

 base: fl. large, soft green, edged with yellow or white. 

 Gn. 32:625. — Garden form. Bears some resemblance to 

 a Parrot Tulip. 



40. fulgens, Hort. Garden form. Height 8-18 in.: 

 Ivs. 3, lanceolate or ovate, very wavy: perianth -seg- 

 ments all oblong ovate, acute; anthers yellow; pollen 

 yellow; filaments white, flattened, glabrous : ovary 

 prismatic: stigmas small, not wavy. 



41. macrospeila. Baker. A supposed hybrid of un- 

 known origin: height 10-18 in.: Ivs. 3-4, long and nar- 

 row, lowest long - lanceolate, flat, pendent ; peduncle 

 wiry; perianth campanulate, slightly funnelform, emit- 

 ting a heavy, sweetish, unpleasant odor, bright crimson 

 to cerise or cherry red, with a distinct, nearly black 

 cuneate basal blotch broadly margined with yellow or 

 yellowish white at top; segments obtuse or outer some- 

 times acute, outer reflexed, inner erect; filaments di- 

 lated, white at base, black, violet or striated above, 

 glabrous: ovary prismatic, creamy white: stigmas same 

 color, large, slightly undulated. 



42. Gesneriana, Linn. Common Garden or Late Tu- 

 lips. Figs. 2594-2600. Height 0-24 in. : stem erect: Ivs. 

 3-4 or more, lower lorate-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 often undulated, glaucous, pubescence variable : pe- 

 duncle erect: perianth campanulate, 1-2H in. long, in- 

 odorous, bright red or vari-colored, when bright red, 

 with only an obscure basal blotch, which is usually yel- 

 low, but may be dark or even blackish or mixed, some- 

 times white; segments all obovate- oblong, obtuse, 

 broadly rounded at apex, often with a small cusp in the 



