446 LILY FAMILY. 



with lanceolate or lance-oblong, bright green leaves, more or less in 

 whorls ; flowers several, hanging in a sort of umbel under the terminal 

 crown or tuft of leaves, large, orange-yellow, or sometimes almost crim- 

 son, a round pearly gland on the base of each division ; pod 6-angled. 



27. TULIPA, TULIP. (Name from the Turkish word for turban, 

 which the flower sometimes resembles.) Flowers spring and early 

 summer ; much mixed in cultivation. Following are the chief types. 



* Flower white, funnel-form or narrow-campanulate ; leaves linear; 



bulb pilose. 



T. Clusiana, "Vent. Lady Tulip. Slender species, 12'-18' high, with 

 four or five long-linear and channeled leaves ; flower delicate white, red- 

 tinged on the outside, and » black-purple base, the narrow segments 

 bluntish ; filaments and anthers black. Mediterranean region. 



* * Flower mostly in shades of red or yellow, bell-form; leaves broad; 



bulb nearly or quite glabrous. 



+- Perianth segments all acuminate. 



T. suaveolens, Roth. Due Van Thol T. An early-flowering Tulip of 

 dwarf habit, from the Caspian region ; perianth large, with the six oblong 

 segments all alike, fragrant, in shades of red and yellow ; peduncle 

 downy ; leaves few, very broad. 



T. acuminata, Vahl. Turkish T. Flower variable in color, mostly 

 red, 3'-4' long, the segments very long-acuminate-poiuted ; peduncle 

 glabrous ; leaves 3-6, broad. Native country unknown. 



T. elegans is a garden form (probably hybrid of T. suaveolens and T. 

 Gesneriana, with a minutely downy peduncle, campanulate perianth 3'-4' 

 long, which is bright red with a yellow eye, the segments acute-pointed. 



T. retrofle'xa, an evident hybrid of T. acuminata and T. Gesneriana, 

 has bright yellow flowers, about 3' long, the oblong segments gradually 

 narrowed to a point ; stamens yellow. 



•4- -i- Perianth segments all very obtuse, with a small cusp in the center. 



T. Gesneriana, Linn. Common T. Parent of most of the common late- 

 flowering sorts, from Asia Minor ; leaves 3-6 and broad ; peduncle gla- 

 brous ; flower large, very variable in color. T. fulgens is a form with 

 bright red flowers with a yellow eye. The Parrot Tulips, with long, 

 loose and fringed segments, are var. Drac6ntia. 



28. CALOCHORTUS, MARIPOSA LILY. (Greek : beautiful grass.) 

 Californian plants of many species, some now becoming frequent in 

 cultivation. Glands at the base of the perianth. 



* Inner perianth segments strongly arched and pitted, the glands with a 



transverse scale or fringe. 



C. dlbus, Dougl. Stem l°-3°, branching, the nodding flowers white, 

 with a purplish base ; inner segments acute, 1' long, bearded and ciliate. 



C. pulchSllus, Dougl. Stem l°-2° high, branching, the nodding flower 

 yellow or orange ; inner segments bearded and ciliate, deeply pitted. 



* * Flowers open-campanulate (segments not arched), the glands densely 



hairy but without scales. 



C. lOteus, Dougl. Stem bulbiferous at the base, 1-6-flowered ; leaves 

 narrow ; outer segments narrow-lanceolate, yellow with a brown spot ; 

 inner segments yellow or orange, lined with brownish purple. Variable. 



C. venustus, Benth. Differs in having white or pale lilac inner seg- 

 ments with a reddish spot at the top, a brownish yellow-bordered center, 

 and a brownish base. 



