74 
Uexctndria. 
reflected, corolla bent back. Native of Persia, and 
common in gardens. 
Various other species of lily are cultivated, among 
which Lilium Martagon, Turks’ cap Lily, and Lilium 
Superbum, Superb Lily, the former a native of Germa- 
ny, and the latter of Carolina, are stately and magnifi- 
cent plants. 
Tuxipa. Gen. char. — Cor. six petaled, bell-shaped, 
inferior, no style ; caps, three celled. 
Tul. Sylvestris, Wild Tulip ; with a single, slightly 
nodding flower, and lanceolate leaves. Native of seve- 
ral parts of England ; perennial, and flowers in April. 
Tul. Suaveolens, Early dwarf Tulip ; with lanceolate 
glaucous leaves, nearly equal in height to the one- 
flowered stem. This beautiful little tulip is supposed to 
be a native of the south of Europe, is well known un- 
der the name of Due Van Thol, and is deservedly ad- 
mired on account of its rich colours and sweet scent. 
Tul. Gesneriana , which in its specific name comme- 
morates Conrad Gesner, a botanist of the 16 th centu- 
ry, and a systematic writer on the classification of 
plants, is a native of Turkey, and is the parent of all 
those rich varieties, amounting now to not fewer than 
a thousand, which command so much of the florist’s 
care and admiration ; Tul. Breyniana, a native of the 
Cape, with stem supporting from two to six flowers, is 
yet rare in the gardens of this country. 
Berberis, Vulgaris , Barberry. Gen. char. — Cal. 
six-leaved, petals six, with two glands at the claws ; no 
style ; berry superior, two seeded a shrubby plant ; 
flowers in May and June, and is common in hedges 
