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species, though allied to tlie last by its -woolly bulb coats.. 
It is known by its smallish yellow flowers, dwarf stem and 
sharply undulated leaves, with cartilaginous margins, and has 
not, as far as I know, been brought into cultivation. It is a 
native of Northern Persia, Bokhara, Afghanistan, and Beloo- 
chistan, where it is very abundant in the Brahui hills at five 
thousand to six thousand feet. According to Stocks, the 
bulbs are collected and used for food, resembling chestnuts in 
flavour. 
T. Lehmanniana, Mercl., seems very near, if not identical, 
with it, though it is kept separate by Dr. Regel in his “ Flora 
Turkestanica.” 
* T. Clusiana, Vent., “Red. Lib,” t. 87; “ Bot. Mag.,” t. 1390. 
This, the well known Lady Tulip of the South of France, is one 
of the most distinct and beautiful of the genus. Its flowers are 
small, of a rose colour outside and white inside, with a large 
deep purple eye, yellowish ovary, black filaments and anthers. 
It is abundant on the Riviera, flowering in April, and produces 
numerous small bulbs, though few strong enough to flower. 
It is said to be found also in Greece and the Levant, though 
I have not seen authentic specimens from thence. 
Very nearly allied to it, though, as I should say, distinct, 
is * T. stellata, Hook, “Bot. Mag.,” t. 2762; a Tulip of a 
very similar form and habit to the last, but having a whitish 
or yellowish flower without the distinct purple eye, and yellow 
filaments and anthers. It is found in Kashmir, Kumaon and 
other districts of the North West Himalaya, where it flowers 
very early in the year, at five thousand to eight thousand feet 
elevation. Imported bulbs bloomed in my garden soon after 
Christmas, 1877, but in the following year not till April or May. 
Like the last species, it produces small off-sets at the end of 
stolons, and seems, like all other Tulips, perfectly hardy. 
T. sogdiana, Bunge. This is a very little known and doubtful 
species from the deserts near Bokhara, which is described by 
Regel as having the eye and habit of T. biflora , but differs in its 
leaves and in its woolly coated bulbs. 
* T. Gesneriana, L., “Bot. Reg.,” xxiv., t. 46. It is 
extremely difficult to say what plant can be rightly considered 
as the type of T. gesneriana , the species being very variable,, 
and having a wide range from Italy through Greece, South. 
