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as allied to Gesneriana and KolpaJcowskyana , but tbe characters 
which are relied on to distinguish it do not appear to me well 
marked. As figured in the “ Garten Flora,” it has narrow 
glaucous channelled leaves, a pale yellow veined flower, flamed 
reddish on the hack of the outer segments, a nearly simple 
stigma, minute anthers and very short ovate filaments. It was 
discovered by Herr A. Eegel in Turkestan. 
* T. sylvestris, L., “ English Botany,” t. 63; “ Bot. Mag,” 
1202. This, the only Tulip indigenous to Great Britain, has 
an extremely wide range through Europe and Asia, and is the 
type of a section of the genus distinguished by then’ usually 
yellow flowers, often two or three in number, by the simple 
ovary, and by the bulbs being often stoloniferous. The species 
or varieties allied to it are 
* T. Biebersteiniana, Schultes, a small form of Sylvestris , found 
in South Russia, Greece, Turkestan, and perhaps in Asia Minor. 
T. turkestanica, Begel, is perhaps a variety of this. 
* T. tricolor, Led, “ B. M.,” 8887. T. patens, Agardh. A 
form distinguished by its colour, which is pink, white, and 
yellow. It is found in the Aral and Altai Mountains, and 
other districts of West Siberia. It is rare in cultivation, but was 
sent me in flower this season by M. Vander Swaelmen, of Ghent. 
* T. fragrans, Munby, Bull. Bot. Soc. France, xiii., 256. A 
small form discovered in the province of Oran, North Africa, by 
the late Mr. Munby. It has a decided though not powerful scent, 
and resembles T. sylvestns very closely in everything but*size. 
* T. biflora, L., “Bot. Reg.,” 535. This, the smallest of all 
the genus excepting the Orythias , has white flowers about one 
inch in diameter, with a yellow eye. It is not more than four to 
six inches in height and seems somewhat delicate, as, though I 
have had it four or five years in cultivation, it has never 
flowered. It seems to be a perfectly distinct species, and is a 
native of the plains of South East Russia, about Sarepta and 
the shores of the Caspian Sea. 
T. cretica, Boiss. et Heldr., “ Diagn.” xiii. 19; “Garten 
Flora,” 1862, p. 211. This very dwarf species is found on the 
mountains of Crete, and also according to Regel in the province 
of Azerbijan in the Eastern Caucasus. It has a stem only two 
or three inches high, and small rose coloured flowers. 
* T. pulchella, Fenzl., “ Bot. Mag.,” 6304. This pretty but 
