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T. Breyniana, “ Bot. Mag.,” t. 717. This well known species 
is common in the South of France and North Italy, and is also 
found in Spain and Portugal. It is easily distinguished from 
T. sylvestris by its dwarf habit, star shaped flowers, and broad 
somewhat reflexed leaves. It is commonly known as the 
Persian Tulip in gardens. 
T. transtagana, Brot., from Portugal, and T» alpestris, lord., 
from Dauphine, seem to be varieties of this species. There 
are two or three species or varieties nearly allied to it, namely, 
* T. gallica, Lois, “Gren. Flore de la France,” III., 178, a 
doubtful species which seems very near the last. A living plant 
which I received from the Jardin des Plantes at Paris, was 
identical with it, whilst specimens in the Gay Herbarium at 
Kew are marked by him as hardly separable from T. sylvestris, 
which, indeed, they resemble much more nearly than australis. 
It is found at Draguignan, Le War, and Hyeres in the South of 
France. 
There is another form of Tulip differing from T. australis 
remarkably in its leaves, which are straight, linear and deeply 
channelled, though the flowers are quite similar to those of 
australis. I am ignorant of the origin of the plant, which has 
flowered three years in my garden, and shows no signs of 
losing the distinctive character of its foliage. 
There is also a very minute Tulip which may possibly be a 
local form of australis , which was gathered at El Kantara, on 
the borders of the Sahara, by Mr. Hammond, of St. Alban’s 
Court, Kent. The flower seems pinkish, and the leaves are very 
small and narrow. I am indebted to Mr. Hammond for a living 
plant of this form, which does not appear to have been noticed 
by any botanist. 
* T. triphylla, Regel, u Garten Flora,” t. 942. This species, 
recently introduced from Turkestan, seems to me very nearly 
allied to australis, and even if distinct* the name is not appro¬ 
priate, as among the plants which I received through the 
kindness of Dr. Regel, one had four leaves ; and the number is 
variable in almost all the species. The peduncle is reflexed when 
in bud, as in T. australis, and the flower is greenish yellow. 
T. crispatula, Boiss. and Buhse, “ Reise Trans. Cauc.,” p. 211. 
This is another obscure form, said to be allied to T. Biebersteniana , 
but differing in the wider leaves with undulated margins, in the 
