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reddish flower, and the less woolly coat of the bulb. It was 
found by Bubse between Damgan and Rischm, in Transcaucasia. 
T. hmnilis. Herb., “ Bot. Reg./’ 80 ; Misc. 80. T. Buhseana, 
Boiss. This is considered by Regel as only a variety of T. 
biflora , but I have never seen specimens which would enable 
me to form an opinion as to its validity. It is found on the 
mountains of North Persia at 5000 to 7000 feet elevation. The 
flowers are said to be pale yellow marked with reddish on the 
backs of the outer segments. 
T. microgyria, Baker. A small plant found on Mount Ida, in 
Asia Minor, by Ancher Eloy, having a yellow flower tinged 
reddish outside, and a very minute ovary, only two and a-half 
lines long in the specimens examined. 
T. tetraphylla, Regel, “Descrip. Fasc.,” HI., 1875. A small 
plant found in the valley of Kotschkura, in Turkestan, by 
Baron Kaulbars. It is said by Regel to be distinct from the 
sylvestris group. 
Besides the Tulips which I have recognized as species, there 
are several others holding that position in Mr. Baker’s revision ; 
but as they are either known only in gardens, or as I think 
without good distinctive characters, I should at present be dis¬ 
inclined to allow their specific rank. They are— 
T. campsopetala, Delaunay. ll Bon. Jard.,” 269, 1813. A red 
and yellow form of Gesneriana, only known as a garden plant. 
T. elegans, Baker. A garden form, supposed by Mr. Baker to 
be a hybrid between acuminata and suaveolens. 
* T. pubescens, Willd, Sweet’s “Brit. Flow. Gard.,” t. 78. 
Another form to which many of the garden varieties seem to 
be akin; perhaps it may be a hybrid between gesneriana and 
suaveolens, but its origin is extremely doubtful. 
* T. suaveolens, Roth., “B. M.,” 839. This, the common 
early red and orange Van Thol Tulip, though treated as a 
species by Mr. Baker, % who refers it to plants gathered by Pallas 
and Steven on the shores of the Caspian Sea, appears to me 
doubtful. It must not be confounded with the scarlet Van Thol 
which I have already alluded to, and is not recognized by Dr. 
Regel as a Russian plant. 
* T. acuminata, Yahl., T. cornuta, D.C., “Bot. Reg.,” 127. 
T. turcica, Kunth and Regel. This species, usually known as T. 
turcica in gardens, is of uncertain origin, no wild plant at all like 
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