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it being known; for though Mr. Baker suggests that it may 
have sprung from T. bithynica, I must say I see no resemblance 
whatever between the plants. It may easily be known by its 
long narrow-pointed perianth segments, and varies with red, 
yellow, and speckled flowers. 
T. retroflexa , Baker. This is another form well known in 
gardens of which the origin is unknown. It is, however, as 
Mr. Baker suggests, very probably a hybrid between T. acuminata 
and T. gesneriana. It flowers late like the last two, attains 
about two feet in height, and varies with pure yellow, and red 
flowers with a yellow eye. 
T. strangulata. Reboul, “ Bot. Reg.,” 1990, fig. 8. This is 
one of several supposed species which seem to be confined to the 
environs of Florence, and in my opinion are not worthy of 
specific rank, if indeed they are indigenous plants. Mr. Joad 
informs me on the authority of Mr. Groves, of Florence, that in 
an old work on the botany of that town, published 100 years ago, 
the only Tulip given as a wild plant is T. sylvestris, and it 
certainly seems almost incredible that two or three distinct 
species should be so restricted in them range as these appear to 
be. It is more probable that these are garden varieties which 
have escaped from cultivation, and become naturalized in the 
neighbourhood of the town. 
The other Florentine species are T. Fransoniana , Park, 
“ Flor. Ital ” II., 892; T. variopicta, Reboul, Select Sp. Tulip 
7, “Bot. Reg.,” t., 1990, fig. 1 ; T. Bonarotiana, Reboul, “ Bot. 
Reg.,” 1990, fig. 2 ; T. neglecta, Reboul, Select Sp. 7; T. 
serotina, Reboul, Select Sp. 6. Another garden Tulip which 
seems to me worthy of notice is one well known to Dutch 
florists as T. Purple van Bol, which flowers extremely early, and 
is said never to produce off-sets. It is about a foot high, with 
blunt acuminate segments of a purplish claret colour, with 
yellow eye, yellow anthers and filaments, and a capitate stigma. 
I am inclined to think that this may be a wild species of which 
the origin is lost, but in any case it is a distinct plant. 
P.S. I have just received from Dr. Regel two tulips not 
mentioned in this paper, viz. :— 
T. iliensis, from Turkestan, of which I have not yet seen a 
description, and Orythia uniflora Don, “ Sweet Brit. Flow, 
Gard.,” ser. II., t. 836. 
