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TAB. 6518.<br />

a. TULIPA BIFLORA.<br />

b. TULIPA ILIENSE.<br />

Natives of Siberia and Turkestan.<br />

Nat. Ord. LILIáCEA.•Tribe TULIPES.<br />

Genus TULIPA, Linn. ; (Baker in Jburn. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. p. 275.)<br />

TULIPA biflora; bulbo parvo ovoideo tunicis intus lanosis, caulibus gracilibus<br />

puberulis ssepissime 2•3-floris, foliis 2-3 linearibus, perianthii parvi segmentis<br />

lanceolatis acutis subconformibus intus albidis basi luteis dorso viridulo et pur-<br />

pureo tinctis, staminibus periantbio triplo brevioribus, filamentis basi pilosis,<br />

antheris parvis, ovario oblongo-trigono, stigmatibus parvis.<br />

T. biflora, Linn. Suppl. p. <strong>106</strong> ; Pallas lier App. no. 86, tab. D, fig. 3 ; Lindl.<br />

Bot. Reg. t. 535 ; Regel in Act. Hort. Petrop. vol. ii. p. 444 ; Baker in<br />

Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. p. 292.<br />

Orithyia biflora, Kunth Enum. vol. iv. p. 227.<br />

TULIPA iliensis ; bulbo parvo ovoideo tunicis intus sursum paree setosis, caulibus<br />

gracilibus unifions sursum puberulis, foliis 3-4 linearibus viridibus glabris,<br />

periantbii parvi citreni segmentis exterioribus oblongis subacutis interioribus<br />

obovatis obtusis, staminibus perianthio subduplo brevioribus, filamentis glabris<br />

antheris duplo longioribus, ovario oblongo-trigono, stigmatibus parvis.<br />

T. iliensis, Regel in Act. Sort. Petrop. vol. vi. fase. ii. p. 301 ; Gartenfl. tab. 975,<br />

fig. c, d ; tab. 982, fig. 4, 5, 6 ; Descr. fase. vii. p. 220.<br />

The two plants represented in this plate are amongst the<br />

least showy species of the genus. T. biflora has been long<br />

known, but is very seldom seen in cultivation. It is spread<br />

from the Volga through the western half of Siberia. It is<br />

notable in the genus for producing normally more than a<br />

single flower. It has a woolly bulb, like montana, but<br />

otherwise its affinity is with sylvestris and australis. The<br />

drawing was made from a plant sent up by Mr. Ge<strong>org</strong>e<br />

Maw from his garden at Broseley.<br />

T. iliensis is one of the numerous new species that have<br />

lately been discovered by the Russian explorers in Central<br />

Asia. Its alliance is close with T. triphylla, Bot. Mag.<br />

OCTOBKB 1ST, 1880.

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