the perianthium : filaments short, dilated at the base
and tapering upwards, dark purple: anthers bright
purple before they burst: pollen yellow. Germen bluntly
3-sided, about the length of the stamens, variegated
with red and green. Stigma sessile, 3-lobed: lobes
straight, channelled, and fringed.
Our drawing of this plant was taken in April last at
the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, from bulbs that had been
sent to him by M. Tenore, from the Royal Botanic
Garden at Naples, with several other curious Italian
plants; it differs from T. turcica in its woolly bulb and
fringed leaves, and also from T. oculus solis, to which it
is nearest related, by its fringed leaves, and the very
unequal leaflets of the perianthium. Native of Naples,
and therefore requires to be planted in a sheltered situation,
or to be covered with litter or mats in very severe
frost, or the bulbs will be liable to be injured. It requires
the same sort of soil as the other species of T u lip ;
a light sandy soil will suit it best, and like the other
species it may be increased by the offsets from the
bulbs.
1. T h e o ute r shell o f th e bulb ta k en o ff on one side, to show th e long wool with
which it is clothed. 2 . One o f the filaments d etached from the a n th e r, to show
how it was fixed a t the base. S. Anther, showing th e hole a t the base, where
the point o f the filament was a tta ch ed . 4. Germen, te rmin a ted by th e 3 straight,
channelled, and fringed Stigmas.
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