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TULIPA turcica.
Florentine Tulip.
Natural Order. T ulipacEiE. K th . synops. 1. ». 292.
T U L IP A . Supra fol. 78.
T. turcica, flore solitario erecto, foliis lanceolatis acutis canali-
culatis pulverulento-glaucesoentibus margine incurvis, perianthii
foliolis lanceolatis acuminatis basi barbatis : interioribus
majoribus, filamentis basi villosis.
Tnlipa turcica. Roth eatalect. hot. 1. p. 4.5. Pers. syn. 1. p. 360.
Swt. hort. hrit. p. 426. non Willden. enum. sup.
Bulb small, smooth, and covered with a smooth
hrown shell. Leaves erect, lanceolate, taper-pointed,
deeply channelled, the sides folded inwards, more or
less powdered, clasping the stem. Scape erect, from a
foot to 18 inches in height, leafy, one-flowered, smooth
and glossy. Perianthium of 6 leaflets, or sometimes increased
to 8, lanceolate, taper-pointed, densely hearded
at the hase, and slightly at the point: inner ones broadest,
of a bright yellow; outer ones narrower, tinged
with green. Stamens 6, inserted in the base of the leaflets
: filaments widened at the base, hairy, densely villous
at the bottom, every other one longer than the alternate
one : anthers linear, shorter than the filaments : pollen
yellow. Germen three-sided, smooth, terminated by
a blunt, 3-lobed Stigma.
Our drawing was made from plants sent to us in
flower by Mr. G. Chari wood, who observed that it was
certainly a distinct species from T. sylvestris, as it was
a much stronger growing plant, and its flowers were
always erect, and that it was often imported by the name
of the Florentine Tulip. We think there can be no doubt
but it is the T. turcica of Roth and Persoon, hut not
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