TULIP A SYLVESTRIS. WOOD TUT.TP
TULIPA sylvestris, caule unifloro glabro; flore subnutante, petalis acutis, apice barbatis, foliis lan-
ceolatis. Willd. Sp. PI. ml. 2. p . 97. Alton Hort. Ketv. ed. 2. ml. 2. p . 248.
TULIPA sylvestris, flore solitario subnutante, foliis lanceolatis, stigmate obtuso triquetro, staminibus
basi hirsutis. Smith Pi. Brit. ml. l .p . 361.
TULIPA sylvestris. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 438. FI. Suec. n. 284. Scop. Cam. n. 407. Gouan Fl. Monsp.
p . 309. Illustr. p. 25. Pall. It. ml. 3. p. 562. Oed. Fl. Dan. t. 375. Hoffm. Germ
V' 118* Roth Germ. ml. 1. p. 152. ml. 2. p. 397. Engl. Bot. t. 63. With. Bot. Arr.
ed. 4. ml. 2. p. 329. Abbot Bedf. p. 75. Hull Brit. Fl. ed. 2. p .9 5 . Lamarck Diet,
ml. 8. ». 133. Lam. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 3. p. 199-, Lam. Fl. Gall. Syn. p . 159. Pers.
oyn. PI. ml. 1 . p. 360. Alton Hort. Kew. ed. 1 . ml. 1 . p. 435. Sims Bot. Magaz.
t. 1202. RedoutéLiliac. t. 165. DeslongchFl. Gall. ml. l.p . 199. Desfont. Fl. Atlant,
ml. l .p . 294. Sturm Deutsch. Fl. Leers Herb.p. 87. Svensk Bot. 202.
TULIPA Turcica. Roth Cat. Bot. ml. l.p . 45.
TULIPA. Hall. Helv.n. 1236. Hort. Cliff, p. 1 18 .
TULIPA minor lutea gallica. Bauh. Pin. p. 63. Tourn. Inst. Rei Herb. ». 376. Moris, s. 4 t 17.
f . 9- Rudb. Elys. t. 110; ƒ . V. ; ■>,
TULIP A minor, lutea narbonensis. J. Bauh. Hist. ml. 2.p. 677. Ic.
TULIPA narbonensis. Clus. Hist. p. 151. Ic. Dod. Pempt.p. 232. Ic.
TULIPA minor Dodonæi. Dalech. Hist. 1529. Ic.
TULIPA bononiensis. Ger. Hist. 138. Icon.
TULIPA Bononiensis flore luteo. Park. P ar. p. 51. t. 52.
TULIPA apenninea. Clus. Hist. p. 150. '•?•••
NARBONENSIS Lilionarcissus luteus etc. Lob. Ic .p . 124.
SATYRION sive Tulipa pumilio. Park. T/ieat. 1342. Ic.
Fr. Tulipe sauvage. Germ. Die wilde Tulpe. Die italienische Tulpe.
Russ. Tiulpan dilcoi. Tartar. Lala. Karagatsch.
Kamschatka. Killaka.
Class a nd Ord e r . HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[Natural Ord er. LILIACE#;, D e Cand. Vent. LILIA, Juss. CORONARLE, Linn.]
Ge n . Char. Cal. nullus. Cor. sex-petala, campanulata. Stylus nullus. Caps, supera, trilocularis.
Semina plana. Sm.
R adix ovata, bulbosa, tunicata, fusca, intus alba, basi
fibrosa, bulbillos, longe pedunculatos, albidos,
horizontaliter emittens.
Caulis solitarius, spithameus vel pedalis, simplex, cy-
lindricus, brevis, infra medium foliosus, viridis,
glaucus, ante florescentiam apice incurvus.
Folia tria quatuorve, basi tubulosa, subvaginata, caule
subsequalia, inferiora longiora, omnia lanceolata,
lateribus incurvis, subcarnosa, glauco-viridia, apice
fusca;
F los suaveolens, solitarius, terminalis, campanulatus,
nutans, demum florescentia suberectus.
Corolla*, petala sex, tria interiora teneriora, ovato-
lanceolata, concava, elegantissime striata, dorso
linea viridi notata, basi utrinque margine pube-
scente apieeque barbata; exteriora his similia,
sed angustiora, basi glabra, apice recurva, extus
dorso viridia.
Stamina sex. Filamentasubulata, flava, subpubescentia,
basi latiuscula, densissime barbata. Antheree
oblongse, lutea;. Pollen flavum.
Germen antheris brevius, oblongum, trigonum. Stylus
nullus. Stigma öbtusum, trianguläre.
Capsula seminaque nondum vidi.
Fig. 1. Interior Petal. Fig. 2. Extremity of do.
ther removed, magn. Fig. 5. Germen. Fig. 6. Sec
from the Germen, magn.
Root ovate, bulbous, tunicate, brown, within white
fibrous at the base, emitting little white bulbs
on long horizontal footstalks.
Stem solitary, a span or afoot high, simple, cylindrical,
short, leafy below the middle, glaucous green,
; incurved at the apex before flowering.
Leaves three or four, tubular a t the base and sheathing,
about equal in height with the stem; the lower
ones the longest, all of them lanceolate, the sides
incurved, subcamose, glaucous green, brown at
the apex.
Flower sweet-scented, solitary, terminal, campanulate,
nodding; at length, during the flowering, erect. ’
Corolla* with six petals, the three inner ones more
tender, ovato-lanceolate, concave, elegantly striated,
marked on the back with a green line, at
the base having the margin on each side pubescent
and the apex bearded; the exterior ones
resemble them, but are narrower, smooth at the
base, recurved at the apex, green on the back.
Stamens six. Filaments subulate, yellow-, somewhat
pubescent, at the base wide, thickly bearded.
Anthers oblong, yellow. Pollen yellow.
Germen shorter than the anthers, oblong, trigonous.
Style none. Stigma obtusely triangular.*3
The Capsule and seeds I have not yet seen.
%. 3. Stamen magn. Fig. 4. Filament, with the An-
1 of ^ Germen, magn. Fig. 7 . Young seeds removed
, , . • ~~ : , ' —> "" -v“ u 1 A-ieiuoiusmre; in a noiiow wav near the churrh
at Melbury, near Shallsbury; on Mus,veil Hill, Middlesex; on the chalk-hills at Cam™ Abbey, by Norwich
and m a Chalk-P't near St. Polcr's Barn, Risby Gate Street, Bury : notwithstanding which we are disposeT to
thmk that it is rather a naturalized plant than an aboriginal native. “ Cum tamen Smithim noster inter mdSenas
numeret, non visum est putnic hoc omamentum n e g n r e if I may be allowed to use the words of Haller which he
applied to Linnious, after having given it as his opinion that this species was not a native of Switzerland On the
B B r e k j S™"'f '"»St abundantly, in die warmer parts of Fiance, in Italy, and in some o f the German provinces
Desfon tames and Ponet gathered it on the coasts of Barbary, and upon hills about Mount Adas
from our common garden-Tulip (T. Gessneriana) T. sylvestris is specifically distinguished by the acute petals
by their hairy points and base, and from that and every other species with which we are acquainted by the flower
Mr. Gawler lrns given us an additional character by H i B B
T.celsiana (T. Breyniana, Bot. Mag.) and T. biflorus, which consists in its offsets being thrown out horizontally
and not perpendicularly, as in the two just mentioned species, in which they sometimes form a chain of several links
w r e f„1S•0ften-c,ultlvatedj ,but “ot easily extirpated on account of its roots being so deeply im-
dohe w ?h M iHHHB ‘T m2rease °® ets'. th;s Plant™rie? "'ill' “ ght petals, and according to De Can-
. h 1 ^ y s,tamf ns- So“ et"”®; Mr. Gawler informs us, it is found with from two to four dowers on
each stalk, whose peduncles are collected into a fascicle.
, aI I I 1 * 1 ,IS desi.rable as ai| inhabitant of die garden on account o f die size and elegance of its flowers its erace-
fully pendant buds, its agreeable though faint smell, (totally different from that of the Tulipa Gessneriana f and
above all, their early appearance; expanding in the latter end of April and beginning of May • seldom however
producing any ripe capsules either in its wild or cultivated state. S S y , seldom, However,
Linmeus, quoting Parkinson as his authority, says, the roots boiled and eaten with oil and peoDer are hoth
wholesome and well flavoured; but Haller seems to be of a contrary opinion, since he asserts,P f Radix acris
vomitum movet, et maligno odore est. Helv. ml. 2. p . «118. ' ’ &cns
•Th is is called by Jussieu a calyx, and by Decondolle. a perigonium; and both look upon it as »-partite rather than six-petaled.