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Tulipa oculus-solis, St. Amans. Tall, 12-18 in.: st. slender, glabrous: lvs. 3-4, lorate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous: perianth funnelform-campanulate, 2 1/2-3 in. long, 4 1/2 in. across, scentless, erect; segms. bright red, with a large long black yellow-bordered blotch, very acute, the inner ones often less so; anthers yellow; filaments purple; ovary prismatic. South of France, Italy, and Switzerland. B.R. 380 (as T. Gesneriana). Var. Lortetii, Baker. A slight variety, the basal spot oblanceolate and black. Marseilles. Var. lycica, Baker. St. 6-8 in. long: lvs. crowded: perianth-segms. all acute, inner oblanceolate-oblong; apex subdeltoid; blotch black; anthers and filaments dark purple. Lycia, Asia Minor. Var. aleppica, Baker. A form with fls. considerably smaller than W. European type, with a smaller black basal blotch. Asia Minor, Syria, and Palestine.
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