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Alherti is 



WIESTRCEMIA (named after J. E. Wikstrom, 

 1780-1856, a Swedish botanist). Ord. Thymelceacece. 

 A genus comprising" about twenty species of stove or 

 greenliouse shrubs or trees, natives of tropical and 

 Eastern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. 

 Elowerg shortly racemose or spicate at the tips of the 

 branches ; perianth having an elongated tube and four 



lobes ; stamens eight, included or shortly 

 Leaves ppposite or rarely alternate. TF. 

 a greenhouse, deciduous, much-branched shrub, 

 requiring similar culture to Thymelsea (which see, on 

 p. 35). TT. viridiflora — the bark of which yields a valuable 

 paper material — is also in cultivation in botanical gardens. 

 None of the species* however, ^are of any horticultural 

 value. 



W. Albert! (Albert's). Jl, golden, capitate-umbellate ; umbels 

 pedunculate at the tips of the branches and branchlets. 

 2. scattered or rarely nearly opposite, obversely lanceolate, or 

 very rarely the uppermost ones hnear-oblong, iin. to liin. long, 



Senninerved, rounded or rarely somewhat acute at apex, 

 ranches glabrous, terete, h. 1ft. to 2ffc. Bokhara, 1887. (R. G. 

 1262, under name of Stellera Mberti.) 



WINDOW-BEARING OBCHID. See Crypto^ 

 phorantlius. ■ i ^^ 



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ZANTHOSOMA. To the species described on pp. 

 223-4, tho following variety should now be added : 



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X. liindenl magniflcom (magnificent). A handsome variety, 

 having much larger leaves than the type. 1885. Syn 

 Phyllotfenium Linae7ii marpiificumr^ 



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ZI!A. 'To tho species atid varieties described 

 p. 238, the following should now be added : 



Z. sigantea folils-variegata (gigantic, variegated-leaved). 

 L varie<rated silver, white, and green, large, drooping, 

 beautiful plant, ■ 



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ZINNIA. To the species and varieties described on 

 p. 242, the following should now be added : 



Z. linearis Ginear). ft. l^right golden-yellow, >vith a light orange 

 margin, l^in. to 2in. across, profusely produced.. Summer, 

 I. dark, narrow-linear, h. 1ft. Mexico, 1887^ A neat, erect, 

 dense bush. (G. C. ser. iil., vol. ii., p. 597.) • 



ZYGOCOLAX (a word made up from the generic 

 names of the parent plants). Obd. OrchidecB. A name 

 applied to a hybrid obtained by crossing Colax jugosus 

 (male) and Zygopetalum crinitum (female), between which 

 it is almost intermediate in shape. For culture, see 



Zygopefalum, on p. 245. 



Z. Veitchii (Veiteh*s). jl. handsome, 2in. across; sepals and 

 petals light ^eenish-yellow, blotched purple-brown ; lip 

 yellowish- white, longitudinally striated ^ with violet-purple ; 

 scape a little shorter than the leaves, with a few sheathing, 

 lanceolate, acute bracts. /. two or three, linear-lanceolate, 9in. 

 to l^n. long, the basal ones a little broader and shorter tt^n the 

 upper ones. 1887. ' - 



ZYGOPETALUM. To the species described on 

 pp. 245-8, the following should now be added: 



Z« Crepauxl (Crepaux's). fl, showy, rather crowded ; sepals and 

 petals dark red, spotted and striped yellow ; lip lar^e, white, 

 with violet lines on the margin, tne nerves covered Avith short, 

 violet-rose hairs. I. shortly stalked, elliptic- ob ovate. Pseudo- 

 bulbs small, angular, Brazil, 1887. A robust, tufted, stove 

 species. , ' 



Z, Ruckerianum (Rucker's). /., sepals and petals white, with 

 a large, light purple area near the green base, twisting, undu- 

 lated, acute ; hp purple, with a white callus and some yellow at 

 the base of the side lobes, revolute on each side, and rolled 



■. underneath at the top, 1885. Stove. Much in the way of 

 Z. Dayanum, ^ * 



Z. WalUsU (Wallis*). The correct name of the plant described on 

 p« 161, Vol. I., as Batemannia Wallim.^ 



Z. W. major (greater), ft, S^in. in diameter ; sepals and petals 

 white at base, chestnut-brown above, tessellated ; petals striped 

 deep purple at their lower extremities ; lip chestnut-brown, 

 reticulated, margined blackish-purple. Costa Rica. This giant 

 variety requires to be kept constantly moist. 



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