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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Zauschneria—continued. 
Z. californica (Californian).* Californian Fuchsia ; Humming- 
bird’s Trumpet. jl. bright red, in loose spikes terminating the 
branches, large, erect, spreading, and with small, leafy bracts; 
calyx coloured, much produced, funnel-shaped, globose-inflated 
at base, the segments spreading; petals four, obcordate, or 
rather deeply two-cleft, rather longer than the calyx lobes; 
stamens eight, slightly exserted. Summer and autumn. J. 
crowded, linear-lanceolate, narrow, entire or denticulate, sessile, 
canescently ‘pubescent, the lower ones opposite, those of the 
branches alternate. A. lft. California and Mexico, 1847. 
(F. d. S. 404; P. M. B. xv. 195.) 
Z. c. latifolia (broad-leaved). J. rather smaller ; calyx dull red. 
t. ae ag’ mens and, as well as the branches, villous-canescent. 
C . 4493. 
ZEA (Zea or Zeia was the old Greek name for Spelt, 
or some similar common Cereal, and is found as far back | 
as Homer) Syn. Mays. ORD. Gramineg. A monotypic 
genus. The species is a well-known, tall, half-hardy Grass. 
. Maize, probably, ranks next to Rice in its importance | 
as a food-plant; it is very largely cultivated throughout 
FiG. 
axillary Female and terminal 
tudinal Section through Seed. 
a 
258. UPPER PORTION OF PLANT OF ZEA Mays, showing 
Male Inflorescences ; also Longi- 
the warmer regions of the globe, and is impo: i 
+ D D rt 
England in immense quantities. ys fine M ua MM 
Corn Flour and Maizena, is prepared from the grain of 
VA Mays, and is largely employed in the making of light 
puddings, custards, Ze, Numerous varieties are grown 
in gardens, me pe them sufficiently hardy to endure the 
Open air. ey thrive in any fair good 
be increased by seeds. id hg aid 
Z. Mays (Maize).* Guinea or Turkey Wheat: Indi 
! Maize ; Mealies. i, spikelets Keen, weg E HR Ge: 
x A terminal panicle, two-flowered, the females in large, axillary 
o spikes, longitudinally Mg toic one-flowered. June, 
SE spikes (known as “ cobs”) long and thick, sheathed with imbri. 
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Zea—continued. 
cated pales. J. ample, entire, broad, flat. A, 3ft. Probably of 
American origin, 1562. See Fig. 255. (B. M. Pl. 296.) gracillima 
is a variety of very graceful habit. 
Fie 254. ZEA MAYS VARIEGATA. 
This differs from the type in its 
variegata (variegated).* ) 
It is an exceedingly ornamental 
leaves being striped with white. 
plant. See Fig, 254. 
ZEBRA PLANT. A common name for Calathea 
zebrina (which see). 
manner), 
species) of stove or greenhou 
dulous or climbing, branched ` 
ZEBRA WOOD. A common name for Myrtus 
fragrans and Guettarda speciosa (which see). 
ZEBRINA (the leaves are striped in a zebra-like 
ORD. Commelinacep. A small genus (two 
£ loosely decumbent, pen- 
herbs, natives of Mexico.. 
Flowers rather small, shortly pedicellate ; calyx trifid, or 
bifid with one lobe broader; corolla lobes spreading; 
stamens six; cymes sessile in a spathe, fascicle-like, 
few or many-flowered; spathes on terminal peduncles. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Z. pendula forms a good basket 
plant, and is also useful for covering the earth in very 
large pots or tubs, or as an edging in suitable places. 
It 
thrives in a light, rich soil, and may be very quickly in- 
creased by cuttings. ; 
glabrous or 
+ pendula (pendulous)* 7., calyx tube whitish ; corolla tube 
white, the segments rose-purple, ovate, obtuse; inflorescence 
glomerate. Summer. Z. 13in. long, jin. to lin. broad, sub-sessile, 
ovate-oblong, acute, scarcely acuminate, or somewhat obtuse, 
green, striped with white kee"? sparsely pubescent above, purplish 
and densely pu eg Stems decumbent, branched, 
pilose on One side. 1849. (R. H. 1855, p. 141.) 
SYNS. Cyanotis vittata, Tradescantia tricolor, T. zebrina. There 
is also a tricoloured variety, in which the whitish portion of the 
upper surface of the leaves is suffused with red. 
ZEDOARY, ROUND. Se Curcuma Zedoaria. 
eme ERIA (named in memory of Joseph Zehner, & 
botanical artist of Vienna). Syn. Pilogyne. ORD. Cucur- 
bitacew. A genus embracing 
about fifteen species of stove 
