AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
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Zehneria—continued. 
or greenhouse, prostrate or climbing herbs, with perennial 
roots; one is found in Norfolk Island, another in Peru, and 
the rest inhabit tropical and South Africa and Asia. 
Flowers small, dicecious, rarely moncecious; males fas- 
cicled, racemose, or corymbose, with three, rarely four or 
five, stamens; females solitary, fascicled, or corymbose, 
with three rudimentary stamens; calyx minutely five- 
toothed or five-lobed ; corolla rotate, five-parted. Fruit 
small, baccate, shortly pedunculate. Leaves angularly 
toothed or lobed, often membranous.  Tendrils simple. 
Only two species have been introduced. For culture, see 
Gourds. 
Z. hastata (halbert-shaped) l. very ornamental, of a firm tex- 
ture, lively green in colour, the veins being bordered with silvery- 
white, ovate, sub-orbicular, oblong, or narrow-lanceolate, glabrous 
or rarely slightly scabrous below, usually acute or acuminate at 
apex. Java, 1866, A handsome, tuberous-rooted climber. Its 
proper name is now Melothria heterophylla. 
Z. suavis (soft). Z. white-dotted and scabrous above, pilose, 
shortly hirsute, or scabrous beneath, cordate-ovate, angular or 
somewhat three to five-lobed, emarginate at base, the margins 
slightly and remotely denticulate. South Africa. Greenhouse. 
Melothria punctata is now the correct name of this plant. 
ZENOBIA (so called after the famous Empress of 
Palmyra, who lived in the third century). ORD. Ericacee. 
A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, highly 
glabrous, often glaucescent shrub, with terete branchlets. 
It thrives in a compost of sandy loam and peat.  Pro- 
. pagation may be effected by seeds, or by layers. 
Z. een (showy).* f. in umbel-like fascicles from axillary 
buds, mostly racemose on naked branches of the preceding year ; 
calyx lobes short, triangular; corolla white, five-lobed ; pedicels 
drooping. Summer. l. coriaceous, but deciduous, oval or oblong, 
lin, to 2in. long, commonly crenulated or sparsely serrulated, 
reticulate-veined. h. 2ft. to 4ft. South United States, 1800. 
(S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 330.) SYNS. Andromeda cassinefolia (B. M. 
970), A. speciosa (L. B. C. 551). 
Z. s. pulverulenta, (powdery).* 
(G. C. n. s., xx., p. 109; Gn. xxiv., p. 572). SYNS. Andromeda 
dealbata, (B. R. 1010): A. pulverulenta (B. M. 667). 
ZEPHYRANTHES (from zephyros, the west wind, 
and anthe, a flower; a fanciful name given by Herbert). 
Flower of the West Wind; Zephyr Flower. Including 
Habranthus (in part) and Pyrolirion. ORD. Amaryllidec. 
A genus comprising nearly thirty species of pretty, stove, 
greenhouse, or hardy, bulbous. plants, inhabiting the 
warmer parts of America; one species being found in 
Western tropical Africa. Flower always solitary in a 
spathaceous bract, which is entire or bifid at apex and 
tubular at base, pedicellate or rarely sessile, erect or 
slightly declinate; perianth pink, white, purplish, or 
yellowish, sometimes various-coloured in the same species, 
funnel-shaped, the tube very short or more or less 
elongated, enlarged above; lobes equal or slightly un- 
equal, erecto-patent above; stamens affixed to the throat, 
equal, or three rather smaller; scape elongated, fistular. 
Leaves few, linear or loriform, appearing with or after 
the flowers. The species best known to gardeners are 
described below. The plants grow and flower in summer, 
and rest in winter. They should be grown in a sunny 
frame, or on a shelf in a greenhouse during warm weather. 
They must be protected from frost in winter; a dry 
shelf in a heated greenhouse or shed being the best 
- Position for them. Some of the kinds may be left oùt- 
side if planted in a dry, sunny border. They require a 
compost of turfy loam, with a little rotten manure and 
sand; and should be repotted a every two years. 
A white, glaucous form. 
Propagated by separating the offset bulbs; or by seeds, 
Which are freely produced. | 
Z. Andersoni ( f, perianth golden or 
Anderson si" l r ee 
coloured, .fuscous-reddish at base, striated outside, 1gin. ong ; 
p lżin. or more ; spathe divided above ; scape reddish, 
- to din. long. May. 1. narrow-linear, acute, green or 
i cous, 5in. to 6in. long. Monte Video, Greenhouse or 
I Syn. Habranthus Andersoni (B. R. 1345; L. B. C. 
1677 ; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 70). Z. A. aureus and Z. A. cupreus have 
respectively golden and coppery flowers. _ UNE 
Zephyranthes—continued. 
Z. A. texana (Texan). jl., perianth yellow; segments round, 
obtuse. Syn. Habranthus Andersoni teranus (B. M. 3596). 
Z. Atamasco.* Atamasco Lily. fl., perianth white (when young, 
suffused with white, purple, or flesh-colour) the segments re- 
curved, lanceolate, acute ; scape terete, 6in. to l2in. long. May. 
l. linear, slightly succulent, channelled, glabrous, nearly ft, 
long. Virginia, &c., 1629. Hardy. (L. B. C. 1899.) SYN. Amaryllis 
Atamasco (B. M. 239). 
Z. candida (white)* Peruvian Swamp Lily. f. inodorous, 
erect, shortly pedicellate; perianth white, greenish at base, the 
segments sub-equal, ovate, obtuse, lin. long; gue purplish, 
much shorter than the pedicel; scape erect or declinate, longer 
or shorter than the leaves. September. I fascicled, linear, flat, 
highly glabrous, fleshy, of a pleasing green, 2in. to 8in. ung. 
Buenos Ayres, 1822. Greenhouse. (B. M. 2107; L. B. C. 1419.) 
SYN. Amaryllis candida (B. R. 724). + 
Z. carinata (keeled).* d perianth tube green, in. long, straight, ^^ 
n. long, obovate-oblong, acute, er Bou 
e; 
in. broad,“ e 
the segments pink, 
nerved ; pedicel 14in. long, shorter than the tubular, bifid s 
scape lft. high, glabrous, reddish at base. May. l 
channelled, keeled, green, reddish at base. Mexico, 1824. Half- 
hardy. (B. M. 2594; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 4.) Z. grandiflora is a 
form with pretty, blush flowers 3in. long. (B. R. 902 [the flower 
only ; the leaves belong to another species].) 
Z. citrina (citron-yellow).* /., perianth tube jin. to Jin. long, the 
segments i em yellow, 14in. long, oblong, sub-acute, connivent ; 
edicel less than lin. long; spathe short, tubular; scape Am. to 
in. long, ti with red-brown below. August. J. three or 
four, narrow-linear, bright green, about lft. long, in. broad, 
deeply channelled above, rounded below, reddish-brown towards 
the base, Tropical America. (B. M. 6605.) 
Z. concolor (one-coloured). fl., perianth pale green or sulphur- 
coloured, nearly regular, erect, the segments oblong, acute ; 
spathe tubular, coloured, shorter than the April L 
erect, glaucescent. h. lft. Mexico, 1844. 
Habranthus concolor (B. R. 1845, 54). kc 
Z. flava (yellow). f. sessile; perianth of a beautiful pale golden- 
yellow, an. to 4in. long, the segments lanceolate, acute ; spathe 
bifid, rather longer than the perianth tube; scape terete, in 
cultivation shorter than the leaves, longer and more robust in 
the wild state. May. I one or two, linear, narrowed and 
recurved at apex, dark green, channelled. h. lft. Peru, 1833, 
Greenhouse. SYNS. Pyrolirion aureum (B. R. 1724), P. flavum. 
Z. gracilifolia (slender-leaved). A. pedicellate, erect, closing at 
night, inodorous; perianth rose-coloured, 1gin. long, the tube 
green; pedicel 2in. to 24in. long; spathe tubular, cut at apex, ` 
liin. long ; scape Tin. to 8in. long, purplish at base. January. 
al long, very slender, sub-cylindrical, shining green, deeply 
channelled above. South America, 1821. Hardy. SYN. Habran- 
thus gracilifolius (B. M. 2464). 
Z. g. Boothiana (Booth's). fi., perianth pink, nodding ; pedicel 
tt scape erect. J. glaucous-green, round and blunt at 
Brazil, 1822. Syn. Habranthus gracilifolius Boothianus 
(B. R. 1967). 
Z. grandiflora (large-fiowered). A form of Z. carinata. 
Z. macrosiphon (large-tubed). JG. perianth bright rose-red, 
2lin. to Zim long, the segments sub-erect, obovate, obtuse, about 
in. broad; pedicel about lin. long; spathe two-valved, ljin. 
ong ; scape terete, about as long as the leaves. Z. three or four, 
linear, lft. long, jin. broad, ht green, rather fleshy, shal- 
lowly channelled. Mexico, 1881. 
Z. mesochloa, perianth green below, white 
(half-green). fl, 
above, red externally, 1łin. long, the tube very short, the outer 
segments lin. broad, the inner ones narrower, all acute; pedicel 
about lin. long ; spathe fenestrate or divided at apex ; — Tin. 
„long. June. 1. eight or nine, green, channelled, acute. . 
‘Ayres, 1825. Half-hardy. (B. R. 1361.) _ 
Z. pumila (dwarf). jl., perianth rose-coloured, drooping, the seg- 
ments spreading; scape short. September. 1. < Chili 
1831. Greenhouse. SYN. Habranthus pumilus (L. B. C. 1771). 
robusta (stout). /., perianth -rose, becomi: l 
EX EE EE 
i nes; e ong, i i : 
n e inner o T slightly es P 
rather longer ; DL ust. June. 
nelled. ia, 1 
(L. B. C. 1761 ; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 14). 
Greenhouse. SYN. Habranthus robustus ` 
