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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Zephyranthes—continued. 
Z. s. verecunda (modest). perianth tube green, gin. long, 
the limb white, Lin. long, Ada outside; sepaline filaments 
shorter, petaline ones longer, than the style. 1824. SYN. Z. vere- 
cunda (B. M. 2583; Ref. . 356 
Z. Spofforthiana (Spofforth). 
hybrida. 
Z. striata (striated). A variety of Z. sessilis. 
Z. tu (tubular-spathed) fl. fragrant, slightly nodding i 
i ce 
white, nearly 2in. long, with scarcely any tube ; 
nearly Zin. long; spathe lin. dong, erect, cylindrical, bifid ; scape 
3in. to 4in. long, purplish at base. May. J. few, ligulate-linear, 
equalling the seape, two to three lines broad, slightly obtuse. 
Jamaica. Stove. SYN, Amaryllis tubispatha (B. M. 1586). 
Z. t. hybrida (hybrid). /., perianth flesh-coloured. A hybrid 
oo T4 tübispatha and D carinata. SYN. Z. Spofforthiana 
( Š 
Z. verecunda (modest). A variety of Z. sessilis. 
Z. versicolor (various-coloured) fl, perianth at first rose- 
coloured, at length white, suffused with rose-colour, red at apex, 
red-striated below, the middle nerve green, 2in. long ; icel 
ljin. long, pale green ; spathe and scape at first rose-coloured, 
becoming red, the former ljin. long, the latter bin. long. 
Winter. I three or more, nearly lft. long, lin. broad, acute. 
M rt ia 1821. Hardy. SYN. Habranthus versicolor 
ZEPHYR FLOWER. Se Zephyranthes. 
ZERUMBET. Included under Zingiber (which see). 
ZEUXINA (from zeuvis, a joining; so called from the 
coherence of the petals with the upper sepal). Syns. 
Adenostyles, Psychechilus, Tripleura. Including Haplo- 
chilus and Monochilus (of Wallich). ORD. Orchidee. A 
genus comprising about seventy-six species of slender or 
dwarf, stove, terrestrial Orchids, inhabiting the Fast 
Indies, the Malayan Archipelago, and tropical Africa. 
Flowers small, in sessile spikes; upper sepal erect, con- 
cave, the lateral ones spreading; petals narrow, often 
cohering with the upper sepal in a hood; lip adnate to the 
base of the very short column, erect, concave or slightly 
saccate at base, within naked, or with two calli, more or 
less contracted above the base. Leaves linear, ovate, or 
lanceolate, petiolate. Only one species calls for mention 
here. It requires similar treatment to that recommended 
for Ancectochilus. 
D TO; Stri of the W. green 
EECH ees pags ey a res quu spi har 
lobes. 7. ovate-lanceolate, 3in. long, with a dark green margin 
ee ad —— e or = band down the centre. A. 5in. 
enn Zi wa neectochilus lineatus, Haplochilus | regium, 
ZEUZERA ÆSCULI (Wood Leopard Moth). A 
handsome Moth, with a spread of Vini of from x to 
3in. The body is from lin. to Lin. long, and is rather 
. FIG. 255. ZEUZERA JESCULI (FEMALE) - , 
slender; and the wings are narrower than i ttal i 
Moths. All the wings are semi-transparent white, with 
numerous spots (see Fig. 255), which are blue-black 
A synonym of Z. tubispatha | 
Zeuzera, Æsculi—continued. 
on the fore wings, and lighter on the hind wings. The 
thorax is white, with a row of three large, black spots 
on each side, and a smaller one behind. The abdomen 
is grey. The antennæ are slender in the female, but in 
the male the basal half of each is like a double comb. 
FIG. 256. LARVA OF ZEUZERA ÆSCULI. 
The larva (see Fig. 256) is cylindrical, naked, yellowish- 
white, with raised, shining, black spots, a blackish plate 
on the front of the ring just behind the head, and a black 
patch on the last segment. It feeds in the wood of 
living trees—among the kinds attacked by it being 
Apple, Elm, Horse-Chestnut, Pear, Plum, and Poplar—but 
seldom does noteworthy injury to them; indeed, Newman 
observed that infected trees bore even more abundant 
fruit than perfectly healthy ones. Should remedies be 
required, the best are the removal (for firewood) of 
infested trunks, the capture of the Moths on the trees 
in early morning, and plastering the lower part of the 
trunk with a mixture of clay and cow’s urine. Insecti- 
cides may be injected into holes made by the larva, 
should such be found. À 
ZEXMENIA (an anagram of Ximenesia). SYN. 
Lipochete (in part) Orp. Composite. A genus em- 
bracing about twenty-five species of stove, greenhouse, or 
hardy, annual or perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, sometimes 
tall climbers, inhabiting the warmer parts of America. 
Flower-heads yellow, solitary, corymbose, or sub-umbellate, 
heterogamous, radiate; involucre variable, the bracts in 
two, three, or several series; receptacle convex, the pales 
sheathing the flowers; ray florets ligulate, spreading, 
entire, or two or three-toothed; disk florets tubular, the 
apex shortly five-cleft; achenes usually slightly pilose. 
Leaves opposite, entire or toothed. Only two species 
call for mention here. They thrive in any fairly rich 
soil. Z. awrea may be increased by cuttings, inserted in 
sandy soil, under a glass, in heat; and Z. ovata may be 
readily propagated by seeds, sown on the open border. 
É $ i and terminal 
“gn the upper axis tay fords seven to ne twice as longas the 
involucre, September. l. opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse at base, slightly acuminate at apex, serrated, pubero- 
scabrous on both sides. Branches terete, villous-canescent. 
h. Lt. Mexico, 1829. Half-hardy sub-shrub. Syns. Verbesina 
aurea, Wedelia aurea (B. M. 3384). 
Z. ovata (ovate-leaved). fl.-heads deep orange-yellow ; ray florets 
elliptical; peduncles short, terminal, sometimes solitary, some- 
times arranged in a kind of corymb. Autumn. /. sessile, the 
basis (scarcely a petiole) amplexicaul, ovate, acute, serrated, 
triple-nerved, paler beneath. Stem rounded, branched, hairy. 
h. 2ft. Mexico, 1828. Hardy annual. SYN. Tithonia ovate 
(B. M. 3901). 
Z, texana (Texan). A synonym of Wedelia hispida. 
ZICHYA. Included under Kennedya (which see). + 
ZIERIA (named after John Zier, a Polish botanist, 
who was a friend of Smith, the nomenclator). Australian 
Turmeric-tree. ORD. Rutacee. A genus comprising half- 
a-score species of greenhouse, glabrous, hirsute, or tomen- 
tose shrubs or small trees, endemic in Australia. Flowers 
white, usually small, axillary, in small, trichotomous 
cymes, or rarely solitary; calyx four-cleft; petals four, 
imbrieated or almost valvate in bud, spreading ; stamens 
four. Leaves usually opposite, with three leaflets, rarely 
| alternate or simple. A selection of the introduced species 
is here given. They thrive In a mixture of sandy loam 
and peat, and flower at midsummer. Young cuttings root 
readily in sand, under a glass. 
