248 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Zygopetalum— continued. Zygopetalum—continued. š 
Z. Roëzlii (RoëzYs). /l. variable ; sepals and petals usually white, “tinted in front with purple; columm white, banded with dark 
beautifully tipped with violet-lilac or purplish-rose, the former violet at base; scapes short, axillary, one-flowered. l. lorate, 
oblong, the latter cuneate-obovate ; blade of the lip, es oo | acuminate. Ecuador, 1869. Greenhouse. SYN. Pescatorea 
the callus, of the same showy colours. Ecuador, 1874. Alli Wallisii (F. d, S. 1828). 
to Z. Dayanum. Stove. SYN. Pescatorea Roézlii. . Z. Wendlandii (Wendland’s). d. Ain. to Bin. across ; se and 
Z. Rollissoni (Rollisson’s). f/i., sepals and petals pale yellow; petals white, lanceolate, somewhat twisted ; lip white, blotched 
lip whitish, tted with crimson, the middle lobe oblong, - and lined with violet-purple, ovate-cordate, many-lobuled, much 
apiculate, the lateral ones narrow-ovate, acute, resembling two undulated at the margins, the ruff of seven to nine violet-purple 
erect bars standing up from the base ; sca deflexed, from the ribs ; peduncles stout, axillary. August and September. /. tufted, 
lower axils. Autumn. I oblong-lanceolate, venose. Pseudo- distichous, oblong-ligulate. Costa Rica. A handsome, bulbless 
Sen = compressed, SER ing about two gg A species. Stove. SYN. Warscewiezella W endlandii. 
and other accessory ones from the base, Brazil, . - i i iei ; 
termediate, Srv Mazilleria Bollini (B. Jt 1858, 40, Pro | dict tetti eeh, tip white, ith a lue brig 
menæa . violet blotch in the centre, much crisped and minutely lobed at 
Z. rostratum (beaked).* jl. 6in. deep; dorsal sepals and two the margin, 14in. broad; peduncles axillary. J. light green. 
petals whitish at base, m green, marked in the centre with Costa Rica. Syn. War iezella Wendlandii discolor (W. O. A. 
PA el VRD IINE netted Ur DA waka | x wanu 
ong, ovate, recurved, white, yello n , Whi š 
bears a small, pale lilac- e frill or ruff, about ten lines of the oe Va? mi^ KEE ea Coo a fy sap: Ba 
same colour radiating from it towards the front; scapes radical, th: bbad th une lob 8 E ly ém WÉI p li E 
one or two-flowe l. lanceolate, acute, plaited. Rhizome Antro the miade one bilabi E vu ben "e sy gr 
ng, forming compressed pseudo-bulbs at intervals. This five-toothed: bracts eng : BK p f y red. 
species fetes more heat and molstnre than anyother. Stove | f Sanaw "nists El Bru 
eek WY oe A. ii. 78.) SYN. Zygosepalum rostratum e Intermediate. SYNS. Mazillaria xanthina, Promenea 
na 
Z, Russelianum (Russel’s). /. large, freely produced; se à - 
and petals cream-coloured tipped with reddish pa le; nb ZYGOPHYLLEZ. A natural order of shrubs or 
the same reddish-purple tint, the yellow ruff or callus having herbs, very rarely trees, principally inhabiting the hot 
fifteen lamelle with d eri A : š $ ë 
yellowish in front, with a oer e arte al thane e and extra-tropical regions of both hemispheres. Flowers 
878. Allied to Z. Dayanum, Stove. SYN. Pescatorea Russeliana. white, red, or yellow, rarely blue, hermaphrodite; sepals 
Z. nee e aer bloody) fl. straw-coloured or five, rarely four, generally imbricated ; petals five or four, 
green » with dark bloody spots; sepals broadly lanceolate, very rarely wanting, hypogynous, free, imbricated, or 
petals oblong-ovate, both acute; lip euneate-flabellate, lobulate | twisted ly valvate; disk d d I 
at apex, undulated, denticulated, basilar callus dark purple , rarely valvate; disk convex or depressed, rarely 
at base, bidentate at apex. J. distichous, ix lat annular, inconspicuous, or wanting; stamens usually 
acute, glaucous. Roots adventitious, cylindrical. double, or rarely treble or equal to, the number of petals, 
biseriate, the outer opposite the sepals; anthers versatile, 
Intermediate. SYN. Kefersteinia sanguinolenta (R. X. 01251). 
- tals 1 (Boden LL E x een racemes; sepals and | longitudinally dehiscing; peduncles usually one or two, 
purplish. brown, evenl ered wi ñ > š d S 
fip rich Deish- og en deeper coloured nel a Bg es) springing from the axils of the stipules, ebracteate or 
breaking out into forked veins near the margin, broad, emar. | rarely bibracteolate, one-flowered. Fruit coriaceous or 
Sea ke Bae! bluish-purple, bold. Z. narrow-lanceolate, crustaceous, sometimes septicidal and dividing into two 
. Seo Fig. to ten cocci, sometimes a loculicidal capsule. Leaves 
indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull. (F. M. ser. ii. 417; R. G. 1883, 280.) opposite or alternate from the suppression of one, stipu- 
(Stapelia-like). JL, sepals and petals greenish- late, bifoliolate or pinnate, rarely three-foliolate; leaflets 
rsely barred and spotted with dark purple, entire, dotless, sometimes connate; stipules twin, per- 
acute; lip SCH purple, oblong, three-lobed, intent ü i I ; i 
b het l one ovate-oblong | “Stent, sometimes spiny. The wood of Guaiacum is very 
rod Ba EH SÉ margins paler and cross-barred; pe. | hard, and heavier than water; it is employed by cabinet- 
Pi » two-flowered. July to September. l. thin, ae - d manufacture of objects exposed to — 
rige or two-leaved. Brazil, 1843. Int ME Syn or friction. e order embraces seventeen genera, an 
A illaria stapelioides (B. M. 3877; B. R. 1839, 17), Promencea E species. Examples : Chitonia, Guaiacum, Zygo- 
Z. stenochilum (narrow-lipped). A n f Z. crini Go : 
Z. t (triumphant)* 7. Sub. sisa "5 ege? ZYGOPHYLLUM (from 2ygon, a yoke, and phyllom 
eres. cw blue at apex, the former elliptic, apiculate, the | © leaf; alluding to the pairs of leaflets). Bean Caper. 
oodd eee eer =) base ; lip blue-black, with a ligulate Including Fabago and Ræpera. ORD. Zygophyllew. A 
ER prd poem eio in the genus comprising about fifty-four species of small, often 
L few, distic reg em lanceolate, acute. New Grenade, | Prostrate shrubs, under-shrubs, or perennial herbs, all, 
S P. with one exception, confined to the Old World, and mostly 
velatum (veiled). /. yellowish-white, solitary, fragrant; m in Australia and Sonth Africa. Flowers white or 
oan voc Hags a red, mostly with a purple or red basilar spot; calyx four 
broad, Hat, five-lobed, the disk radiately striated Wik: nomen | Or five-parted, imbricated; petals four or five - clawed, 
& semiciroular row of five to seven boot ie resembling imbricated and twisted; stamens eight or ten, longer 
shorter en tim Mens E A i ; Scape rather stont, than the petals; peduncles one-flowered, axillary, solitary 
et New Grade, 1866. Intermediate. [em v. LM. | or rarely two together. Fruit four or five-angled or four 
Bree of 1878, 10, f. 4; B. M. 5582; R. X. O. i. 23, f. 1). or five-winged, capsular. Leaves opposite; leaflets two, 
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ne ch violet, tipped with selection o e introduced species is here giver. 
greenish-yellow, mel downwards into white, 2in. to 3in. | They should be grown in a compost of loam, peat, and 
across; sepals and der t > 
united to the pouch of the lateral sepals be eke — ond sand, Except where otherwise stated, all require green- 
Sonte iud Benth QU L Šin. to Sin. long, erect’ | house treatment. Propagation may be effected by cut- 
d Stove. SYNS. Bollea violacea | tings, inserted in sand, under a glass; or by seeds, 
(R. X. O. 66, iii.), Huntleya sessili; H. i 
Wailesianum (Wailes). Z. p mode Zeg? scented when these are obtainable. Z. Fabago grows freely M 
Reset Pass i s and petals white or cream. iced: No any sunny spot, in dry, well-drained soil. i 
Ae gien H e SS ra d M at the base | Z album (white-flowered). 8. on erect pedicels ; petals Feo 
cept at their origin. Autumn. ¿L : = Which are free oun darn gor Eiter uon eiii North 
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dark, evi clu fl 
Stove. (B. H, 1878, 10, £1: » evergreen. Brazil. ped, GC » cob 
Warrea Wailesiana, Wes E G. i, p. 73.) Syns. Africa, 1779. (S. F. G. 371.) 
Z. Wallisii (Wallis’ in. across ; sepals and Z. coccineum (scarlet-fl LX pedicels; petals 
. White, Hped «ith "SK violet the former -bid Onin creamy- scarlet, peers Š E d Gen Bag rg fleshy, 
Oodd KS latter rhomboid; lip deeper violet, "marginen apionlate, Des h. Mt. 1823. North Africa and Scinde. 
dues o M retuse, furrowed, the ruff of hite, cordifolium (cordate- š five-cleft; petals 
p. uf ; ; - keels white, yellowish, vend, trice tg to Du tangs ; peduncles about as 
