ZAMIOCULCAS 



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ZEA 



. ca'ffra (Caffrarian). See ENCEPHALARTOS CAFFER. 

 calo'coma (beautiful-haired). See MICROCYCAS CALO- 



COMA. 



Chi'gua (Chigua). 4-5. Colombia. 1847. 

 cycadifolia (Cycas-leaved). See ENCEPHALARTOS 



CYCADIFOLIUS. 



Cy'cadis (Cycas-like). See ENCEPHALARTOS CAFFER. 



de'bilis (vrsak-lon$-leaved). i. July. W. Ind. 1777. 



Fische'ri (Fischer's). Trop. Amer. 1849. 



Fra'seri (Eraser's). See MACKOZAMIA FRASERI. 



furfura'cea (scurfy). 3. July. Mexico. 1691. 



Ghelli'nckii (Ghellinck's). See ENCEPHALARTOS 



GHELLINCKII. 



,, ho'rrida (horrid). See ENCEPHALARTOS HORRIDUS. 

 integrifo'lia (entire-leaved. Dwarf). 2. July. W. 



Ind. 1768. 



Ki'ckxii (Kickx's). Cuba. 

 lanugino'sa (woolly). See ENCEPHALARTOS LANUGIN- 



osus. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 6. Honduras. 

 Leibo'ldii (Leibold's). Trunk 8 in. high. Mexico. 



1843. 



Li'ndeni (Linden's). Trunk 3 ft. Ecuador. 1875. 

 Li'ndleyi (Lindley's). See Z. CHIGUA. 

 Loddige'sii (Loddiges'). Mexico. 1844. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved). See ENCEPHALARTOS LONGI- 



FOLIUS. 



me' dia (mediate). 2. July. W. Ind. 1768. 



me. dia (intermediate) of Sims. See Z. PUMILA. 



Mique'lii (Miquel's). See MACROZAMIA MIQUELII. 



monta'na (mountain). 3-4. Colombia. 1873. 



murica'ta (warted). Trop. Amer. 1849. 



nceffia'na (Nosffian). S. Amer. 1896. 



obli'qua (oblique). Trunk 6-7 ft. Colombia. 1877. 



Otto'nis (Otto's). Trunk i ft. Cuba. 



pi'cta (painted). Mexico (?). 



pra'sina (leek-green). See Z. LATIFOLIA. 



Pri'nceps (princely). See Z. CHIGUA. 



pruni'fera (plum-bearing). See ENCEPHALARTOS 



PRUNIFERUS. 

 Pseu' do-parasi' tica (falsely-parasitical). Panama. 



1873- 



pu'mila (dwarf), i$. W. Ind. 1812. 

 ,, pu'ngens (stinging). See ENCEPHALARTOS PUNGENS. 

 pygma'a (pigmy), i. May. W. Ind. 

 repa'nda (wavy-leaved). 6. 

 Roe'zlii (Rcezl's). See Z. PSEUDO-PARASITICA. 

 Siebo'ldi angustifo'lia (Siebold's narrow-leaved). See 



Z. LEIBOLDII. 

 Ski'nneri (Skinner's). Leaves 4-5 ft. Central Amer. 



1851. 



spino'sa (spiny). See ENCEPHALARTOS ALTENSTEINII. 

 spira'lis (spiral). See MACROZAMIA SPIRALIS. 

 tcnuifo'lia (slender-leaved). See Z. FISCHERI. 

 te'nuis (slender), i. Bahama Islands. 

 tonkine'nsis (Tonkin). Tonkin. 1885. 

 tridenia'ta (three-toothed). See ENCEPHALARTOS TRI- 



DENTATUS. 



,, villo'sus (shaggy). See ENCEPHALARTOS VILLOSUS. 

 Walli'sii (Wallis'). Colombia. 1875. 



ZAMIOCU'LCAS. (From Zamia, and Culcasia; be- 

 cause it is an Aroid like the latter, but having pinnate or 

 bipinnate leaves like a Zamia. Nat. ord. Araceas.) 



Stove, evergreen herbs, with tuber-bearing rhizomes. 

 Divisions or offsets. Tubers are also produced from the 

 leaves if laid ,on moist sand or on cocoanut fibre in a 

 propagating case. The tubers form plants when potted 

 up. Fibrous loam, lumpy peat, and some nodules of 

 charcoal with sand. Moist stove treatment is necessary. 

 Z. Boivi'nii (Boivin's). 2-3. Spathe yellow-green 

 inside, lurid yellow-green outside. Trop. Africa. 



i87 

 Loddi 



ige'sii (Loddiges'). 2-2$. Spathe green ; spadix 

 greenish-yellow. Trop. Africa. 1828. 



ZANONA PALM. Socrate'a exorrhi'za. 



ZANO'NIA. (Commemorative of James Zanoni, a 

 superintendent of the Bologna Botanic Garden. Nat. 

 ord. Cucurbitacese. Now referred to Alsomitra.) 

 Z. sarcophy'lla (fleshy-leaved). See ALSOMITRA SARCO- 



PHYLLA. 



ZANTEDE'SCHIA ffiTHIOTICA. [See RICHARDIA 



AHUCANA. 



ZANTHOSO'MA HOFFMA'NNI. See XANTHOSOMA 



HOFFMANNI. 



ZANTHO'XYLUM. Toothache-tree. (From zanihos, 

 yellow, and xulon, wood. Nat. ord. Ruiads [Rutacea]. 

 Linn. 22-Dicecia, ^-Pentandria.) 



Nearly all white-flowered ; cuttings in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in May ; the stove species in heat ; the hardy 

 species by seed, pieces of the roots, and cuttings of the 

 ripened shoots in sandy soil, under a hand-light ; sandy 

 loam suits any of them. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS. 



Z. ailanthoi' des (Ailanthus-like). Japan and Formosa. 

 ,, alaftum (winged). May. India. Partly evergreen. 

 ,, america'num (American). 12-15. April. United 



States. 1740. " Prickly Ash, Toothache Tree." 

 , Bu'ngei (Bunge's). China. 



, ,, folio Us angustio'ribus (narrower-leaved). 1904. 

 , fraxi'neum (ash-like). See Z. AMERICANUM. 

 , mi'te (mild). See Z. AMERICANUM. 

 , piperi'tum (Pepper-like). 10. September. China; 



Japan. 1773. " Chinese or J apanese Pepper." 

 ,, plznispi'num (flat-spined). Japan. 

 ,, schinifo'lium (Schinus-leaved). Japan. 

 ,, trica'rpum (three-capsuled). See Z. CLAVA-HERCULIS. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



Z. affi'ne (related). Mexico. 1826. 

 aroma' 'ticum (aromatic). See Z. CLAVA-HERCULIS. 

 ,, Blackbu'rnia (Blackburnia). 20. May. Australia ; 



Norfolk Island. 1829. Greenhouse. 

 Budru'nga (Budrunga). 20. March. Himalaya ; 



Burma. 1825. 



,, cape'nsis (Cape). 10-25. S. Africa. 

 Cla'va-He'rculis (Hercules'-club). 50. Caribees. 



1739- 



emargina'tum (notched). West Indies. 

 ,, hermaphro'ditum (two-sexed). 50. Guiana. 1833. 

 ,, heterophy'llum (various-leaved). Bourbon. 1823. 

 ,, juglandifo'lium (walnut-leaved). St. Domingo. 1822. 

 ,, ni'tidum (shining). 6. China. 1823. 

 ,, pinna'tum (pinnate). See Z. BLACKBURNIA. 

 ,, Ptero'ta, (\vinged-leaf-stalked). August. Jamaica. 



1768. 



sapindoi'des (Sapinda-like). See Z. EMARGINATUM. 

 Spi'nifex (thorn-bearer). 2-3. July. W. Ind. ; 



Venezuela. 1825. 



spino'sum (thorny). 6. Jamaica. 1824. 

 trago'des (goafs-tooth). 6. St. Domingo. 1759. 

 triphy'llum (three-leaved). See EVODIA TRIPHYLLA. 



ZAPA'NIA. (Commemorative of Paul Ant. Zappa, of 

 Pavia. Nat. ord. Verbenaceae. Now referred to Lippia. ) 

 Z. nodifto'ra (node-flowering). See LIPPIA NODIFLORA. 



ZA'RA. See PISTIA. 



ZAUSCHNE'RIA. (Named after M. Zauschner, a 

 German. Nat. ord. Onagrads [Onagraceas], Linn. 8- 

 Octandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Epilobium.) 



A hardy plant, with the habit of a Fuchsia. Division 

 of the plant in spring ; cuttings of the shoots in spring, 

 summer, and autumn, under a hand-light. It is a good 

 pot and bedding-plant ; for the latter purpose, as the 

 flowers are apt to drop too much, mix it with Cu'phea 

 slrigillo'sa ; rich, light soil. 

 Z. calif o'rnica .(Calif ornian). 1-3. Bright scarlet. June. 



California. 1847. Calif ornian Fuchsia. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved), i. Scarlet. Leaves 



broader. 



,, ,, mexica'na (Mexican). 1-3. Scarlet. 

 mexica'na (Mexican). See Z. CALIFORNIA MEXICANA. 



ZE'A. Maize, or Indian Corn. (From zao, to live ; 

 a food-plant. Nat. ord. Grasses [Gramineas]. Linn. 21- 

 Moncecia, ^-Triandria.) 



Annuals. Seeds in a slight hotbed in early spring, and 

 the seedlings planted out into good soil. The heads, 

 when half-grown and green, make an excellent vegetable 

 when boiled. 

 Z. Cura'gua (Curagua). i. June. Chili. 1824. 



