ZEPHYRANTHES 



ZINGIBER 



2009 



key. The perianth-segments are sometimes keeled with 

 rose, but in both species the fls. turn pinkish with age. 

 It is a Florida species, found in damper localities and 

 blooming several weeks later than Z. Atamusco. V. 

 6:299. Gn. 33, p. 11. 



3. erubescens, Wats. (Amaryllis embe"scens, Hors- 

 ford). Rare white-tid., August-blooming species sup- 

 posed to be native to sandy plains of Texas, but per- 

 haps from northern Mexico. Distinguished from the 

 two preceding species by the larger, 

 longer-necked bulb, shorter perianth 

 and Hs. strongly tinged with rose 

 outside. Bulb over 1 in. thick; neck 

 as long: spathe bifid above; tube 

 equaling and closely embracing the 

 pedicel (about 1 in. long). — Int. by 

 Horsford 1889 and probably lost to 

 cultivation. 



4. vereciinda, Herb. Rare spring- 

 and summer-blooming species, dis- 

 tinguished from other white-fid. spe- 

 cies in cult, by the sessile ovary and 

 long-necked bulb. Bulb 1 in. or less 

 thick; neck 1-2 in. long: fls. l%-2 

 in. long, greenish white, more or 

 less tinged outside or keeled with 

 rose. Highlands of central Mex. B. 

 M. 2583. - Offered by Dutch dealers. 



5. Candida, Herb. Fig. 2790. Most 

 popular of white-fid. Zephyr Lilies, 

 being distinguished from the others 

 by its autumn-blooming habit and 

 capitate stigma. Lvs. appearing in 

 autumn with the fls. and lasting 

 through the winter in favored locali- 

 ties, over 1 ft. long: fls. pure white 

 or slightly tinged rose outside, VA- 

 2 in. long. Marshes of La Plata. 

 Gn. 37:740. B. M. 2607. L. B. C. 

 15:1419. 



6. carinata, Herb. (Z. grandifldra, 

 Lindl. ). Largest and choicest of 

 the rosy-Hd. species and said by 

 Baker (1888) to be the commonest 

 Zephyrauthes in cultivation ; how- 

 ever, the name Z. rosea is far com- 

 moner in American catalogues. It is 

 a summer-blooming species with fls. 

 IVi— 1% in. across, and about 3 in. 

 long. Bulb 1 in. thick, short-necked: 

 ovary stalked : stigma trifid. Ja- 

 maica, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala. 

 B.R. 11:902. Gn. 33:030 (erroneously 

 as Z. Atamasco). I. H. 35:49. J.H. 

 III. 29:339. 



7. Lindleyana, Herb. Rare sum- 

 mer-blooming rose-colored species 

 from the mountains of Mexico, in- 

 ferior to Z. carinata for general cul- 

 ture. Bulb globose, % in. thick ; 

 neck short: fls. 1M-2 in. long: ovary stalked; stigma 3- 

 fld; spathe 3 rid only at tip. — Once offered by Lovett, 

 of Little Silver, N. J. 



8. rdsea, Lindl. Autumn-blooming rosy-fld. species, 

 with much smaller fls. than Z. carinata but, accord- 

 ing to American catalogues, the most popular rosy-fld. 

 species. The fls. are only about an inch long and 1% 

 in. broad: bulb globose, % ! in. thick; neck scarcely any: 

 spathe 2-fld at tip only: ovarv stalked: stigma 3-fld. 

 Oct. Cuba. B.M. 2537.' B.R. 10:821. Gn. 12, p. 84 (col. 

 plate). — Trade plants of Z. rosea should be compared 

 with Z. carinata. 



9. longifolia, Hemsley. Summer-blooming, yellow-fid. 

 species. Distinguished from the next by characters of 

 pedicel and spathe. Bulb ovoid; neck 1K-2 in. long; 

 spathe tubular in the lower half: pedicel much shorter 

 than spathe: fls. yellow, coppery outside, %-\ in. long. 

 New Mex. Int. by Horsford, 1889, and probably lost to 

 cult. 



in. Texana, Herb. Yellow-fld. Texan species. Bulb 

 globose; neck 1-1J4 in. long: spathe bifid only at the 



tip: pedicel much longer than the spathe: fls. yellow, 

 coppery outside, 1 in. long, IK in. across. B.M. 3596 

 (Habranthus Andersoni, var. Texanus). 



11. Andersoni, Baker. Yellow-fld. S. American spe- 

 cies of uncertain blooming time. The fls. are usually 

 flushed and veined with red outside and there is a var. 

 with copper-colored fls., inside and out. Bulb ovoid, 

 short-necked: fls. 1-1K in. long, 2 in. across. Monte- 

 video, Buenos Ayres. L.B.C. 17:1677 and B.R. 16:1345 



below (X %). 



(both as Habranthus Andersoni).— Apparently the only 

 representative in cultivation of its subgenus, which is 

 characterized by strongly declinate stamens. 



Z. alba, floribunda and sulpkitrea of the American trade 

 seem to be unknown to botanists. They cau probably be re- 

 ferred to some of the above species. "vy # ]yj 



ZEPHYR FLOWER. Zephyranthes. 



ZINGIBER (name ultimately derived from a Sanskrit 

 word meaning horn-shaped; probably referring to the 

 Ginger root). Scitaminaeeos. Ginger. The Ginger 

 plant is a small reed-like plant about 2 ft. high, as 

 cultivated in greenhouses, with tuberous rhizomes, 

 aromatic leaves and dense cone-like clusters of bracts. 

 The flowers, however, are very rarely produced in cul- 

 tivation, and Roxburgh wrote that he never saw the 

 seeds. The plant is supposed to be native to India 

 and China, but, like many other tropical plants of 

 the highest economic importance, its nativity is un- 

 certain. Some idea of the importance of Ginger to the 

 world may be gained by the fact that in 1884 Great 



