ZELKOVA 



mens 4-5; styles 2: fr. a 1-seeileil drupe, usually liroader 

 than hish, oblique, with the style eccentric. 2. inuml- 

 nata is an important timber tree: the wood is very dur- 

 able, and considered the best building material in Japan. 

 The youuK wood is yel- 

 lowish white in color; 

 the old wood is dark 

 brown and has a beauti- 

 ful grain. 



acuminata. Planch. {/!. 

 Kedki. M:i>cini. Z. r,is- 

 pldAta. 11. .rt. ri.iu. n, 



ZEPHTRANTHES 



2007 



ifluminensis, 

 confounded with Ze- 



(X bi). See Figs. 



2539-11. 



eelh. 





veins about 10, somewhat 

 rough above, almost glabrous, 1-2J4 in. long, on fertile 

 branches, 2-5 on sterile branches. April, May. Japan. 

 G.P. 6:325. Gt. 37, pp. 22, 23. 



crena,ta, Spach {Z. carpinifbUa. C. Koch. Pldnera 

 Slchardi, Michx. Abelicea ulmoides. Kuntze). Tree, 

 attaining 80 ft., with slender branches forming an oval 

 or oblong head : Ivs. oval or ovate to oblong, slightly 

 cordate or rounded at the base, coarsely toothed with 

 obtusish teeth, with 6-8 pairs of veins, usually almost 



eies, supposed to be Japanese: it is distinguished from Z. cre- 

 uata chiefly by the Ivs. being somewhat smaller, more pubes- 

 cent and rough above. Var. Versch.affelti. Dipp. (Ulmiis 

 Verschaffeltii Hort ) has the Ivs deeply incisely dentate and 

 broadly cuneate at base Alfred Rehder. 



^lAfe'-:j^ 



ZENdBIA (after Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, who 

 lived in the third century; a fanciful allusion to her 

 having been chained as was Andromeda, whose name 

 is commemorated by a closely allied genus). A'rieilcecF. 

 Ornamental low deciduous or half-everiirerii slirub. witli 

 alternate, short-petioled, simple and wliiir. ■■;iiii|iniiu. 

 late, nodding flowers arranged in clusters ;il.iiii.- tlir last 

 year's branches. Hardy as far north as Mass.. and a 

 very handsome shrub for borders of shrubberies, par- 

 ticularly when in bloom; the glaucous form is one of 

 the most conspicuous shrubs with light-colored foliage. 

 Zenobia is also recommended for forcing. It thrives 

 best in a sandy or peaty soil Prop by seeds sown in 

 sprin.^ and b\ laj ers also by green-nood cuttings from 

 foicel plants See also AtKhome 1 1 and Piens for 

 cultuie M inot\ pic genus native of N \meiiaa closely 

 allie 1 ti \ndromedaand Pieris 1 1 t h ft\ li tii guished 

 1\ the rjen ( anipanulate H 1 t i 1 luthers 



iah\ 1 1l1 \^ith short ^ 1 I IK cam 



I uuUte as broad as high It I I 1 tamens 

 10 anthers with i si nder | il 1 ] lessed 



gljl se cbscurelv 1 1 1 It carin ite at the 



dorsal sutures deh t I seeds nunui 



us small oval an,l 

 Bpecidsa Don ( 4 1 



Mich\ 



Dipp., not Miq.. is an imperfectly known spe- 



most to the base BR l^ 1010 \ i nitida 'Mi 1\ 

 (Var nuda Vent Var tuidis Hort) has gieen foil 



age without bloom Alfred Rehder 



ZEPHYEANTHES (Greel 

 All iiiiU dr tir Zephyr Fi 

 three U zeii species t f bull 



waimei patts of AnirucT I t 

 quite hard> but soi i f I 



plants for window gn i i 



ind blooming m sun i I I \ 



all have linear Ivs | 11 



slender scapes \bout I ! r\ 



eiobed fls t vh t I 111 1 in 



across Otl I i I i ul i 



erect or s il 1 I ti\ 1 



versatile c\ il i i i i 1 1 1 I k H t 



