ZINNIA 



somewhat corymbosely branched above: pethincles at 

 maturity enlarged upwards and hollow. Mexico, Peru- 

 vian Andes. 



multifldra, Linn. This and the next are included by 

 most writers in Z.paucinora, but Z. mulliflora may be 

 distinguished from 

 Z. pauciflora by the 

 pubescence of the 

 stem being mnch 

 finer, appressed or 

 rarely spreading, and 

 the rays red or pur- 

 ple, mostly 



ZIZYPHUS 



2013 



sube 

 (^ely spreading. 



ti.ict by reason ot its 

 revolute, linear rays 

 which are cardinal- 

 red in color. It has 

 a dainty dower about 

 1 in. across hardly 

 comparable with tlie 

 showv Z. tiei/aii.':. 

 This species has 



'. mulliflora by 

 Inl.insi.ii and Green- 

 K.n. H.M. 555. A. 

 I. lS'.in-.-J4;i. 

 grandifldra Nutt 

 [iidj low ttrowui^ 



veiy 





J798. Zinnia tenuiflora. 



ZIT-KWA. 



Lvs less thin 1 m 

 long and ! nerved 

 Colo New Me\ 

 Ariz M( \ Int 19U0 

 b> D M \ndrews 



ZIZANIA (an old Greek name). Gramlne(p. A single 

 species of annual swamp grass found in northern N. A. 

 and northern Asia. Spikelets 1-fld., monoecious, in 

 large, terminal panicles, the pistillate npper portion 

 narrow and appressed, the staminate lower p.ortion 

 spreading: pistillate spikelets long awned. The plant 

 is a stately and graceful grass, deserving to be better 

 Luonn 



pound leaves and compound umbels ot yellow flowers. 

 The genus has no horticultural status, the two follow- 

 ing species being advertised only by collectors of native 

 plants. F.ir full ;Mc-.ui]f , <ei liritton and Brown's Illus- 

 trated I'Lua. loiili. 1- :,ii.l l;(.-.e's Monograph of the 

 North AiiHiir;,ii I'iiiIm ll.iVi-,1.. C.intrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 7:90 (HM.ni. an. I .Mainials. Zizias are mostly referred 

 to Thaspium by previous botanists, but the authors 

 cited above retain it as a separate genus mainly on ac- 

 count of the wingless fruit. 



.i. Bays of nmliels 9-25, stout, ascending. 



atirea. K.i.li. KAiii.y or Golden Meadow Parsnip. 

 Heiglit 1 -" . fr, : l.a.-al and lower lvs. 2-3-ternately com- 

 pound: u|.|i.i l\:~. teniate: fr. oblong, 2 x IVi lines. 

 April-.luu.'. Fields, iiiiadows and swamps, New Bruns. 

 and S. Dak. to Fla. and Tex. B.B. 2:531. 



AA. Bays of umbels 2-lS, slender, diverging. 



BSbbii, Britton. Distinguished from Z. aurea by the 

 rays and by the fr., which is oval or broader, 1-1 Ji lines. 

 May. Mountain woods, Va.. and W. Va. to N. C. and Ga. 

 B.B. 2:534. " W. M. 



ZlZYPHtJS (from Zizouf , the Arabian name of Z. Lo- 

 his], Bhamncicece. Ju.iube. Deciduous or evergreen 

 shrubs, or sometimes trees usually with prickly 



aquatica I nin Indian Rice Water Oats 

 {If ( ilistdl asnuKhas9tt h s bioad 

 {e 1 1111.11 led fjibordeis of lakes and ponds T 

 s \ . Uent tji tsh and watei fo\Al Wild Ri. 

 ,nd 1 Mils -lie f iMiute resoits of sportsnun iii 

 Jet le sowmj pnt the seeds in co-iise cotti n 1 



Wild 



ith 



sh> 



r. nt IS possible Sp itsnien u i 



thit seed i in be obtained in 1 i^. i 



reisonilile piite fioni seedsmen ^^ il I 1 



sirable for aquatic gaidens, being one ot tin li iiidsom 



est of tall hardy grasses for the margins of ponds 



A. S. Hitchcock. 

 ZlZIA (I. B. Ziz, Rhenish botanist). UmhelUfero!. A 

 genus of three species of hardy perennial North Ameri- 

 can herbs 1-2X ft. high, with ternate or ternately com- 



Zinnia Haaseani 



branches, alternate, short-petioled, 3-5-nerved, entire or 

 serrate lvs. and small greenish or whitish flowers in 

 axillary cvmes followed by drupe-like sometimes edible 

 fruits.' They are not much cultivated in this country 



