ZEPHYBANTHES 



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. Atamaico V 

 :299. Gn. 33, p. 11. 



3. erub6scens, Wats. (Amaryllis eruMace.ni, Hors- 

 ford). Rare white-fld., 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 fls. 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. verecunda, Herb. Rare spring- 

 and summer-blooming species, dis- 

 tinguished from other white-fld. 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-fld. Zephyr Lilies, 

 toeing 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, 1%- 

 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-fld. species and said by 

 Baker (1888) to be the commonest 

 Zephyranthes in cultivation ; how- 

 ever, the name Z. rosea is far com- 

 moner in American catalogues. It is 

 a summer-blooming species with fls. 

 2K-4K in. across, and about 3 in. 

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

 ovary stalked : stigma trifld. Ja- 

 maica, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala. 

 B.R. 11:902. Gn. 33:630 (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. l%-2 in. long: ovary stalked; stigma 3- 

 fld: spathe 3-fid 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 IK 

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

 spathe 2-fid at tip only: ovary 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. longifdlia, Hemsley. Summer-blooming, yellow-fld. 

 species. Distinguished from the next by characters ..i 

 pedicel and spathe. Bulb ovoid; neck l%-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. 



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

 globose; neck !-!> in. long: spathe bifid only at the 



ZINGIHKU 



tip: pedicel much longer than tho spathe- H* 

 coppery outside. 1 i,,. long, 1* in . 14< . rcl ,, ' gj, -.^ 

 (Habranthus Andemoni, var. '/'>j-rinu$). 



11. Andersoni, Baker. Y-llow-fld. S. American sne- 

 eto.of ui,,..-rtin blooming time. The fl. are usuaFv 

 Hushed and vine.l with n-,1 oumi.i, lin ,| ,!. , 8 m ^ 

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

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

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



2790, Zephyranthes Candida above and Z. Atamasco below (X %). 



(both as ffabranthus A ndrrsoni). Apparently the only 

 representative in cultivation of it* gubgenus, which is 

 characterized by strongly declinate stamens. 



Z. Alba, flariMnda and mlphnrra of the American trad* 

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

 ferred to some of the above species. W. M. 



ZEPHYB FLO WEB. Zephyrantket. 



ZlNOIBEB ( name ultimately derived from a Sanskrit 

 word meaning horn-shaped; probably referring to the 

 Ginger root). Scitaminace*. GINGER. The Ginger 

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

 cultivated in greenhouses, with tuberou* rhizomes, 

 aromatic leaves and dense roue -likr 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 In. I in 

 and China, but, like many other tropical plant* >( 

 the. highest economic importance, its nativity i> 1111- 

 oertain. Some Idea of the Importune.- of (tintr>-r t.. the 

 world may be gained by the fact that in 1884 Great 



