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ZIZYPHUS 



and none of the species is hardy north; the hardiest 

 seems to be Z. vulgaris, but it is tender north of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Most kinds have handsome foliage and 

 are well adapted for planting in shrubberies in the 

 southern states and California. They seem to thrive in 

 any well-drained soil. Prop, by seeds, by greenwood 

 cuttings under glass and by rri<it-c\ittings. A genus of 

 about 40 species distribiitid tliri.m.'li the tropical and 

 subtropical regions of b.iih liriuisplim-s, allied to Pa- 

 liurus, but chiefly distiiii;uMi,-.l l.y ih,- drupe-like fruit. 

 Shrubs with slender utt.ii j.n"Uiiihciit branches, or 

 trees; stipules mostly transformed into spines, often 

 only one stipule spiny or one a straight and the other 

 a hooked spine: fls. 5-merous: ovary 2-4, usually 2- 

 loculed; style usually 2-parted: fr. a subglobose to ob- 

 long drupe. The fruit of Z. Jujuba, vulgaris and Z. 

 Lotus are edible and the first named is much cult, in 

 China. 



Jujilba, Lam. Tree, 30-50 ft. high: branches usually 

 prickly; young branchlets, petioles and infloreso.ence 

 densely rusty tomentose: Ivs. broadly oval or ovate to 

 oblong, obtuse, sometimes emarginate serrate or entire, 

 dark green and glabrous above, tawny or nearly white 

 tomentose beneath, 1-3 in. long: fls. in short-stalked 

 many-fld. axillary cymes: fr. subglobose to oblong, 

 orange-red, K-% in. long, on a stalk about half its 

 length. March-June. S. Asia, Africa, Australia. Gn. 

 13, p. 194. 



sativa, Gartn. (Z. vulgaris. Lam.). Common Jujube. 

 Shrub or small tree, attaining 30 ft. : prickly or un- 

 armed : glabrous branchlets often fascicled, slender and 

 having frequently the appearance of pinnate Ivs.: Ivs. 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, oblique at 

 the base, sometimes emarginate, serrulate, glabrous, %- 

 2 in. long: fls. fascicled, in axillary cymes: fr. ovoid to 

 oblong, dark red or almost black, i4-% in. long, short- 

 stalked. March-June. S. Eu., S. and E. Asia; natur- 

 alized in Ala. A.G. 1891:79 (as var. iiiermis). The Ju- 

 jube is somewhat planted in Florida and California, al- 

 though it yet has no commercial rating as a fruit plant. 

 According to Wickson, it was introduced into California 

 in 1876 by G. P. Rixford, and is "fruiting regularly and 

 freely inseveral parts of the state." The fruits or ber- 

 ries are ripe in November and December, and the plant 

 begins to bear at three years from planting. The Jujube 

 fruit is used in confectionery. 



Z. LUus. Lam. Prickly shrub, 3-4 ft. high: Ivs. ovate-ob- 

 long, crenulate, glabrous: fls. in few-fld. axillary cymes; fr. 

 subglobose, yellow. S. Eu., N. Atr.— Z. Paliitrus, Willd.=Pa- 

 liurus Spina-Christi.— «. SpXna-ChHsti. Willd. Small prickly 

 tree; Ivs. oval to oblong, crenulate, glabrous or pubescent on 

 the veins beneath; fls. in a-xillary clusters: pedicels tomentose: 

 fr. ovoid-globose, red. N. Afr. , W. Asia. This species is s\ip- 

 posed by some to have furnished Christ's crown of thorns ; see 

 also Paliurus Spina-Christi. 



Z. Pdrryi, Torr. Belongs to the genus Condalia, which is 

 easily distinguished by not having spiny stiptdes but the 

 branchlets transformed into slender thorns and by its entire, 

 usually penninerved Ivs. — Z. Parryi, Weberb., is a much 

 branched, glabrous thorny shrub, 4-15 ft. high: Ivs. elliptic to 

 obovate, obtuse, cnneate at the base, M"/^ in. long: fls. slender 

 pediceled, in sessile clusters: fr. ovoid, H in. long. S. Calif. 

 This pKant was once offered by a collector of native plants, but 

 it is probably not in the trade now. ALFRED Rehder. 



ZYGADfiNUS (Greek, yoke and gland, some ot the 

 species having two glands in the base of the perianth). 

 Lilinceir. As outlined byBentham & Hooker, the genus 

 has 12 spi-.'ic^. one of which is Siberian and the re- 

 maincb r X..itli Anwrii'an and Mexica'n. This disposi- 

 tion imliiilrs Anii.nilhiura in Zygadenus, but most au- 

 thors do ihii iiiiii.' ihr two. They are smooth, rhizom- 

 atous c.r ImiII.i.us pl;iiits, with simple erect stems bear- 

 ing a nxceme or panicle of white, yellowish or greenish 

 flowers; Ivs. mostly crowded at the base of the flower- 

 stem, long-linear. The fls. are perfect or polygamous, 

 the segments many-nerved and often adnate to the base 

 of the ovary, the parts withering and persistent; sta- 

 mens 6; capsule 3-loculed, the locules in fruit separate 

 at the top or for their entire length. 



The species of Zygadenus are little known in cultiva- 

 tion. They are sometimes- recommended for the wild 

 garden, where they thrive in wet or boggy places. In- 

 creased by division; also rarely by seeds. Some of the 

 species have poisonous bulbs, rhizomes and foliage. 



ZYGOPETALUM 



A. Locules of the capsule dehiscing to the base: stamens 



free from perianth-segments: glands usually 1 or 

 ^ in the base of the perianth. Zygadenus proper. 



B. Glands large, covering nearly the whole base of the 



perianth segments: hull, tiiiiicitlni. 

 c. Fls. usually ]ieir, ft , iKlhi r hnije. 



Regans, Pursh (Z. glaiicus. Suit. II, liniias glabh-- 

 rima, Ker.). Three ft. or less tall, the Ivs. Hin. or less 

 broad and very glaucous : bracts purplish : fls. greenish, 

 in simple or sparingly branched racemes, the segments 

 broad and less than J^in. long, coherent to the ovary, 

 the fl. opening about Kin. across. Across the continent 

 from New Brunswick and south to New Mexico. B.M. 

 1080. B.R. 24:67. 



Frfimontii, Torr. Lvs. an inch or less broad, less 

 glaucous than the above: bracts green: fls. jisually 

 larger, rotate, the segments free from the ovary. Cali- 

 fornia, from San Diego north, in the Coast Range. - 

 One of the "Soap plants." Said to be the best of the 

 genus for cultivation. 



Niittallii, Gray. Lvs. from H-% in. wide, scarcely 

 glaucous, light green: bracts scarious: fls. K in. across, 

 in a simple or branched raceme, the segments free from 

 the ovary. Kans. to Colo, and Texas. 



cc. Fls. polygamous, small. 



venendsus, Wats. Slender, 2 ft. or less tall: lvs. very 

 narrow {H in. or less), scabrous, not glaucous, the stem- 

 Ivs. not sheathing: bracts narrow, scarious: fls. in a 

 short simple raceme, the perianth free from the ovary, 

 the segments H in. or less long, triangular-ovate to 

 elliptic, short-clawed. S. Dakota to California. -Bulb 

 poisonous. 



paniculitus, Wats. Usually stouter, the lvs. broader 

 and sheathing: raceme compound: perianth-segments 

 deltoid, acute, short-clawed. Saskatchewan to Calif.— 

 Bulb poisonous. 



BB. Glands very obscure: bulb somewhat fibrous, 

 narrow. 



leimantholdes, Gray. Stem slender and leafy, 4 ft. or 

 less tall: lvs. J^ in. or less wide, green on both sides: 

 racemes panicled : fls. about % in. across, the segments 

 oblong, not clawed. N. J. to Ga. 



AA. Locules dehiscing only above the middle: stamens 

 inserted on the perianth-segments : glands none: 

 bulbous. 



muscitdxicum, Regel (Helinias Iceta, Ker. Amidn- 

 thium muscmtixicum. Gray. Chrospirma muscmt6xicum, 

 Kuntze). Fly -poison. Slender, 4 ft. or less tall: lvs. 

 rather short, the basal ones varying from M in. to over 

 1 in. broad, not glaucous: racemes simple: fls. about 

 K in. across, the segments ovate-oblong and obtuse. 

 New York to Fla. and Ark. B.M. 803, 1540. L.B.C. 

 10:998. Gn. 57, p. 160. -Bulb and herbage poisonous. 

 A fly poison has been made from the bulb. L.H.B. 



ZtGIA. fiec Albi^zia. 



ZYGOFfiTALUM (name referring to the united flower 

 parts). On-hiddcew. Plants with numerous distichous 

 lvs. sheathing a short stem which usually becomes 

 thickened into a pseudobulb: Ivs. membranaceous, ve- 

 nose or plicate: fls. solitary or in racemes, showy: 

 sepals and petals nearly alike, in form and color, often 

 united to each other at the base, the lateral sepals form- 

 ing a mentura with the foot of the column; labellum 

 with the lateral lobes scarcely prominent, middle lobe 

 broad and plane, spreading, or recurved at the apex, 

 with a prominent fleshy crest on the disc : column in- 

 curved, wingless or with small wings; pollinia 4, not 

 appendiculate. Includes Bollea, Huntleya, Warczewic- 

 sella and Batemannia, which are often separated as 

 distinct genera. Heinrich Hasselbrino. 



Zygopetalum is a genus of mostly epiphytal orchids, 

 of easy culture. The Z. Mackaii group grow well un 

 der pot culture. One or two species with creeping rhi- 



