Zygopetalum 



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Zygostates 



Other Species : 



aromaticum, 6" to 12", 

 St., s. and p. wh., 1. 

 axure bl. (,v//;/s. Huut- 

 leya and Warsoevvic- 

 '/.]\;i aromatica). 



corinnm, 0" to 12", aut., 

 St., s., p., anil 1. pale 

 yel. , crest furrowed, br. 

 (tyni. Iluntlcya and 

 Pescatorea <vrina). 



cochleare, I!" to l.V'.simi., 

 st., wh., 1. lined vio., 

 fragrant (/. Warsce- 

 wiiv.i'lla cocnlearii). 



disrolor, (3" to 12", sum., 

 St., s. and p. wh. or 

 yel., with a flushing of 

 pur., 1. vio. pur. (\///;v. 

 Warrea and Warsce- 

 wir/ella discolor). 



gramineum, 5" to 10", 

 various, st., s., p., and 

 1. yel., grn., spotted 

 reddish br. (s//n. Kefer- 

 steinia graminea). 



grrmdifiorum, . 8" to 12", 

 late sum., st., s. and 

 p. grn., banded br., 1. 

 wh., lined pur. 



jorisianum, 6" to 15", 

 sum., intermediate, s. 

 and p. grn., heavily 

 barred pur. br., 1. wh., 



Sur., three lobed. 

 imU'i, 7" to 14", 

 various, st., s. and p 

 ro., yel., vio., gr. , 1. yet.- 



Lehmannii, 10" to 18", 

 various, st., s. and p. 

 wh., striped pur., 1. 

 mauve pur. (syn. Pes- 

 catorea Lehmannii). 



Lindeni, 6" to 9", 

 various, St., s. and p. 

 wh., 1. wh., pur. 



nmrginatum, various, st., 

 s. and p. yel,, wh., 1. 

 wh.. pur. ro. (*//''' 

 Warrea quadrata and 

 Warscewiczella mar- 

 ginata). 



maxillare Gautieri (see 

 (Jautieri). 



Meleagris, 6" to 12", 

 sum., st., wh., yel., red- 

 dish br., crest wh., 

 fringed (synn. Bate- 

 maimia and Huntleya 



Meleagris). Albidoful- 

 vum is a var. 



Eollisonii, 3", aut., win., 

 intermediate, s. and p. 

 pale yel., 1. wh., spot- 

 ted crim. 



schroderiannin, S" to 16", 

 spr. , s. and p. wh., 1. 

 ro., pur. 



stapelioides, 3", sum., in- 

 termediate, s. anil p. 

 gni., yel., spotted and 

 striped pur., 1. similarly 

 coloured, three lobed 



(HI/IIS. Promensea and 

 Maxillaria stapelioides) . 



wailesiamun, G" to 9", 

 ant., st., s. and p. wh., 

 1. wh., flushed bl.(syn.. 

 Warrea and Warsce- 

 wiczella wailesiana). 



Wendlandii, 6" to 10", 

 aut., st., s. and p. pale 

 yel., gru., or wh., 1. 

 wh., bluish vio. (syn. 

 Warscewiczella Wend- 

 landii). 



ZYGOPHYLLUM. (BEAN CAPER.) 

 Greenhouse and half-hardy and hardy shrubs, 

 sub-shrubs, and perennial herbs (ord. Zygophyllese), 

 of little value horticulturally. Propagation, by 

 seeds and young cuttings. Soil, light sandy loam. 

 Kabago is the Syrian Bean. Caper, 3', summer, 

 yellow, a hardy perennial, is sometimes grown. 



ZYGOSTATES (syn. DACTYLOSTYLES). 

 Stove epiphytic Orchids (ord. Orchidaceae), orily 

 one of which is in cultivation. 

 Principal Species : 



greeniana, petals wh., lip wh., grn., pseudo-bulbs 

 Pear shaped. 



GLOSSARY. 



[\OTK. To economise space masculine terminations only are given, except in the case of Acanthifolius, 

 Acanthifolia, Acantbifolium, which is quoted as an example of the different terminations.] 



A, indicating absence. 



Abraded, rubbed oft. 



A/ii-issus, cut off. 



Abruptly /linnatf. a pinnate leaf 

 without an odd leaflet at the 

 apex. 



Ai-anthifnliui, Acanthifolia, Acan- 

 thifoliun, prickly leaved. 



Acaulis, apparently without a 

 stem. 



Aecedeiil, approaching. 



Accrescent, to increase in size after 

 flowering ; an accrescent calyx 

 is one that becomes larger as 

 the fruit develops.as in I'hysalis. 

 I 'i-n'tc, fastened or growing to an 

 adjoining organ. 



.\f -uni'ii'iit, seed leaves which 

 have their edges applied to the 

 folded radicle are said to be 

 accumben-t. 



-I 'i-inu, used in the terminations 

 of names to denote a resem- 

 blance, as foliaceotis, like a leaf. 



s, without a head, 

 linear ncelle shaped, as 

 in the leaves of the Firs. 



Acervate, in dense clusters. 



Acetarious, pertaining to salad 

 plants. 



Arliene, a dry, superior single 

 carpel containing one seed, and 

 not opening when rip?. 



Acie.Uar, needle shaped. 



Acinaciformis. scimitar shaped, 

 curved, rounded to the point, 

 thick on the straighter edge 

 and thin on the other. 



Acotyledont, plants which hnveno 

 seed leaves or cotyledons: 

 Ferns and cryptogamic plants 

 generally. The term is rarely 

 used now. 



Acris, sharp, bitter. 



Aculeate, prickly. 



Acu/eoliitiis, arin^d with small 

 prickles. 



.\culens. a prickle: a sharp, hard 

 process of the epidermis. 

 Prickles fall off when old, 

 spines do not. 



Acuminate, tapering sharply to a 

 point. 



Acvtangtdns, sharp-angled. 



Acute, sharp. 



Adherent, united; union of dis- 

 similar parts usually distinct, 

 as ovary to calyx. 



Adnite, united lengthwise. 



Adpressed, closely pressed to 

 some surface. 



. [il ii tii'iniK. bent like a hook. 



Adrentitinus, accidental : not 

 normal, as the aerial roots on 

 Vine rods. 



.Kniiilit*, rivalling. 



jKqmiH, equal and uniform. 



A'iroitli yl e , a plant which lives ex- 

 clusively in the air, attached 

 to some object. 



! .-fat ! rails, relating to summer. 



A finis, related. 



Aijiilnmerate, gathered into a 

 head. 



A !/<// titillated, glued together, as 

 the pollinia or pollen masses 

 of Orchids. 



Aggregate, crowded together, as 

 the flowers of the Thrift 

 (Armeria). 



Agrestis, rustic, relating to a 

 field. 



Aiji/noua, without female- organs. 

 i.e. a staminate flower. 



Ala, a wing: ala>, the lateral 

 petals of a Pea shaped (lower. 



Alatus. winged, with a membra- 

 nous expansion. 



Albescmt. becoming white, 

 changing or fading to white. 



Albinism. whiteness, brought 

 about, by the absence of chlor- 

 ophyll or colouring matters. 



A/liis/>iiiiif. white spined. 



Albumen, nutritive matter of the 

 seed embryo. 



Alburnum, the soft layer, or snp- 

 wood, found between the inner 

 bark and the hard wood of a 

 tree. 



Alhtis. white. 



Mi'irnrnis, shaped like an oik's 

 horn, as the fronds of Platy- 

 cerinm alcicorne. 



Ali/ir, water plants of simple con- 

 struction. 



