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lateral growths from the base, these should be taken off 

 :and potted, but the usual mode of multiplication is by 



Z. edMlis. — An elegant somewhat Galamus-Vike plant, with 

 ■spreading pinnate leaves ; the petioles are broadly sheath- 

 ing at the base, dark ferrugineous brown, and armed with 

 black spines, an inch in length, produced two and three 

 together at the base, but towards the apex singly, and 

 there distant. The leaves are one or two feet in length ; 

 pinnae six to ten inches long, dark green, the apex broadly 

 bUobed. It is sometimes found in collections under the 

 name of Z. Elvmeana. Native of the Bast Indies. 



Z. Wagneri. — The petioles of this beautifiil species are 

 profusely armed with long white spines ; leaves two to 

 four feet long, irregularly pinnate ; pinnss six to twelve 

 inches in length, two in breadth, and of a bright dark 

 green colour. Native of the East Indies. 



Zamia. 



A noble genus of Cycadeaceous plants, remarkable for 

 their stout fleshy stems, and their hard enduring leaves. 

 They are mainly related to EneepJialartos, to which genus 

 the reader is referred for instructions on their cultivation. 



Z, caloooma, — This is an exceedingly rare species. The 

 stem is slender, and slightly woolly in the crown ; leaves 

 pinnate, naked portion clothed with a thin coating of white 

 woolly scales ; pinnse six to ten inches or more long, taper, 

 ing to a point and set very close together, dark green on 

 the upper side, slightly paler below. It is an elegant 

 plant. Native of Tropical America. 



Z. crasdfolia.rr-Thia is a very distinct dense-growing 

 species. - Leaves about two feet long, pinnate, petioles 

 covered with a dense silvery tomentum ; pinnse two to two 

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