. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 2769. Staminate cone of Zamia Floridana. 2770. Zamia Floridana. aa. Petiole not prickly. B. Species growing begone} the limits of the U. S integrifolia, Ait. Trunk 12-18 in. tall, erect, globular or oblong: lvs. glabr
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 2769. Staminate cone of Zamia Floridana. 2770. Zamia Floridana. aa. Petiole not prickly. B. Species growing begone} the limits of the U. S integrifolia, Ait. Trunk 12-18 in. tall, erect, globular or oblong: lvs. glabrous: lfts. alternate, 7-16 pairs, oblong to linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, mostly ob- tuse, entire or somewhat dentate towards the apex: cones oblong and obtuse, short - peduucled. West Indies. Florida plants, usually re- ferred here, are apparently all Z. Floridana and Z. pumila. Mexicana, Miq. Distinguished by DeCandoIle as fol- lows: scales of the leaf-buds tomentose and also the petioles at the ha»e, the petioles 3-cornered, unarmed, glabrous, somewhat warty : lfts. of 9 or more pairs, sub-opposite, narrow - lanceolate, straight or slightly curved, acute or aeutish, rigidly coriaceous, dark green, many-nerved, spinulose - serrulate from the middle to the apex. Mex.— By Index Kewensis referred to Z. Loildigesii, a species with prickly petioles. Pseudo-parasitica, Yates (Z. Rcezlii, Regel). Distin- f;uished as follows by DeCandoIle: trunk- cylindrical: fts. lanceolate, sinuose - falcate, entire, glabrous, acute at the base, cuspidate at the apex, with 18 strong nerves which :ire twice bifurcate. Panama. —Grows on tree trunks. angustifdlia, .laeq. Foliage glabrous when mature: lfts. 5 in. long. 4-20 pairs, usually alternate, elongated and narrowly linear, the apex obtuse and very obscurely serrulate or entire, the base not narrowed, 6-8-nerved: pistillate cone obtuse but cuspidate. Bahamas. Cuba. bb. Species native to Florida. Floridana, DC. Coontie. Comp
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