. 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. ZINNIA somewhat corymbosely branched above: peduncles at maturity enlarged upwards and hollow. Mexico, Peru- vian Andes. multifldra, Linn'. This and the next are included by most writers in , but Z. multif
. 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. ZINNIA somewhat corymbosely branched above: peduncles at maturity enlarged upwards and hollow. Mexico, Peru- vian Andes. multifldra, Linn'. This and the next are included by most writers in , but Z. multiflora may be distinguished from Z. pauciflora by the pubescence of the stem being much finer, appressed or rarely spreading,and the rays red or pur- ple, mostly narrow and suberect or scarcely spreading. B. M. 149. tenuifldra, J acq. Fig. 2798. Very dis- tinct by reason of its revolute, linear rays which are cardinal- red in color. It has a dainty flower about 1 in. across hardly comparable with the showy Z. elegans. This species has been cult, in America but seems to be no longer advertised here. It is referred to Z. pauciflora by most writers, and to Z. multiflora b y Robinson and Green- man. 555. A. G. 1890:243. grrandifldra, Nutt. Hardy, low-growing, Colorado perennial, with woody root, shrubby base, linear lvs. and sulfur-yel- low rays which are very broad, almost round in outline. Lvs. less than 1 in. long and 3-nerved. Colo., New Mex., Ariz.,Mex. Int. 1900 by D. M. Andrews. W. M. ZIZYPHUS 2013. 2798. Zinnia tenuiflora. The rays are typically more olute than they are shown it figure. ZIT-KWA. Benincasa i â iferti. ZIZANIA (an old Greek name). Gramineo?. A single species of annual swamp grass found in northern N. A. and northern Asia. Spikelets 1-fld., monoecious, in large, terminal panicles, the pistillate upper portion narrow and appressed, the staminate lower portion spreading: pistillate spikelets long awned. The plant is a stately and graceful grass, deserving to
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