The new international encyclopaedia . and275 species. Several genera contain plants ofeconomic value, as ginger, curcuma, grains ofParadise, cardamoms, and various importantfibres. The principal genera are Curcuma, Al-pinia. Zingiber, Aniomum, Elettaria, Costus, position of this order has been a subject ofdispute; some botanists join it with Scitamine;r,wliile Bentham and Hooker unite it with Musacese,Cannaceic, and Marantaceae in the order Scita-minacefe. See Ginger. ZINJAN, zin-jitn, or ZENJAN. The capita!of the Province of Khamseh, Xorthwestern Per-sia, situated at an elevation of 5
The new international encyclopaedia . and275 species. Several genera contain plants ofeconomic value, as ginger, curcuma, grains ofParadise, cardamoms, and various importantfibres. The principal genera are Curcuma, Al-pinia. Zingiber, Aniomum, Elettaria, Costus, position of this order has been a subject ofdispute; some botanists join it with Scitamine;r,wliile Bentham and Hooker unite it with Musacese,Cannaceic, and Marantaceae in the order Scita-minacefe. See Ginger. ZINJAN, zin-jitn, or ZENJAN. The capita!of the Province of Khamseh, Xorthwestern Per-sia, situated at an elevation of 5000 feet ontlic higliroad from Teheran to Taluiz. over 200miles northwest of the former city (Map: Per-,sia, C 3). It is surrounded by gardens and hasan extensive bazaar. The town is the formerstronghold of the Babi sectarians (see B.\bism),who defended it against the Persians in , 25,000. ZINNIA (Xeo-Lat., named in honor of ,1. , a German botanist of the eighteenth cen-tury). A genus of plants of the order Com-. ziNNtA {Zinnia ). posita, comprising about 12 species, indigenousto Mexico and the southern portions of the West-ern United States. They are ehielly annualswhich flower freely until fall. The numerousbranches are each terminated by a single head offlowers. The best known species is the garden zinnia (Zinnia elegans), witli variously tintedsingle and double flowers. Other species some-times cultivated are Zinnia pauciflora, with red-purple rays, and Zinnia angunlifolia, with showyorange colored flowers. All these plants are eas-ily raised from seeds. They prefer deep, rich,loamy soils, and sunny situations. ZINTGRAEE, tslntgraf, Eugex (1858-07).A Gernmn African explorer. He was born atDiisseldorf where he studied first law and after-wards natural science. In 1884 he accompaniedan Austrian expedition to the Lower Congo, andin 1880 he headed an expedition sent by the Ger-man (iovernment to explore Kamerun, in WestAfrica. He established the st
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