. 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. Gardening. ZAMIA A. Petiole prickly. furSur4cea, Ait. Trunk cylindrical, 1-2 ft. tall: peti- oles dilated and concave at the base, with several sraall prickles: Ifts. about 10-12 pairs, opposite or alternate, oblanceolate, entire on the lower half but serrate or jagged towards the top, acute or obtuse, scurfy beneath (as
. 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. Gardening. ZAMIA A. Petiole prickly. furSur4cea, Ait. Trunk cylindrical, 1-2 ft. tall: peti- oles dilated and concave at the base, with several sraall prickles: Ifts. about 10-12 pairs, opposite or alternate, oblanceolate, entire on the lower half but serrate or jagged towards the top, acute or obtuse, scurfy beneath (as also the rachis): cone oval-conical, downy, pedunculate, pale yellowish brown, the pistillate ones i in. or less long. Mexico. 1969. Lindeni, Regel. Trunk cylindrical, 2~ 1 ft. or more tall when well grown: petioles long, cylin- <lrical, sparsely pro- vided with tawny wool, the short conical and spreading: Ifts. 20 or more pairs, glabrous or somewhat puber- nlous, nearly or quite opposite, sessile, long - lanceolate and acuminate, dentate- serrate towards the top. Ecuador. 22:195. ZAUSCHNERIA 2003. 2769 Staminate cone of Zamia Floridana. 2770. Pistillate cone of Zamia Floridana. AA. Petiole not prielclii. B. Species growing beyond the limits of the U. S integrrifdlia, Ait. Trunk 12-18 in. tall, erect, globular or oblong: Ivs. glabrous: Ifts. alternate, 7-16 pairs, oblong to linear-lancetilate to lanceolate, mostly ob- tuse, entire or somewhat dentate towards the apex: cones oblong and obtuse, short-peduncled. West Indies. 1851. âThe Florida plants, usually re- ferred here, are apparently all J?. Floridana and Z. puniila. Mexic8,na, Miq. Distinguished by DeCandolle as fol- lows: scales of the leaf-buds toiuentose and also the petioles at the base, the petioles 3-cornered, unarmed, glabrous, somewhat warty : Ifts. of 9 or more pairs, sub-opposite, narrow - lanceolate, straight or slightly curved, acute or acutisb, rigidly coriaceous, dark green, many-
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