zamias

A brief description of this remarkable plant may not be without interest to the reader; what the _zamias_ is to the East Indian, the pita plant is to the Southern Indian -- it is food, medicine, stimulant, and clothing.

Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Edwin Eastman

It then suddenly changed into red sandy stringy-bark ridges, with a dense under-growth of vines, zamias, and pandanus, which made the walking difficult and painful.

Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland Frank Jardine 1880

In the eyes of a jolly-tar, all trees that have this radiating foliage, such as aloes, and yucca, and the zamias of South Africa, are palm-trees; therefore it was natural for Ben to call the trees in question by this name.

Ran Away to Sea Mayne Reid 1850

I cross thy fields of lava, rugged in outline, and yet more rugged with their coverture of strange vegetable forms -- acacias and cactus, yuccas and zamias.

The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850