The new international encyclopaedia . ing specimens which have beenexhumed bear incised hieroglyphic calendar of the Mayas was similar to thatof the Nahuas and Zapotecs (), but theirsystem of hieroglyphic writing, approaching pho-neticism, bears no resemblance to that of theother Mexican tribes. The nearest affinity is inthe recently discovered hieroglyphic writing ofthe Zapotecs in the valley- of Oaxaca. The mod-ern Mayas of Yucatan retain no knowledge of theancient lore of their ancestors. l)ut among theLacandones of the remote southern frontier ofthe peninsula it is pro
The new international encyclopaedia . ing specimens which have beenexhumed bear incised hieroglyphic calendar of the Mayas was similar to thatof the Nahuas and Zapotecs (), but theirsystem of hieroglyphic writing, approaching pho-neticism, bears no resemblance to that of theother Mexican tribes. The nearest affinity is inthe recently discovered hieroglyphic writing ofthe Zapotecs in the valley- of Oaxaca. The mod-ern Mayas of Yucatan retain no knowledge of theancient lore of their ancestors. l)ut among theLacandones of the remote southern frontier ofthe peninsula it is probable that ceremonies totheir ancient gods are still performed. Consult:Bandelier, Xotes on the Bibliography of Yttca-lan and Central America (Worcester, 1880) ;Charnay, Les anciennes villes du noiiveau monde(Paris, 1884) ; and the writings of Daniel (). YUCCA (Sp., from the Korth American In-dian name). A genus of plants of the naturalorder Liliaceae, natives of the southern partof the United States and Mexico, but now. Yucca filamcnlosa. widely distributed. Yucca filamentosa is oftencultivated in gardens on account of the sin-gularity and splendor of its aponranee. r«ecoyloriosa is a native of Virginia and of moresouthern parts of North America, but is hardy inthe Northern States. Its stem, which is 2 or 3feet high, bears on the upper part a great tuftor crown of large sword-shaped evergreen leaves,each terminating in a sliarp black spine. Fromthe centre of this crown of leaves arises theflower stalk, of 3 feet or upward in height,branching out on every side so as to form a YUCCA
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