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Inbulo uigricante minuto fix prominulo, glabri, nitidi^ 5'/^ 

 cent* circiler longi, Jntegumentum externum imtmatnri 

 (lnro-caruosuiUj maturi pulposam, Putamen eliipticnm, le^ 

 vUer comprcssQiQ, 5 GCDt. circiter longnm, none adhuc tenoe, 

 lignosum^ UQO latere tix adhuc lignesceus sed potius coria* 

 c^iini, rerans apicem atrinque snlco exaralum, salcis hand 

 iignosis sed corlaceis^ i(a at Tertsimilifer ia germinante sc* 

 mine putamcu biTalraiim aperiaLDr. 



2. Quid Cycas speciosa Don in Annals of Nat, Hist. 

 Tom, V, uorainata? Au C, Rumphii syuonyraon? 



?ZAMIA Linn. 



Zantiae ^ ^ terris juexicanis advectae, frondcm e:x fforfo 

 Maeleni (Brnxcliis) accepi^ quae procul dubio nova et toto 

 habiiu, praesertim pinDaruin forma ef insertiouc ojudido Kd- 

 cephalartos et Macrozainias aeroulatar. Vix dubito^ fore novi 

 generis tjpum *); a Zamiis saltern americaois longe distat* 



Zamial Maeleni Miq. — Crescit in Mexico. 



Frons metrum loQga^ rjgida^ recta. Stipes 7 cent, (r!- 

 qiietra, angulo postico obtuso, latrralibus Talde acatis, facie 

 autica lata plana, 1 cciil. lata, medio costa portensaj Htrln- 

 qne in caualem obsoletum demissa. Ad basin stipitis pubes 

 grise^ arachnoidea appressa. Rhachisy plevata sensim co^ 

 ftta mediaua^ obtuse tetragona, angiilo posUco oblnsato vel 

 Bursnm semitereti- trigone^ alfarlu hand perfectc lapTis, ad 

 lentem prope foliolornm iascrtionem tenerrime birttOla sed 

 rito glabrata. FoUola praetcr iufimornm afarnptarflm mdi- 

 mcnta, olnnque circiter 112, nDumqne impar terroiiiaJe, 



*) CL Brongniart ad vocem Cf/cadees in Diction* univers. rf7/w(. 

 natm\ generis Cycailearnm incxicaiii, a Lindleyo propositi 5cd 

 adliuc dtibii, Binn dictt meiitioncni fecit^ cujus autem clmracte- 

 rem hacus(}iie friistra quaesivt. 



ISr Bet. Is Heft, 7 



