504 CYCADE.E. 



3. PODOCARPUS, L'Her. 



Stamens in catkins : anthers 2-celled. Female flowers solitary : ovule single, anatropous, 

 supported by a thickish, lobcd disk. Seed drupaceous : albumen amylaceous : cotyledons 2. 

 — Leaves flat, mostly scattered ; flowers usually dioecious. 



3. P. coriaceus, Rich. Leaves lanceolate, acute, tapering at the base; disk unequally 

 2-fid, about as long as the seed, longer than the peduncle: seed obliquely ovoid-globose, 

 with a short, blunt point. — Rich. Conif. t. \.f. 3. Hook, in Lond. Jo/cm. Bat. 1. t. 21. 

 —P. Yacca, Bon.— About 50' high ; leaves l"-2£" long, 2"'-5'" broad ; seed 2"'-3"' long : 

 point recurved or straightish. Crueger's specimens are sterile, but not to be distinguished 

 by the foliage. Hab. Jamaica!, At., M'Nab, Bon, in the mountain-woods of Port Royal, 

 in the Blue mountains, where it extends to their summit (8000' alt.) ; Montserrat (Endl.) ; 

 Trinidad !, Or., Aripa, Tocuche. 



4. P. Purdieanus, Hook. Leaves oblong-linear, lanceolate at the base or lanceolate 

 to the bluntish or mucronate-pungent point ; $ catkins sessile, geminate, shortly cylin- 

 drical ; disk uuequally 2-dentate, as long as the seed, twice as long as the peduncle ; seed 

 ovoid, with a short, blunt point. — Hook. Ic. t. 624. — A large tree, about 120' high; leaves 

 4"-l|"(-6") long, 5"'-3"'(-8"') broad j seed 4'" long. The $ catkins are to be vsrified in 

 the Jamaica tree : I describe them from "Wright's Cuba specimens, which, though smaller- 

 leaved, are scarcely to be distinguished. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., March, in the northern 

 districts, S. Anns near Moneague, S. Mary's, at 2500-3500' alt. ; [south-eastern Cuba !]. 



5. P. salicifolius, Kl. Karst. Leaves oblong-linear, lanceolate at the base, long- 

 acuminate, often a little oblique ; " $ catkins peduneled, solitary, cylindrical ; disk 2-lobed, 

 shorter than the peduncle ; seed oblong-globose, with a very short point."- — Taxus lancifolia, 

 Wicjcstf. ex descr. — Leaves 4"-6" long, 5"'-7'" broad : but ouly l"-2" long in the form 

 described by Wiekstrom. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe ; Venezuela !, Fendl. Coll. 

 n. 1288]. 



CXXIV. CYCADEiE. 



Character of Conifera, but cotyledons 2, coaiescent, stem simple, and leaves pinnate. — 

 Seeds drupaceous. 



Starch is extracted from Zamia and from the cultivated Cycas revoluta, Thunb. (Desc. 

 Fl. 6. t. 449). 



1. ZAMIA, L. 



Stamens and carpophylls truncate-peltate, the latter 2-ovulate beneath. — Stem depressed; 

 leaves straightish in vernation .- leaflets jointed at the base. 



1. Z. integrifolia, Ait. Leaflets leathery, linear-oblong, subfalcate, cuneate at the 

 base, rounded-blunt at the serrulate top : petiole unarmed. — J acq. Lc. Rar. t. 635. — Hab. 

 Jamaica {Kew Mus.), in arid places along the coast ; [Cuba !, Haiti]. 



2. Z. angustifolia, Jacq. Leaflets elongated, narrowly linear, entire, few-nerved : 

 petiole unarmed. — Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 636. — Leaflets 5" long. — Hab. Bahamas {Jacq.) ; 

 [Cuba!]. 



