ce: 
Tas. 4903. 
ENCEPHALARTUS Carrer. 
Caffrarian Encephalartus, or Caffer-bread. 
Nat. Ord. Cyrcapra.—Dia@cia PoLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. FLoREs MAscULI :—Anthere aperte, in strobilum terminalem pe- 
dunculatum collectz, undique rachi communi inserte, singule oblongo-cuneate, 
apice incrassato-obtuse v. acuminate, acumine sursum flexo, connectivo plus 
minus distincto. FLorEs r@MINEI:—Carpidia plurima, monophylla, aperta, in 
strobilos terminales pedunculatos collecta, rachi communi undique inserta, sin- 
gula basi in stipitem attenuata, apice in peltam rhomboideam dilatata, pelta sub- 
tus utrinque ovulo unico inverso foeta. Fructus synearpius, e carpidiis laxius- 
cule coalitis. Semina ovoidea, testa ossea, seepius carpidii processu fungoso cu- 
pulatim excepta. £mbryo inversus, in axi albuminis carnosi, radicula respectu 
racheos communis centripeta.—Arbores, interdum gigantea, in Africa australi 
subtropica (regione Caffrarum), frondibus pinnatis, pinnis lata basi sessilibus, mul- 
tinerviis, apice sepius spinoso-denticulatis. Endl. 
ENcEPHALARTUS Caffer; caudice erecto glabro tereti-cylindraceo elato, foliis 
(cum petiolo) subtripedalibus apice recurvis circumscriptione lanceolatis 
pinnatis glabris, pinnis utrinque sub-37 erecto-patentibus anguste lanceo- 
latis coriaceis rigidis atro-viridibus (minime glaucis) planiusculis supra niti- 
dis estriatis subtus minute longitudinaliter striatis, margine paululum recur- 
vis integris vel uni- vel remote- bi-tridentato-spinosis, inferioribus latiori- 
bus apice mucronato-spinosis reliquis mucrone obtuso recurvo terminatis, 
rachi glabra obtuse inequaliter subtetragona, amento masculo subcylindraceo 
sesquipedali, squamis antheriferis oblongis glabris tuberculoso-rugosis apice 
rostrato, rostro decurvo truncato. 
a. foliolis omnibus integerrimis. (Tas. NostR. 4903.) 
8. foliolis hic illic remote dentato-spinosis. 
EncrpHatartus Caffer. Lehm. Pugill. v. 6. p.11. Mig. Monogr. Cycad. p. 53. 
Cycas Caffra. “ Thunb. Nov. Act. Reg. Soc. Ups. tom. 2. p. 283.” 
Zamia Cycadis. Linn. Fil. Suppl. p. 443. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. p. 412. 
Zamia Caffra. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. p. 429. 
Encepnazartus longifolia. Lehm. Pugill. v. 6. p.14. Mig. lc. p. 54. 
A desire to give a local habitation and a name, if possible, to 
this noble Cycadaceous plant, of which we have received at Kew 
splendid living specimens from various friends, our finest from 
J. Moxon, J. Brehem, and — Ariderne, Esqs., from the neigh- 
bourhood of Graham’s Town, induce me to give a representation 
from imperfect materials,—imperfect from the absence of fruit- 
bearing amenta, in which probably the most dependable distin- 
guishing characters will be found to reside. Of the species to 
which it belongs, I would desire to speak with great caution ; and 
MARCH Ist, 1856. 
