Tab. 7162-3. 

 ENCEPHALARTOS Altensteinii. 



Native of South Africa. 



Nat. Ord. C re ade.*:.— -Tribe Encephalaete,e. 

 Genus Encephalartos, Lehm.; (Berth, et SooJc.f. Gen. PI. vol. iii. p. 445.) 



Encephelartos Altensteinii ; trunco robuato apice plus minus villoso 

 folua numerosissimis breviter petiolatis, petiolo subcylindraceo demum 

 glabrato, rachi dorso rotundato, facie bicanaliculato, foliolis numerosissi 

 mis sessilibus lmeari-oblongis pungentibus inermibus v. utrinqne pauci 

 spinulosis la3te vindibus, strobilo masculo elongato-ovoideo v subclavato 

 squamis mfenoribus et intermediis in conum crassum truncatum tetra' 

 gonum productis, supenonbus longioribus elongatis, strobilo foemineo 

 maximo subsessih ovoideo, squamis in conum crassum quadratum trunca 

 turn apice villosum rugosum productis, seminibus oblongis trigonis aneulo 

 interiore acuto lateralibus rotundatis. 



E. Altensteinii, Lehm. Pugill. vi. p. 11, f. 4, 5 (1834) ; Otto, et Dietr Allaem 

 Gartenzeit. 1834, pp. 85, 86, 88, tt. 4, 5 ; Miauel Monogr. Gycad p 51 e 't 

 in Lmnaa, vol. xix. p. 420, t. 5 ; et Prodr. Gycad. p. 10, 22 ; DeVriese 

 Bescr. et Fig. des Plantes Nottv. du Jarditi de Lei/den, 1807 t 1 2 3 • 

 Oudeman. Medd. Enceph. Alt. 1863, p. 1 ; Alpk, DG. Prodr vo'l xvi pt ii' 



^'J?' 2 '\ M " ste ^J-! 1 a aT £- Ghr0n - 1876 ' P L "• P- 392 ' % s - 80. 81, 82, and 

 1887, pt. 11. p. 281, fig. 66. 



E. Marumii, De Vriese in Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. vol. v. p. 188. 



The cone of Encephalartos Altensteinii here figured was 

 the second sent to the Royal Gardens of Kew, by W H 

 Tillett, Esq., of Sprowston, Norwich. The first, which 

 arrived about thirteen years ago, had been left too loner on 

 the plant and hence was received in too dilapidated a state 

 for drawing. The second (none having been formed in the 

 interval) was received in February of last year in excellent 

 condition. In each case the cone was about eighteen 

 inches long by thirty in circumference, and was preceded 

 by a tier of leaves formed in the previous year. It was 

 accompanied by a photograph of the plant, which is repro- 

 duced on Plate 7163. Judging from the photograph, Mr. 

 Tillett's plant precisely accords, except in size, with the 

 specimens growing at Kew, the largest of which is nearly 

 six feet in height with a diameter of trunk about ten inches. 

 March 1st. 1891. 



