Tas, 8232. 
ENCEPHALARTOS Barrert, 
West Tropical Africa. 
CYCADACEAE. Tribe ENCEPHALARTEAE, 
ENCEPHALARTOS, Lehm.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 445. 
Encephalartos Barteri, Carruth. ex Mig. in Arch. Neéerl. vol. iii. p. 243; Niewwe 
Bijdr. Cycad. p. 46; species EH. villoso, Lem., similior, a qua frondium 
segmentis brevioribus spinulis marginalibus minoribus, squamisque 
strobilorum utriusque sexs margine inferiore integris apice cicatrice 
truncata ornatis differt. 
Truncus ellipsoideus, 30 cm. altus, 20-25 cm. diametro, frondium basibus griseo- 
hirsutis persistentibus arcte imbricatis obtectus. Folia erecta vel sub- 
erecta, 1-1'5 m. longa, petiolo 10-25 cm. longo rhachique primum 
griseo-hirsutis subcylindricis, segmentis utrinque circa 80 patentibus 
lineari-lanceolatis basi aliquanto angustatis, 10-12 em. longis, 1°5-2 em. 
latis, apice pungentibus margine utrinque paucispinulosis, spinulis 
saepissime minutis; segmenta inferiora sensim reducta.  S’robilus 
masculus distincte pedunculatus pedunculo gracili 4-6 em. longo, sub- 
cylindricus, 12-18 cm. longus, 4 cm. crassus, squamis 2 cm. latis deltoideis 
brevissime stipitatis, apice triangulari subpeltato, margine inferiore sub- 
integro, Strobilus foemineus olivaceus, oblongo-ellipsoideus, 20 cm. longus, 
12 em. crassus, squamis majoribus 6 em. latis stipitatis apice peltiformibus 
lato-rhombeis, angulis lateralibus explanato-deflexis, margine inferiore 
integris. Semina oblongo-ovata, kermesina, 3°5 cm. longa, 2°5 cm. lata; 
embryo anguste subcylindraceus, 5 cm. longus in filum spiraliter tortum 
4 cm. longum desinens; fila sterilia cum fertili consociata saepe breviora, 
1-2 cm, tantum longa.—D. Prat. 
The African genus Encephalartos includes twenty-four 
species. The precise habitat of four of these is obscure ; of the 
remainder fourteen are South African and six are natives of 
“Tropical Africa. Four of the known South African species 
have already been figured in this work: E. Altensteinii 
(B. M. t. 7162); 2. Caffer (B. M. t. 4903); a form of 
LE. horridus (B. M. t. 5371); and E. villosus (B. M. t. 6654). 
£. Barteri, the Tropical African plant now dealt with, in 
habit and appearance most resembles the South African 
species last named, but is readily distinguished by the 
diagnostic characters given*above. 
E.. Bartert, known in West Africa as the Pardi Attar or 
“Ghost Palm,” was originally met with during Dr, Baikie’s 
January, 1909, 
