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ZAMIA PYGMAZA. LEAST ZAMIA. 
BEE ETE ETE ETE EME Re ae eae slegle 
Clafs and Order. 
Dica@cia PoLyANDRIA. 
Generic Charaéter. 
Masc. Amentum ftrobiliforme. Cal. {quama obovata. Cor. o. 
Anthere globofe, rima dehifcentes, in {quama feffiles, 
Fem. Ament. ftrobiliforme. Ca/. {quame peltata, Cr. o. 
Germina 2. Stylio. Bacce 2, 1-{perme. 
Specific Character. 
ZAMIA pygmea ; glaberrima, foliolis fubdecemjugis ovatis ob- 
liquis imbricatis apice ferrulatis, ftipite tereti, amento ovato 
nutante. 7 ; fi 
Descr. Male plant. Fronds abruptly pinnate, about a fpan 
~ long, on rounded footftalks : /eaflets not entirely oppofite, ovate, 
with the upper margin ftraighter and ferrulate about one-third 
down from the point: lower more curved and ferrulate half 
way, thence to the bafe quite entire, fhining, attached to the 
rachis by a cartilaginous articulation, about ten pair, fo clofe 
together as fomewhat to overlap one another: rachis double 
grooved on the upper, rounded on the under fide. Amentum 
ovate, on a fhort thick peduncle turned to one fide: fcales 
obfoletely hexagonal, bearing a number of globular white 
anthers on the under and lower fides, fome of which, when the 
flower is perfett, appear at the crevices between the fcales. The 
female plant we have not feen. if 
Linnaus, in his Fragments of Natural Orders, inferted 
both Zamra and Cycas with the Palme ; but, in his Sy{tem, 
he arranged them with the Filices ; in which family they were 
retained by Jussreu. Psrsoon and Brown make a diftin& 
order of them, under the name of Cycadee. 
Communicated by Meflrs. Loppices and Sons, flowering 
early in May. An imported plant; native of the bok Aecggs 
