( ]838 ) 

 Zamia media. Intermediate Zamia. 



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Class and Order. 



DlCECIA POLYANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Masc. Amentum strobiliforme. Cat. squama obovata. 

 Cor. 0. Antherce globose rima dehiscentes, in squama 

 sessiles, 



Fem. Ament. strobiliforme. Cat. squamae peltatae. Cor. 0. 

 Germina 2. Styli 0. Baccce 2, 1-spermae. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Zamia media ; foliolis oblongo-linearibus subintegerrimis 



muticis rectis, stipite tereti inermi. Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 



3. p. 77. t. 397 et 398. 

 Zamia media ; frondibus pinnatis, foliolis lincari-lanceolatis 



obtusis sub apice obsolete serrulatis planis, stipite tri- 



quetro glabro. JVilld. Sp. PI. 4. p. 846. 



'Zamia media is very distinct both from integrifolia and 

 angustifolia, and has its name from being in some measure 

 intermediate between the two ; the pinnae or leaflets being 

 narrower and more numerous than in the former, and broader 

 and fewer than in the latter. The serratures just below the 

 point of the leaflets are frequently wanting, and seldom visible 

 to the naked eye. 



Our drawing was taken from a female plant communicated 

 by Messrs. Loodiges and Sons, by whom it was introduced. 

 Native of the West-Indies. Requires to be kept in the 

 stove. Is not recorded in the Hortus Kewensis, nor in 

 Bonn's Catalogue. 



