( 2006 ) 
TAMIA PUMILA, mas. SMALL-LEAVED 
ZAMIA. 
SE SE EIR Ee ee 
Class and Order. 
Dieecra HEXANDRIA. 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Amentum strobiliforme. Cal. squama obovata. 
Cor. 0. Anthere globose, rima dehiscentes, in squama 
sessiles, ' 
Fem. Amentum strobiliforme. Cal. squama peltata. Cor. 0. 
Germina 2. Stylii0. Bacce 2, 1-sperme. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Zama pumila ; foliolis linearibus integerrimis obtusis subvi- 
gintijugis, stipite tereti inermi basi furfuraceo. 
Zamia pumila, Loddig. Catal. 
This is certainly the Zam1a pumila of Loppices’ Catalogue, 
and may perhaps be the male of the ies of which the fe- 
male is given above, at No. 1838, under the name of Zamra 
media ; but if so, Jacquin’s figure of the male of that species 
is so different, that we cannot venture to refer our plant to 
the same. , 
The leaves of Zam1a pumila are elegantly curved, and the © 
Jeaflets are not spread out flat, but rise towards those of the | 
opposite side, they are very generally quite entire, numerous, | 
about eighteen or twenty on each side, nearly opposite, and 
closer together than in most other species. 
Communicated by Messrs, Loppices and Sons, in June 
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