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Cycas REvoLUTA. NARrrow-LeaveD Cycas, 
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Class and Order. 
Dia@cia Potyanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cycapez. Pers. Rich. ) 
Generic Character. 
Fl. dioici. Masc. amentacei; amentum crassissimum, 
squamis subimbricatis, axi communi insertis, subtriangu- 
latis, inferne angustatis, apice mucrone recurvo terminatis, 
subtus inordinate antheris bivalvibus conspersis. Fam. in 
spadices ensiformes, foliaceo-carnosos, marginibus dispo- 
siti, erecti, semi-immersi, in utroque margine 3—4. Fructus 
drupacei, erecti. ; 
Arbores stipite erecto, tereti; foliis coronantibus, pin- 
natis. Rich. — 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cycas * revoluta ; foliorum pinnis numerosissimis linearibus 
mucronatis margine revolutis, petiolo triangulato spi- 
nuloso, spadicibus foemineis paucifloris apice inciso- 
_ palmatis. 7 ae Yeti 
Cycas revoluta, Thunb, Jap. p..229. Smith in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. v. 6. p. 312, t. 29, hig sag Sp. Pl. v, 4. 
(| p. 844. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 907. 
Arzor racor Amboinensis. Seb. Thes. v. 1. t. 25.f. 1. 
Argor cALAppoies sinensis. Rumph. Amb. v. 1. p. 92. 
t 24, : 5 
Txssio, vulgo. Solitz et Sodetz. Kempf. Amen. Exot. 
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Descr. Stem or Trunk three to five feet high in the 
plant here figured, and of considerable thickness, ters 
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* From xvxas, the name of a Palm in Tusorpnrastvus. 
