201 
FLORA OP T.UE ISIHilUS OF PAXA^rA, 
CYCADE^E. 
qi4 7AMIA Clnma Seem. (Tab. XLIII.) ; caudice subcylindrieo, frondium stipite rhachique 
and if Waxszewicz's plant is identical witk mine, also m Western Verag«a«. 
^'^'m. .on Wa...: .as des... Hs Z™. SSS^r^iS:!^^^^-: 
travaUn, in Ye..guas, .ot. o^^ so ™pj^»t J^^^^ Albert D.et^^ ^^^ 1^^^^^_^^^^ ^^_^^^_ 
description as .ou d enable other b an.ts *» -c ^ ■ ^_^.^__^ ^,^,^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^. „,^, t„ , 
n.ens of mrs.e..c. s «P-- * ^^f J^' \" ;, ^ ,u I,,,, ndsconceptions of Z».m C/,;,««, 
plant tliat has proha% already an old one. io guara dfc ^^^^ 
™t :: - f =ejss:;-r ^::ir^ s £=.cU de.. 
^'""^ S l747 Dr. See^ann sent three plants of Z«». «»>. discovered hy ^m in DarieMo t^^^ S'- 
Botanit Gardens at Zew. One died, another is at the tin>e I .^ ';^f^ ^ ^^^^^^^ 
.onse . and the third, of .M^ ^^^^^i;^^^ nl^LsTi Xri. the 'gronnd to the 
tntion, and is m a very healthy state .-Stem ej l"idnca ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ j^^^.^^_ 
origin of the leaves, 40 e. in eireumferenee, covered v h the '~ <"° ^ ,,„^h of 
Lets ten; length of the longest ^f^-'^^^^l^^-f- Z^'Z:^::!^. e-^larges into 
the shorter leaves, inelnding the ^'^l'^' f °-"° " '° X,,~ "f^ ^^..^es onite mall, and terminates 
a canons pad at the hase ; ahove this pad .t tapers — J^J^ '^^'^^I L leaflets are .et, bnt not 
in a point extending beyond the '<';;^^-' ^-^'::^^to:^Zt:ZZ n^nricate from the base of the 
obliqnely ; covered, when first l'™^'^'=f '/;* "j^'Liclcles nnmerons and thickly set near the base, 
.talk to within a short distance ^om "- '. -^ P ^ ,^ ,,, „pp,, p,rt. Near the 
diminishing in nnmber as we approa h the J-' ^^ « J k ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ ^ 
base these prickles are from 1 to 5 mdhmetres 'ong, and a^e st ong J ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 
gnard placed ronnd the organs of f^f ^^7 '^ /^irnX Uternate nor opposite, bnt in this 
Irter and blunter, as well as more rarely -f ^^ J , ;J^-^ ; J^'^ ,^, .ye, and no ter.oinal leaflet ; 
respect irregularly disposed ; in the longestjea^, ^fr^^-^^H _^ ,,,^, ^, ,i,e throughout the 
set nearly at right angles to the rach.s ; f a vmd green n y ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^_ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ 
.hole leaf, but rather shorter ^^^J-^^''^^^^^^^^^: ^y overlap ; joined to the rachis by a distinct 
widest part, which is at a httle d-t-ce from fte base y J^.^^^^^,^ ^^^^^^ ^^^,, ,, the 
articulation, near which the leaflet « much nhacted so ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^__^^^ ^^^^ ^,^ 
widest part of the leaf, much less -m-ous ^ he base b y ^^^ ^^^^.^^^^^_ 
base, so as to amom.t to the nnmber here ^t^ted they a^^^^ J^ ^^ ^^I ^^^^^ ^^ j^^.^_, ^^^^j^ „f ,,, 
straight lines, but conforming in «<«"« -n^^f"'^ „f ^^e leaflet ; the rest terminating along its 
leaflet, yet only two of them contmued qn. e to be ap« ;,,perceptible, yet snfiicient to 
margi;, and forming there a few teeth or notches so sn^d s ^^^^^ ^ ^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 
establish a conformity in this respect ^^^^-^l;^^^^ ,,e sight, the leaflet would be like that of 
these very slight notches, perceptible rathe ^J^^l^^^ ^^,,,^ ^,, , eonical form near the top, 
Ce>-ato.a>nia. Male cone neaxly cyhndrical, but convergmg ^ ^ 
