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252 BOTANY OF THE TOT AGE OF H.M.S. HEEALD. 
natis br.si c„i.eatis intcgemmis marginc cartilagineo Icviter revoluto. ncrvis utrinsecus 8-9 ante 
margiuem arcuato-anastomosantibus subtus prominulis, venulis transvcrsalibus anastomosantibus, 
utrinque glaberrimis solummodo subtus in axiUis nen'orum parce barbatis, petiolo glabro supra ap- 
planato, stipulis dcoiduis linearibus obtusis cMatis extus pubesccntibus, fructu . . . Volcano of 
Chiriqui, Veraguas. 
Folia Mta 2i-4" longa, 1-li" lata, petioli 2-3™, stipule 4'". Folia juvenilia oiliata, oa^temm glabra. 
Gemm. ovata., squamis dense imbrieatis obtusis glabris scariosis cffiatis concayis, Antenla masc. graciha, 
1-ir- flores dense spicati, squama; mvolucri orataj obtusaj concara scanosa) ciliatas. 
Ois. Speeies imperfecte nota, cum fructus latet. E foliorum forma ad Q. elliptieum nee accedit. 
891. QvE^cvs (/labrescens? Beuth. 
The sterile specimens from CMriqui, wticli I referred witli a mark of doubt to Q. glabrescens, Benth., 
Prof. LicLmaim describes as — 
QuERCUs fTarszewkzii, Liebm.; ramulis stellato-Tinosis rufis; foliis membranaceis brevipetiola- 
tis magais obovatis acuminatis ultra medium grosse dentatis, dentibus obtusis calloso-mncronulatis, 
basi cuneatis integris, nervis latcralibus utrinsecus 16-20 parallelis excurreutibus, supra glabris secus 
costam dense stellate -pilosis, subtus imprimis seeus ncrvos vcnasque stcllato-pilosis, petiolis brevibus 
crassis dense pilosis rufis, stipulis linearibus adpresse rufo-pilosis ; glande solitaria magna pedunculata 
oblonga utrinque trancata glabra, apice umbilicato-impressa apiculata, basi umbone magno notata, 
cupula cyatliiformi tertiam partem glandis obtegcnte, squamis arete imbrieatis lanceolatis acutis gla- 
bris, peduneulo longo.-Coll. mrszewiczii no. 50« inHb. reg. Berol. c. fr.! Guatemala, Costa Eica. 
Coll. Seemanni, n. 1230 et 1572 in Hb. Hookcri, Febr. 1849 (sterilis). Volcano of Clmnqui, Ve- 
raguas. 
Ea^uli obtuse angulati, suloati, pilis simplicibus et stellatis rufis dense rillosi. Gemm^ oTat^, oMusie, 
.labra), nitida., squamis dense imbrieatis oyatis obtusis eoncavis. Folia maxima, membranacea 6-10- longa, 
3-4' lata, breyipetiolata, oboTata, acuminata, ultra medium grosse dentata, nervis utrmque 16-20 patu is 
Bubtus valde prominentibus venisque transrersalibus anastomosantibus reticulatis, petiolo 2 longo ; stipute 
5'"; glans 12-14'" alta, 10-11'" in diametro ; cupula 9'" alta, 3i" in peripboria ; pedunculus 2" longus, pennam 
anscrinam erassus. ^ ,. „„ i 1 1 i 3/m i- \ 
Obs Specimen Seemanni, n. 1572 in Hb. nookeri, sterile, folia multo mmorc (4-6' longa, 1^-1| lata) 
exacte foliis Q. corru^ata^. Hook., simiUa habet, sed indumento rufo steUato-pUoso facile ad spcciem nostram 
referendum. Species aiEms ut Q. corrugat(S, Hook. 
CYCADEiE. 
916. Zamia Skinneri, Warsz. 
Mr. Yates has supplied tbe following additional notes :-" November, 1854. Having succeeded in 
.rowing Zamia Skinneri, I am able to add the following account of it. The stem h^s become perceptibly 
Thicker as well as longer. Three leaves rose in 1852, four in 1853 ; the leaves of ISSS larger than those of 
1852 In the following account of the larger set of leaves 1 omit the repetition of the ch-cumstances m 
which this species agrees with others (..y. Z. CJd^^ua, already described), and I confine myself to those cha- 
racter? which are peculiar and distinctive. ,. , o ■ 
"Len^h of the entire rachis 50 centimetres, of which the stalk is 30, Leailets 8, slightly convergm 
in the direction of the apex of the leaf; set obliquely on the channels of the rachis, the obliquity increasing 
towirds the apex. Prickles on the stalk short and thick, not very abundant, not continued above the ongm 
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