Encephalartec.] CLXVI. CYCADACEZE. 44T 
masculo multo major et crassior, squamze multiseriatim superpositee, peltatze, stipite CTà880; 
pelta magna, complanata, SLE i tundatis, vertice 
medio in carinam t cornubus lateralibus pungentibus. 
Ovula ad basin pelis utrinque stipitis solitaria, sessilia, intus spectantia. Semina majus- 
cula, ovoidea, — Truncus trie End simplex v. basi furcatus v. proliferus, basi- 
n AE 
bus petiolorum et prophyllorur Obtectus. Folia simul provenientia, sub- 
verticillata, longe petiolata, HM petiolo basi subvaginante, rhachi elongata, foliolis 
longatis basi lata ilibus lineari latis integerrimis v. apices versus denticulatis, 
parallele multinerviis, vernatione imbricativa stricta. Strobili glabri. 
Species enumerat:e 6, Mexieanz. 4. DO. Prod. xvi.ii, 646. — Regel in. Act. Hort. Petrop. iv. 297. 
8. Microeycas, Mig. in Fl. des Serres, vii. 141. (Zamise, sect.).—Fl. d: Strobilus 
cylindraceus; squam:se multiseriatim laxe superpositze, cuneiformes, dimidio inferiore 
subtus loculis minus: PUIDESME operto, superiore sterili latiore semicirculari crasso 
obtuso dense veluti HL 9: .bilus masculo longior et crassior ; squamse 
subvalvatim juxtapositee, peltatz, stipite brevi crasso ; pelta magna, elongata, globoso- 
ovoidea, obtusa v. apice truncata, velutino-tomentosa. Ovula utrinque stipitis ad basin 
peltz solitaria, sessilia, axin strobili spectantia. Semina. . . .—Truneus humilis, 
gracilis, cylind i5, basibus p phyll et p tentibus obtectus. Folia 
simul subverticill tia, patentia, petiolata, pinnata, pepe inermi, foliolis 
anguste linoki Mio nd curvis basi lata tuse 
striato-nervosis, marginibus integerrimis tenuiter recurvis, vernatione recta.  Strobili 
d lat YES mn gatis subulato-l latis molliter l NERIS 
cincto. 
Species 1, Cubensis. 4. DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 638. Hegel in Act. Hort. eddy. iv. 303. 
9. zamia, Linn. Gen. n. 1997.—Fl. d: .bilus obl d ; Squamze multi- 
SEGBETT duiesbcsns valvatim Medea vicio ipie crasso ; ; pelta AER incrassata, 
v. oblique heptag: vertice truncata,  gubtus in latere inferiore et 
Secus stipitem loculos polliniferos sessiles gerentes. Fl. 9: bilus masculo 
sed major et crassior, pelta basi utrinque 1l-ovulata. Ovula sessilia, ovoidea.—dCaudex, 
interdum truncus humilis, simplex lobatus v. ramosus, levis v. Cicatricatus, nudus 
epigreus v. fere hypogeus. Folia pauca, unum post alterum provenientia, pinnata, 
petiolo lzevi v. spinuloso, pinnis latis v. angustis basi lata articulata insertis i 
v. serratis parallele nervosis, ti stricta; prophylla sspius dentata.  Strobili 
pro ordine inter minores, glabri v. rarius furfuracei, solitarii v. 2—20-ni. 
Species enumeratz ad 30, Ameriez tropics et subtropiee borealis incole. 4. DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 
538. L. C. Rich. Mem. Conif. et Cycad. t. 27, 28. Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv. i. t. 109.  Wedd. in 
Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, v. 1. 4; ic. in. Mart. Fl. Bras. t. 108, iterata. Mig. Monogr. Cycad. t. 7,8 ; 
Cycad. Amer. t. 1, 2. Bee. Jot. Her. t. 48. Jacg. Hort. Schenbr. t. 897, 398. e. Har. t. 636, 
636. Bot, Mag. t. 1741, 1838, 1851, 1969, 2006, 5242. Lemaire, Ill. Hortic, t. 133, 134, 195. 
Genus a Regelio in Act. Hort. Petrop. B d divisum : 1. Zara, Regel, l. c. 304, et, AvracopmYL- 
LUM, Regel, Gartenfl. 1876, 141, et in Act. JPetrop. iv. 800, nullo modo diversum nisi ' foliolis 
nervis immersis,' charaeter disgisiicti eap 
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