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6. M. 3Iac leay i M'iq. n. sp. Triincus (junior) ovoidcus; Iblia 

 distincte peliolata, peliolo trigono-cylindrico basi villosu ; iuliola 

 antrorsiim erecta facie superiore ob levem basées antice incras- 

 satœet punieeo-eoloratse torsionem sursum S[)eclantia, numerosa, 

 lanceolato-linearia spinoso-aeiita versus basin et apiccni parum 

 angusiata, coriaeea, rigida, subtus pallidiora 6 — 8-nervia, lati- 

 tudine maxima in niedio obvia ; genitalia incognita. 



Exemplaiiu sterilia quœ juvenilibus M. Fmseri non absimilia, aliisrio- 

 tis ad i]J. spii'akm et M. Miquelii spectaut, ab his autem Irunciet pelio- 

 lorum baseos villoso indumerUo, ab omnibus f'oliolis basi rubro-picliset 

 antrorsum erectis (unde lamina antice canaliculata) facile discernitur. 

 In liortis non nisi junior exstat, adulta quantum e semine quod liabeo 

 concludere licet, probabiliter staturam M. Fi-aseri cemulans. Spécimen 

 vivum horti Rlieno-Trajectini : truncm ovoideus squamosus, squama- 

 rum vestigiis et laniigine propria parce griseo-viliosus \ pedem altus; fo- 

 liis duobus. Pelioli semipedales virides iiitidi basi antice et postice 

 compressi, cœterum Irigono-c^jiiidrici ; lamina tblii lf-2 pedes longa, ob 

 pinnas antrorsum directas non plana; foliola utriiique 48, ima breviora 

 sed reliquis jequilata, summa breviora et angustiora, reliqua omniacon- 

 formia, supra salurate viridia hic illic verrucellosa, nitidula, subtus 

 pallidiora et nervis 6-8 vuigo 7 striulalo-subtlepressis iiotata interque 

 eos slomatifera, apice pungenti-spinoso-acuta, a niedio versus basin et 

 apicem regulariter angustata, ima basi prœsertim antice et in axilla glan- 

 duloso-subcallosa et rubro-puniceo-colorata (unde elegans Iblii faciès); 

 médise frondis 5^-6 poil, longa, 2-2^ lin. in medio lata; rachis sursum 

 valde angustata, tota utrinque sulco longiludinali exarata. Supremis fo- 

 liolis macula rubra deest. — Folia novella tota lanuginosa, adulta prae- 

 ter basin glaberrima. 



In foliis a Van Houlle nomine Catakidozamiœ Mac Leayi missis, alio- 

 rumque hortorum nomine Cat. Mackenzii vel Mackeani (ex errore pro- 

 babiliter), e seminibus ad Moreton-Bay iectis educatis petioli novempol- 

 licares deorsum semitereti-compressi, /«^/nV.œ l^-pedales, foliola utrinque 

 28, média 7{ poil, longa, If-fere 2 lin. lata, suprema basi leviter decur- 

 rentia. Semen, cujus tanium pars lignea adest, 1 \ poil, longum, iucequila- 

 teraliter obtuse 4-sub-5-gonum, faciebus 2 multo latioribus, ellipsoi- 

 deum, utrinque obtusum, iis M. Fraseri non absimile. 



Nascilur in Nova Hollandia orientali, in regionc fl. Morelon, 

 ubi pi^obabiliter detexit IMac Leay. 



