458 



Caudex oblongus, 3 — 6 poll. longns, 2 — 4 poll. in 

 diaraetro. Frondis stipes murieatus vel spinis brevibos, rectis 

 undique arraatus, crassitic pennae cygneae, 20 poll. longns. 

 Laraina frondis piunata, 20 poll. longa. Foliola coriacca, 



4 7 p ]j # longa, 8 — 16 lin. lata. Strobili sive spadiccs 



raasculi 2 1 /»— 3 P o11 ' lo "o' ' 7 — 8 ll11, crassi > toraentosi, 

 stipitibus subglabris, 4- pollicaribns instructi. Pollinis gra- 

 mila elliptica, pellucida, longitudinaliter rimosa. Ob de- 

 scriptionom coni feminei conf. opus supra dictum illustrissi- 

 rai De Vriese p. 166. Pericarpium ovatum, subtrigonura, 

 laele- miiiiatiim , glabrum, nitidum, pcndulum, cartilaginco- 

 bomogeneura, indchiscens. Semen ovato - trigonum , testa 

 membranacca, pellucida iustructum, alburainosum. Albumen 

 caudidum, carnosum, durum. Embryo cylindricus, apicalis. 



In Puerto Cabello Columbiae, Karsten n. 111. 



Z. Ottoni§ Miq. Caudice tuberoso, deorsum fusiformi, 

 trausversira rugoso-striato; frondibus tcrrainalibus pinnatis 

 inermibus, glabris, 9 — 14-jugis; foliolis subdimidiate ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis, obtusis, m argine inferiore convexo. supe- 

 riore (ere recto,, versus apicem praesertira in raargiue infe- 

 riore densius argute - serralis; strobilo raare erecto, stricto, 

 cylindrico, versus apicem attcnuato, pednnculnm rufo-pu- 

 bsscentem subdnplo superante; spadicura pcltis late-hexago- 

 nis, nigrescenti - pubescentibus. 



Zamia Ottonis Miquel in Liun. XVII. p. 740. n. 8. 



Caudex tuberoso -fusiformis, annulatira rugoso-striatus, 

 sordide gilvus, 3 poll. longus, inferne 2, infra apicem 2Va 

 poll. in diaraetro. Froudes oblongae, inferne subattenuatae, 1 



li/ 3 pedalcs. Pctioli teretes, glabri, virides, basi magis 



dilatati, gilvo - submli, 3 — 6 poll. longi, crassitudine pen- 

 nae corvinae. Rhachis semiteres, supra sparsira fusco- 

 fibrosa, bicanaliculata, subplana, subtus convexa. Foliola 



