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islands, touching India and China, and reaching its northernmost 

 limit in the southern part of Japan. The other two genera, Encepha- 

 Idrtos and Slangcria, belong exclusively to South Africa. 



Fig. 59. — Macrozamia deuisoni: this large plant 18 feet (5.5 meters) in height, is on 

 Tambourine Mountain, near Brisbane, Australia. The residents call it the "Great 

 Grandfather Peter Tree." — From a photograph by Miss Hild.a Geissmann. 



Macrozamia. — Macrozamia is abundant from New South Wales to 

 the northernmost part of Queensland (fig. 59). Schusters'" allows 



