Maerozamia.] ‘XVII. CYCADER. 258 © 
ey Hong: » M ay From; ii. 17 n, v. 49; or Encephalartos: Macdonelli, F 
Macil Pog Miq. us Akad. Wet. Amst. xv. 376, from Reser river in Central 
Australia, M‘ Sait uart, is described vil from half a dozen pinne with a Ls Src 
of rite scient and thas show nothing to distinguish them from those of M. Fras 
. M. Miquelii, F. Muell.; A. DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 535. Fronds 2 to 
. 4 ü long, the base of the petigii in the a ra form densely covered with 
a loose floccose wool readily rubbed e upper surface ud the rhachis 
very flat between the rows of pinne and often in the low or par j in 
oad; pinne usually longer than in M. spiralis, straight or fa 
cadis al veins finer and less promment, contracte d; and more or less 
long, 2 to 24 in. thick, the scales thickened into a Boda rhomboidal 
tre 
very short, ae obsolete on the tear peg 1 to Jin. long on a few 
of the upper on emale cones about as long and thicker, the scales 
fewer, their A ‘at least ? in. broad and } in. thick, and mostly with 
the p dier | epo tapering into an erect linear-lanoeolate = 
1 to Encephalartos Miquelii, F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 38. 
antic: Moreton bay, W. Hill; Rockhampton, Thozet. 
h ypical form seems to be characterized by the woolly base of a petioles, 
the broad flat diners and the thick i cones; but wm are other specimens where 
these characters do not appear to be conjoined. Some, from m Queensland ind; ment 
. . also from N. S. Wales, have the cones equa in most respects the eee of M. Miquelii, 
= — but with no trace of the wool on the base of the petioles. ese have found their way 
into some of our gardens and mu d names of 7 ac- 
kenzii, and have also in our gardens been sometimes misnam raseri. Most of 
9. M. Perowskiana, Mig. Cycad. N. Holl. "This is the largest and 
most diner, of Australian pesti Trunk 18 to 20 ft. high and 
at least 1 ft. thick. Leaves 7 to 12 ft. long, the petioles angular, 
erri or d at the base; pinne 1 to 2 ft. long in the i 
4 to 6 in | 
diameter, the apex of the scales 1 to 14 in. broad, very eed 
and produced into a short triangular or lanceolate almost obtuse poin 
emale cones 8 to 16 in. long and very thick, the scales shorter id 
road.—Lepidozamia Pérowskiana 
1857, i. 2m t. 45 Macrozamia par te F. Mu “lL p ragm. i. 41, 943; 
. DC. Prod. xvi. ii, 536; Encephalartos Denisonii, F. Muell. in Journ. 
Pharm. Soc. Vict. ii. 90; Miq. in Versl. K. Akad. Wet. Amst. xv. 371. 
