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Queensl. XXXXIV. (1922) 1. — Truncus 1,5 m altus, 20 cm diametro. Petiolus tere- 

 tiusculus. Folia glabra. Foliola elongate lineari-lanceolata, gradatim acuminata, basi 

 angustata leviter decurrentia, chartacea vel subflexibilia, vix rigida, in utraque pa- 

 gina nitidula, subtus vix vel non pallidiora quam desuper, nervo mediano canalicu- 

 lato valde prominente, 26— 28 cm longa, 11 — 13 mm lata, basin versus subito in 

 spinulas dentiformes 2 mm longas reducta. Strobilus <J cylindraceus, 28 cm longus, 

 5 cm latus, pedunculo brevi 3 cm longo. Microsporophylla late cuneata, 1,6— 3 cm 

 longa, 5 — 25 mm lata, area sterilis sursum arrecta, e basi lata triangularis vel subtri- 

 angularis, semper fere pungente prolongatione destituta (acuminis loco crista turgescens 

 vel areola rhomboidalis vel obtuse triangularis, perraro apiculus 0,5 mm longus sub ipso 

 acumine emergit), glabrescens. Macrosporophylla 12 cm longa, fusco-tomentosa, 2 — 4 

 ovula gerentia, lamina sterilis terminalis rhomboidaliter vel subrhomboidaliter dila- 

 tata, 32 mm lata, antice brevibus dentibus erectis cristata. Semina ovalia, 5 cm longa, 

 3 cm diametro. Putamen ligneum biangulare angulis superne cristulato-prominentibus. 



Neu- Guinea: C. Hartmann 1887 in Herb. Berol.; Mount Bedford, Jala-River 

 (Rev. James Ghalmers in Herb. Sidney) ; Dedouri-Country ( W. Armit in Herb. 

 Sidney). — Fig. 10#. 



Subspec. 4. Seematlflii*) (A. Braun) Schuster. — C. Seemannii A. Braun in 

 Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin (1876) 114; F. Muell. in Melbourne Ghemist 

 andDruggist 1882,1883, Fragm.Austr. VIII. (1874)169; W. Garruthers in Journ.of Bot. 

 XXXI. (1893) 2 t. 330. — C. circinnalis Seemann, Fl. Vitiensis (1865-1868) 268. - Ic: 

 Rheede, Hort.Malab. (1678) t. 20 {<$), 23. — Truncus 1 — 10 m et ultra altus, rarissime 

 sursum in duos ramos divisus, cylindricus, cicatricibus et extuberantibus annulis, in 

 planta feminea alternantibus foliorum cum macrosporophyllis, quae sunt breviora, undi- 

 que circumdatus. Petiolus basi paulum lanuginosus, biconvexus, inermis vel basi spinis 

 dentiformibus brevibus munitus. Folia utrinque 50 — 80, 1,3 — 1,4 m longa, in planta 

 juvenili 8 utrinque. Foliola chartacea vel papyracea, leviter decurrentia, lineari- 

 lanceolata, molliter acuminata haud pungentia, minus nitida pagina inferiore quam 

 superiore, utrinque glabra, summa et infima breviora quam media, patentia vel sub- 

 falcata, margine subreflexo vel undulato, viridia vel glauca, 5 — 28 cm longa, 4 — 18 mm 

 lata. Strobilus $ breviter pedunculatus, 30 — 60 cm longus, 5,5 — 10 cm diametro, 

 cylindricus vel ovoideus, livido-flavicans, odorem fortem dulciarium spargit. Micro- 

 sporophylla cuneata, 28 mm longa, basi 19 mm lata, pars sterilis incrassata, rhomboi- 

 dalis, arrecta, apophysin quasi formans, 10 — 12 mm lata; ex area rhomboidali paululum 

 sub ipso microsporophylli apice erumpit mucronulus 1 mm longus. Macrosporophylla 

 longe stipitata, fusco-tomentosa, 3 — 8 ovula gerentia, lamina terminalis sterilis rhom- 

 boidaliter dilatata, 3,5 cm longa, 2,7 — 3 cm lata, marginibus interioribus dentato- 

 cristatis vel denticulato-crenulatis, apice acuminato. Semina rotundata vel ovoidea, 

 4,5 cm longa, 4 cm diametro, leviter compressa, glabra, nitido-lutescentia. Putamen 

 longitudinaliter trianguläre, angulis apice cristulam alaeformem formantibus, brunneo- 

 flavidum, 4 — 4,5 cm longum, diametro 2,7 cm, testa lignosa 1 mm fere crassa. 



Fidji-Inseln: G.Schmelzer in Herb. Berol.; J. Hörne 1877, n. 346 in Herb. 

 Leningrad; Herald X. 1855 in Herb. Sidney.; Levu und Ovalau (Dr. Seemann 1860, 

 n. 572 in Herb. Barbey-Boissier). — Amboina: G.B.Robinson VII. 1913, n. 563 

 (= Olus caloppoides mos Rumphius I. 88 t. 23). — Bismarck-Archipel: Ralum 

 (Dahl in Herb. Berol.). — Karolinen: Yap, Berggehölze (G. Volkens 15. XII. 1899, 

 n. 195); baumbewachsenes schattiges Tal bei der Mission, viel in Keng (Volkens in 

 Herb. Berol.). — Wozu die Cycas der Tonga Islands, von New Britain und New Ireland 

 gehören, ist noch unsicher, ebenso von Samoa (Powell in Herb. Kew.). F. v. Mu eller 

 hält die von Pancher in Neu-Kaledonien gesammelte Cycas § für identisch mit 



*) In honorem cl. Seemann botanici H. M. S. Herald sub Captain Kellett ad expeditionem 

 polarem Franklinianam reperiendam. 



