78 J- Schuster. — Cycadaceae. 



Cairns, in lichten Gehölzen unweit der Küste auf humösem Sand (L. Diels 15. V. 1902, 

 n. 8283). — Aus Queensland 1868 von Hill in Kew eingeführt, kultiviert im Garten 

 Peradenya (A. Engler 4. XII. 1905, n. 3657), Lauche 1871. — Einheimische Namen 

 in Atherton: Kammama; in Bloomfield: Ma-ra; in Cairns: Bodell; in Cape Graf- 

 ton: Nijar; in Rockhampton: Baven; in Tully River: Kimalo; in Gooktown: Ba- 

 dur; in Cardwell: Bun-jin-oo. — Fig. 2A; 8A; 12H—J. Taf. 1. 



Var. 1. furfuracea (Fitzgerald) Schuster. — C. furfuracea W. V. Fitzgerald in 

 Journ. a. Proc. R. S.West Australia III. (1918) 108; Gardner in For. Departm. Bull. 

 Perth n. 32. (1923) 30. — Truncus 1,20— 1,80 m altus. Foliola raro bifida, linearia, 

 rigida, acuminata, margine interdum revoluta, supra glabra, infra furfuracea. Stro- 

 bilus^subovoideo-deltoideus. Microsporophylla in acumen sursum curvatum obtusum 

 producta. Macrosporophylla dense ferrugineo-tomentosa, lamina sterili ovata spinosa, 

 ovulis 2 — 4. Semina globosa, matura lutea, circ. 3 cm diametro. 



Westaustralien: Gipfel des King Leopold Range, Mts. Herbert, Broome und 

 Bold Bluff, auf sandigem Boden, frischen Sandstein- und Quarzitblöcken (Fitz- 

 gerald). 



Var. 2. Lane-Poolei (Gardner) Schuster. — C. Lane Poolei C. A. Gardner in For. 

 Departm. Bull. Perth n. 32. (1923) 30, fig. E. — Truncus simplex erectug, 3— 3,5 m 

 altus, 15 — 22 cm diametro. Folia glabra, 60— 76 cm longa. Foliola glabra, linearia, 

 stricta, acuminata, acumine luteo-bruneo, nervo mediano .conspicuo, 10—13 cm longa, 

 0,6—1,1 cm lata. Petiolus breviter spinosus, 23 — 30 cm longus. Spinae 4 mm longae. 

 Macrosporophylla petiolata, glabra, circ. 20 cm longa, ovulis 4. Lamina sterilis erecto- 

 triangularis, cum lobis basalibus 2 auriculatis, margine et apice spinis acutis pungen- 

 tibus, apice 5 cm longo. Semina ovoideo-globularia, luteo-viridia, 5,7 cm longa, 5 cm lata. 



Westaustralien: Kimberley District, bei der Quelle des Moran River nordöst- 

 lich des Mount Hann auf ansteigendem Grund in sandigem Boden, offene Wälder 

 mit Eucalyptus latifolia und E. Spenceriana bildend, fruchtend Juni und Juli (Gard- 

 ner 1921 in Herb. For. Departm. n. 1444). 



Var. 3. basaltica (Gardner) Schuster. — C. basaltica C. A. Gardner in For. De- 

 partm. Bull. Perth n. 32. (1923) 31. — Truncus erectus, 2 — 2,4 m altus, basi ad 70 cm 

 intumescente, 45 cm diametro. Folia juvenilia tomentosa, demum glabra, 12 — 20 cm 

 longa. Foliola rigida, linearia, mucronata, subtus pilosa, margine interdum paullum 

 revoluto. Microsporophylla subcuneata acumine incurvato. Macrosporophylla dense 

 ferrugineo-tomentosa, lamina sterili glabra, juvenili statu glauca, integra. Ovula 4, 

 globularia. 



Westaustralien: Kimberley District, Basaltkuppen amLawley River in offenen 

 Wäldern von Eucalyptus Foelscheana und E. Spenceriana, fruchtend im August (Gard- 

 ner 1.921 in Herb. For. Departm. n. 1490). 



5. C. Cairnsiana F. Muell. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. X. (1876) 63. — Truncus usque 

 ad 4 m longus, diam. ad basin 1,5 m, ad summitatem fere 90 cm. Glaucescens, petiolis 

 ad basin usque dentatis, basis petioli paulisper pubescens. Folia usque ad 1,5 m longa. 

 Foliola angustissime elongate linearia, apice subito in acumen breve pungens attenuata, 

 baseos pars catadroma paululum decurrens, anadroma vix contracta, margine acriter 

 revoluto, coriacea, utrinque glauco-pallida, subtus pruinosa, 14,5 — 16 cm longa, 2,5 mm 

 lata, densissime disposita, sub angulo 62° distantia, basin versus cum rhachi parce 

 tomentella, nervo mediano paginae superiori valde immerso et basin versus tantum 

 levissime prominulo, subtus valde prominente. Foliola inferiora ad dentes breves 

 acutissimos reducta. Pedunculus strobili masculi pollice angustior. Microsporophylla 

 parva, 1,7 cm longa, 6 mm lata, subtus undique et supra medium tomento ferrugineo- 

 canescente dense vestita, breviter et anguste cuneata, truncata, area fertilis parte 

 terminali sterili vix aequilonga, subtus glabra, atrofusca, area sterilis 9 — 10 mm longa, 

 e basi latiore lanceolata apice unguiformi, acumen brevissimum, 4 mm longum, rostra- 

 tum, rectangule arrectum. Microsporangia minuta, tomento magna ex parte obtecta. 



