: Encephalartos. 121 



(J.Medley Wood 1895). — Kultiviert im Garten Durban (Natal), in Glasnevin 

 (Dublin). 1908 bei der Zentenarfeier der Genter Botanischen und Gartenbau- Gesell- 

 schaft durch Sander und Söhne (St. Albans und Brügge) ausgestellt. 



10a. E. gratus Prain in Kew Bulletin (1916) 181, in Fl. Trop. Afr, VI. 2. (1917) 

 352. — Gaudex saepius brevissimus, globosus vel ellipsoideus, nonnunquam omnino 

 hypogaeus, 3—4 dm altus, 3 dm diametiens, rarius et praesertim in planus masculis 

 evolutus, 1,25 m usque altus, 0,7 m diametro, invicem squamis coriaceis et petiolorum 

 basibus persistentibus imbricantibus tomento floccoso indutis obsitus. Folia 1,2 — 1,8 m 

 longa, ultra mediam partem 3 dm lata, saturate viridia. Petiolus rhachisque subcylin- 

 dracei, persistenter floccosi. Foliola rigide foliacea, 30 — 70-juga, ovato-lanceolata, 

 distincte falcata, 1,7 — 2,5 dm longa, 3 cm lata, basi valde obliqua ibique margine 

 superiore late cuneata vel rotundata, margine inferiore anguste cuneata, apice acute 

 acuminata, pungentia, per marginem inferiorem grosse 1— 4-dentata, prope basin in 

 margine superiore grosse 2 — 4-dentata, dentibus late triangularibus pungentibus sub- 

 divaricatis, casu foliola apice 2-spinosa vel in exemplis juvenilibus 4 — 5-spinosa. Stro- 

 bilus (J pedunculatus, anguste ovatus vel cylindraceus, viridi-lutescens, maculis rubris 

 notatus, demum sordide brunneus, 3 — 4 dm longus, 8 — 10 cm latus. Pedunculusl5 — 

 17 cm longus. Microsporophylla patentia latiuscule obovato-deltoidea, parte fertili 2 cm 

 longa, subquadrata, parte sterili apice rhomboidea 2 cm lata, angulis lateralibus acutis, 

 ceteris obtusis, summo nonnunquam fere obsoleto, subumbonato. Strobilus $ peduncu- 

 latus, viridi-lutescens, demum sordide brunnescens, subcylindraceus vel anguste coni- 

 cus, 5,5 — 6 dm longus, 1,5 — 2 dm latus, pedunculo 12 — 14 cm longo. Macrosporo- 

 phylla apice late rhomboidea, 5,5 cm lata, 3 cm alta, angulis lateralibus explanatis, 

 ceteris obtusis, umbonata. Semina ellipsoidea vel ovoidea, plus minusve angulata, 3,5 — 

 4 cm longa, 1,4 — 2 cm lata, testa sordide cinnabarina. 



Trop. Ostafrika: Mozambique, Nyassaland, südöstlich Mlanji, zwischen Tuchila 

 und Ruo Rivers, 850 m (J. Mahon 1899); untere Abhänge des Mt. Mlanji, 650—900 m 

 (Davy 1914); Zomba, kult. (Mc. Glounie 1903). — In Kultur in Kew. 



Nota. Cum ab E.Woodi, cui ceterum proxima, foliis hebetibus nee nitidis tan tum distineta 

 sit, vix species propria est, sed varietas E. Woodii, cuius strobilis adhuc ignoti ; itaque haec quaestio 

 discerni non potest. 



Subsect. 2. Centrales Schuster. 



11. E. Laurentianus De Wildem. Etudes Fl. Bas- et Moyen Gongo I. (1903) 25 

 t. 25; Ann. Mus. Gongo, ser. 5. I. [1903] 10 t. 25); Not. pl. ut. ou int. Fl. Gongo I. 

 (1904) 392 t. 27, 28; L. Gentil in Rev. Horticult. beige et etrang. (1904) 81; Pynaert 

 in Rev. Hort. Belg. (1908) 181; Engler, Pflanzenw. Afr. II. (1908) f. 84; Prain in 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 2. (1917) 354; Ic. Hort. Then. IV. (1903) 183; in Gard. Ghron. XXXV. 

 (1904) 370 t. 163. — Truncus profunde radicatus, albidus, ad 10 m altus, 60 — 70 cm 

 diametro, cicatrieibus foliorum delapsorum vestitus. Folia 60 — 80 cm longa. Rhachis 

 plus minus triangula, primum valde lanuginosa, demum glabra, nitida, basi incras- 

 sata 4 — 5 cm diametro. Foliola 21 — 40 cm longa, 20 — 50 cm lata, 15 — 40-juga et ultra, 

 elongate lanceolata, apicem versus sensim attenuata, apice grosse dentata, leviter 

 spinosa vel bidentata, basin versus sensim angustata, marginibus inferne incrassatulis, 

 utrinque grosse subspinoso-dentata, dentibus erectis, apicem versus confertioribus, 

 3—8 mm longis, chartacea, flexibilia, nitide viridia vel subglaücescentia, subtus pal- 

 lidiora, nervis 28 — 30 tenuiter striato-prominulis 1 mm distantibus, in dentes excur- 

 rentibus. Foliola basalia per foliola ad 3 — 2 spinas redueta ad spinas tenues 7 — 8 mm 

 longas horizontaliter "distantes transeuntia. Strobilus^ cylindricus, 17 — 25 cm longus, 

 5,5 — 6 cm latus, rubidus, pedunculo 25 cm longo, albido-lanuginoso. Microsporophylla 

 cuneata, 2 — 2,5 cm longa, 15 — 25 mm lata, apice subtriangularia vel rhomboideo- 

 peltata, rubido-tomentosa, quasi apophysin 17 — 18mmlatam, 10 — 18 mm altamforman- 

 tia. Apophysis parte superiore umbonata, lineis 1 — 2 verticalibus costato-prominenti- 

 bus angulos superioris apophyseos partis cum angulis partis inferioris conjungentibus, 



