Zamia. 137 



la. Z. cupatiensis Ducke in Archivos Jardim Botanico Rio de Janeiro III. (1922) 

 20 t. 1, I. (1915) 10 sine nomine. — Truncus subterraneus. Petiolus inermis, ad 

 30 cm longus. Foliola utrinque ad 9, subopposita, ad 21 cm longa, ad 6 cm lata, 



2 — 5 cm distantia, ovato-lanceolata, apice sensim longiuscule acutissime acuminata, 

 nervis 34 — 40 satis obsoletis, marginibus leviter falcatis, revolutis, integris, in seg- 

 mentis superioribus apicem versus saepissime utrinque unidenticulatis. Strobili bre- 

 ves, crassi. Strobilus £ femineo dimidio tenuior, flavido-canescens, peltis in seriebus 

 10 verticalibus, hexagonis, c. 4 mm latis, parum elevatis. Strobilus $ solitarius, pe- 

 dunculo 4 cm longo, cylindricus, apice breviter conicus, c. 6 cm longus, 3,5 cm crassus, 

 fusco-purpureo-tomentosus, peltis in seriebus 6—8 verticalibus, c. 8 mm longis, 

 18 mm latis. 



Südost-Golombia: nahe der brasilianischen Grenze: an humusbedeckten 

 Felsen des Cerro de Cupati, einem kleinen isolierten Gebirge in der Ebene des 

 Flusses Caqueta (Japurä), entdeckt von Adolpho Ducke; eingeführt von ihm in 

 den Bot. Garten Parä. 



Nota. Dubium mihi non est, quin eadem species sit, quae nomine Z. acuminatae adhuc 

 incomplete nota. 



2. Z. Tuerckheimii J. Donn. Smith in Botanic. Gaz. XXXV. (1903) 8 1. 1. - 

 Z. Houtteana Dyer manuscr. in Herb. Kew. — Z. van Houttei hört. — Truncus 30 cm 

 — 3m longus, ad 20cm crassus, simplex. Petiolus sparsim minuteque aculeatus vel 

 inermis, trigonus. Rhachis tri- vel subtetragona, mucrone terminali 1 — 1,5 cm longo. 

 Foliola utrinque 5 — 8, subopposita, firmo-chartacea, supra nitidissima, saturate viridia, 

 subtus pallidiora, pellucida, subfalcata, 14 — 24 cm longa, 3,7 — 5,5 cm lata, basi ovato- 

 lanceolata, abrupte oblique breviter acuminata, raro bicuspidata, in basin perangustam 



3 — 4 mm latam contracta, nervis 40 et ultra densis prominulis, 0,5 — 1 mm distantibus. 

 Strobilus <J lineari-cylindricus, pedunculo bis longior, 14 cm longus, 2,5 cm crassus, apicu- 

 latus. Peltae cano-farinosae truncato-pyramidatae subaequaliter hexagonae. Strobilus $ 

 pedunculo 2 cm longo sustentus, 18 cm longus, 6 cm crassus, cuspide sterili conica 

 3 cm longa. Peltae cinereo-tomentosulae, planae, hexagonae, bis et ultra latiores quam 

 longiores. Semina coccinea, obovoidea, 2 cm longa, 13 mm lata, basi biscrobiculata. 



Guatemala: Dep. Alta Cruz, bei Cubilquitz, auf Felsabhängen, 350 m (v. 

 Tuerckheim VII. 1900, n. 7786). — Aus Britisch- Honduras 1881 in den Garten 

 Louis van Houtte in Gent eingeführt. 



3. Z. obliqua A. Braun in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1875) 376; Regel in 

 lllustr. Hortic. XXIV. (1877) 140 t. 289; Dyer in Gard. Ghron. XVII. (1882) 461 

 f. 72. — Z. manicata Linden ex Regel in Gartenfl. XXVII. (1878) 8; Regel in 111. Hortic. 

 XXVIII. (1881) 32; Regel, Revis. (1876)38. — Z. S kinner i Seemann in Bot. Voy. 

 Herald (1854) 202 ex parte quoad pl. Gorrientes. — Ic: Bot. Mag. CXXIII. (1897) 

 t. 7542. — Truncus cylindricus, erectus, gracilis, laevis, ad 2,50 m altus, 3,5 — 6,5 cm 

 diametro, cortice glabro vel leviter verrucoso pallido suberoso, obscure transverse cicatri- 

 sato. Gataphylla triangularia, longe acuminata, fusca, 3 — 3,5 cm longa. Folia 0,60 — 1 m 

 longa, 2 — 6-juga, coronam terminalem erectam demum distensam formantia. Petiolus 

 inermis, tener, gracilis, lana fusca detergibili primum opertus, demum glaber. Rhachis 

 nuda vel rarissime hie illic aculeolata. Foliola 11 — 23 cm longa, 21 — 76 mm lata, 

 ovata oblonga lanceolatave, inaequilateralia, apicem versus subito oblique caudiculato- 

 acuminata basi abrupte ad petioluli instar angustata, insertione articulata, incrassata, 

 2^3 mm lata, chartacea, sub viridia, supra nitidula, infra pallidiora, pellucida, denticulis 

 serratis acutissimis confertis spinuloso-serrulata, nervis 20 — 50 gracillime lineolatis, 

 superne satis immersis, inferne leviter striato-prominentibus, 0,5 — 1,5 mm distantibus, 

 iterato-dichotomis. Strobilus $ 16 cm longus, 6,5 cm latus, pedunculo brevi crasso 

 3,5 cm longo, cylindraceus, vertice conico-acuto. Peltae 6-seriatae, transverse hexa- 

 gonae, pallide brunneo-tomentosae, vertice planae vel leviter depressae, 30 mm latae, 

 13 mm altae. 



