34 H cxxx. CYCADACE^ (Prain). [Encephalartos, 



throughout on cither edge ; stem rather 



short, fusiform 5. E. ferox. 



Pinnules ovate-lanceolate, distinctly falcate, 

 acutely acuminate. 

 Pinnules at base wide-cuneate or rounded 

 on upper, narrow -cune ate on lower edge, 

 margin 1-4-toothed throughout on lower, 

 2^-toothed mainly in basal half on 

 upper edge ; stem usually short or very 

 short, cylindric or globose G. E. grnfns. 



Pinnules at base rounded or less often wide- 

 cuneate on upper, straight or at times 

 concave on lower edge, margin (i-lO- 

 toothed throughout on either edge ; stem 

 tall or very tall, cylindric or sometimes 

 irregular ... ... ... 1. E. lavrentiamis. 



1. E. Barteri, Carruth. ex Miq. in Arch. Nrerl. iii. 2-13, as to Barter's 

 flant only. Stem very short, ellipsoid, rarely over 1 ft. liigh, 9 in. 

 thick, hardlv risinoj above the soil, closelv covered with alternatino; 

 scales and persistent imbricating leaf-bases clothed with grey cottony 

 tomentum. Leaves 3J-5J ft. long, 8-10 in. wide above the middle, 

 bright green ; petiole and rhachis subcylindric, clothed at first 

 with deciduous grey tomentum ; pinnules rather thinly coriaceous, 

 about 80 pairs, linear-lanceolate, very slightly falcate, 5-6 in. long, 

 i-| in. wide, somewhat unequally attenuated to the base, apex 

 acutely acuminate, pungent, margin with about 4 ascending small 

 teeth along either edge. Male cone peduncled, pale green, narrow 

 cylindric, 5-9 in. long, 2 in. wide ; peduncles 4-7 in. long, at first 

 sparsely tomentose, soon glabrous ; scales spreading, deltoid, fertile 

 portion J in. long, not much longer than broad, apex triangular, 

 f in. across, the lateral angles acute, the lower very obtuse, umbonate. 

 Female cone subsessile, dark olive-green, oblong-ellipsoid, 8-10 in. 

 long, 5 in. wide ; apex of scales wide rhomboid, 2\ in. across, \\ in. 

 deep, lateral angles explanate, upper very obtuse, lower obtuse, 

 umbonate. Seeds ovoid-oblong, faintly angled, IJ in. long; outer 

 coat crimson. — Miq. Nieuwe Bijdr. Cycad. 46, and Adansonia, ix. 61 ; 

 Aschers. in Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand, xx. (1878), xxxv. ; Molonev, 

 For. W. Afr. 214 ; De Wild. Ic. Hort. Then. iv. 180 ; Engl. Pflanzenw. 

 Afr. ii. 84; Prain in Bot. Mag. t. 8232; Chipp, Herb. PI. Gold 

 Coast, 39. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Odumasi ; Krobo, Rumsey ! Kwahu ; west 

 of Abene, Chipp, G24 ! \'olta River ; Anum, Schonfeld ! Moloney ! Drome, 

 Schunfeld ! Labo-labo, Andfrson ! Aburi, Johnson ! Dahomey : Borgou, 

 about 300 miles from the coast, Poisson ! Northern Nigeria : near Jeba, 

 800 ft., Barter, 1692 ! ■ 



The Pardi Attar, " Ghost Palm,"" of the Adangme Krobo (Buwscy), so named 

 because it has no economic value (Schonfeld). Jt is common on dry rocky hill- 

 sides or river-banks {Barter, HrJivnjHd) and on rocky savannali where the soil 

 is scanty {Chipp). Chipp's specimens suggest that, at least in savannah tracts, 

 the leaves are deciduous ; the young foliage appears in December and January. 



