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THE LIVING CYCADS 



Next to Zamia, Mycrocycas is the easiest genus to 

 reach from the United States. Eight hours from Key 

 West brings you to Havana, and three hours more, 

 through a beautiful country with thousands of magnifi- 

 cent royal palms, brings you into the midst of some 

 small Zamias and within easy walking distance of 



Vic. 3. — Male plant of Microcyais caloamia on VA TiKrc I'lantalion 

 near Pinar del Rio, Cuba. The trunk is about 10 feet in height. 



Microcycas. The larger plants are ten to thirty feet 

 in height, and the dense crown of glossy, dark-green 

 leaves mark them off from the numerous small palms, 

 so that they are not difficult to recognize. Cones are 

 not abundant, but when they do occur they are eitsy to 

 Imd, since they sometimes readi a length of two feet. 



Everywhere the people were hospitable and ready to 

 help me in my collecting, A very inadequate knowledge 



