26 CYCADACE (Hutch. & Rattr.). [Stangeria. 
Stem subterranean, simple or branched, nude; leaves few, long- a 
pinnate ; leaflets several pairs, opposite or subopposite, sometimes the uppe 
ones connate at the base, entire, toothed or incised lob te, with a pies ak a 
midrib and numerous spreading forked lateral n 
Disrris. Species 1, South-east Africa; coastal region from Bathurst to 
Zululand. 
Stangeria oir (Nash in Journ. New York Bot. Gard. 
164, pl. Ixii (1909) ; stem subterranean, branched or cabranckal 
branches eae and thick, cylindrical to "obo void, the woolly scales 
persistent only at the apex; leaves 1-3 to each crown; petiole 
to 12 in. long and 2 in. a with numerous very closely parallel 
forked pinnate lateral nerves, glabro male cones solitary, 
brownish, pedunculate, eahes paenally ‘paced to the apex, 
triangular or rhomboid, jagged-toothed ; female cones = 
shortly pedunculate, densely tomentose, ovoid-ellipsoid, up 
7 in. long and 3} in. in diam. ; scales deltoid, with the lower ads 
not of Schrad. L. topus, Kunze, l.c. xiii. 152 (1839), and xviii. 
116 (1844). Stangeria paradoxa, T. Moore, in Hook. Journ. Bot. v 
228 (1853) ; Hook Bot. Mag. t. 5121; Miq. Prodr. Cy 9, 18; 
Ci ? - XVi. hamberlain in Bot z. lxi. 353, with 
figs ; Pearson i in Trans. §. Afr. Phil. Soc. xvi 349, pl. vii ; 
Rea in 1 anzenr. Cycadac 105, fig. 15, A-K, and t. 3 
S. schizodon, Bull. Cat. 1872, S ar. Kaizert, 
Marloth FI. 8. Afr. i. 97, fig. 63, and pl. 14 (1913) ; a lie. 105. 
forma schizodon, Schuster, eriana, 
. paradoxa er, Le. 
Hort. 8. Katz zeri, Regel Gartenfl. xxiii 163, t. 798 (1874). 8. Zeyher, 
Stoneman, Plants and Their Ways in §. ‘Afr. fig. 214 (1915). See 
observations by Seemann, Bot. H. M. Herald, 235 (1852-7). 
GroGRapHicaL Rance :—Narrow coastal strip from the Kowie peter 
Bathurst Div., through the native states and Natal to South Zululan 
grassy slopes, the edge of bush, or in the forest ; variable acc ecntiaa: 9e allie. 
Bathurst Div.: between Riet ae and Great Fish River, Macowan, 2000 ! 
entani Div.: coast belt between sand dunes, Pegler, 262! near Zolora River 
mouth, Pegler, 262! Manubi Forest, Pegler, 1247! Port St. Johns, Rattray ! 
Schonland, 3957 |! Egossa Forest, Sim! Pondol U ntu River, in shade 
trees rocks, Burtt Davy, 15315! ran 
Mus., 9412! without locality, J nn, 66! Na a nan, 36! 
Nahoon River, Seek . vo — S. Afr. von 1350! Dumisa, 
distr., wooded th mtwalumi River, Rudatis, 669! Pinetown, 
Rehmann, 7959 ! ite 
