Encephalartos.| cycaADaAck& (Hutch. & Rattr.). 
— ae linear ssi tapered to the apex, 
ny lobate-dentate or rarely ne 
kedly spinose- seinen (see fig. 6) (5) Lehmannii. 
Leaflets green : 
meme coarsely lobate-dentate on the lower 
usually rather — in proportion 
to t hate width, very strongly nerved with 
numerous nerves (see : 7) he ... (6) latifrons. 
epg a hive or the lower ones at 
arsely too 
Mature “eat glabrous below, with incon- 
spic 
P 
Veale — or toothed mainly on 
, iqu 
the lower ‘leaflets not reduced to 
prickles ... as ... (7) longifolius. 
—— equally toothed on both sides, 
oadly linear, with parallel a 
Ge lower not reduc ad to prickles ... (8) Altensteinii. 
Leaflets more or less ovate-lanceolate, the 
ower ones gradually reduced to 
prickles (see fig. 8) ne ... (9) Woodii. 
oS Rucraages Oe prs concen ion very 
mar the 
ae oe sete r abruptly edased to 
prickles . (10) paucidentatus. 
vdeg —— Etech fern a never glaucous, narrowly 
acicular, crowded and numerous ; 
ents Spatatte ay woolly, especially when 
ung; cones very woolly-tomentose ; 
brown : 
Leaflets linear, flat, cu a Daag: cartilaginous 
but not recurved m 
Nerves of ae middle ales 7-9 between the 
margins, very strong and rounded and com 
siaiey ‘filling the lower watick of the 
. (11) cyeadifolius. 
— of the middle leaflets en Eo betwee 
argins, slender and s what oe 
‘be filling the lower einast . (12) lanatus. 
agp sowed subacicular, with much recurved margins ; owe 
s 3-4, very obscure on the lower side... (13) Ghellinckii. 
about 1 fei in ash ret ; leaves es up to sate i4ina 
e 
oolly when young; leaflets very numerous and crowded, lon 
shed the middle of the leaf, the lowermost becoming much reduced, 
