68 . HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
apice brevi pervio. Fructus (magnus) reversus. — Truncus breyis, 
ovoideus demumque crasse cylindraceus, prophyllis lanatis persisten- 
tibus dense obtectus ; foliis simul verticillatim provenientibus crebris 
erecto-patentibus, breviter petiolatis, elongato-lanceolatis, planis 
rigidis, profunde pinnatifidis; junioribus pilosis, in vernatione 
strictis; Segmentis approximatis angustis strictis planis pungenli- 
acuminatis, ecostalis, tenuiter striato-nervosis, nunc dentatis ; infimis 
desinentibus in spinas peliolum marginantes ; strobilis subsessilibus 
(magnis), basi prophyllis lanceolatis lanuginosis stipatis. (Meæicum.) 
8. Stangeria T. MOORE?. — Flores 1-sexuales; marium strobilo 
cylindraceo; squamis dense imbricatis, æ-seriatis, obovato- v. 
cuneato-4-dratis trapezoideis obtusis, subtus nisi apice loculis poli 
niferis® subovoideo-trapezoideis stipitatis opertis. Strobilus fœmineus 
brevior oblongo-cylindraceus ; squamis dense imbricatis, co-serialis, 
subsessilibus ovalo-rotundatis, ima basi utroque latere excavatis 
ibique florem fœmineum deorsum spectantem gerentibus. — Truncus 
brevist, ex parte subterraneus subcylindraceus napiformis glaber 
nudusque, sparsim lenticellatus, 1-oligocephalus ; foliis 4, v. paucis, 
longe petiolatis pinnatis, vernatione inflexis ; pinnis oppositis alter- 
nisque, lineari-lanceolatis, obtusis, acutis v. acuminatis, subcrenatis 
v. Spinuloso-serrulatis, nunc pinnatifido-lobatis; inferioribus nunc 
2-fidis petiolulatis; Superioribus autem sessilibus; basi lata margin 
inferiore decurrente; vernatione reclis; costa crassa; nervis creber- 
rimis horizontalibus parallelis, simplicibus v. plus minus alte furcatis; 
strobilis peduneulatis villosis ; pedunculo basi prophyllis 2, 3-serialis 
iubricatis orbiculari-concavis tomentosis cineto. (Africa austro-0r. 
subtrop.®) 
9. Bowenia H00k.5 — Flores Î-sexuales; marium strobilo parvo 
ovoideo-oblongoT. Squamæ Cunealo-rotundalæ, œ-seriatim superpo- 
1. Spec. 2 Rec., in Act. H. petrop., IV,  — Sy, i d. Misc., IN, 88. — 
296. — M10.,in Verh. Ned. Inst. (1851), € 3,4 loger 1 Poe Mont, 5121. _7 RE6» 
— LEE, {1 hort., I, 91. — Bot. Mag., t. 6184. Gartenfl., t. 798: in Act. H. petrop., IN, 6 
D — 1 i 
. . —. Lond. Journ., V, 228. — À. : L \ 
rodr., XVI, 11, 530. — B. H., Gen, IL, AC = F ZE, in Linnæë © 
n. 5, — SoLMS-LAUB., in Bol. Zeit. {1890). — ne” ee qe pe 
Eicuz., loc. cit., 21. 1 
3. Pollen late ovoideum. 
4. Vix pedalis. 
». Spec. 1. S. eriopus. — S.paradoxa Moore. 
6. Bot. Mug., 1. 5398, 6008. — À. H 
Prodr., XVI, IL, 534. — B. H., Gen., Ul, 
n. 6. — EicuL., loc. cit., 22, fig. 13. 
7. Plus minus longe peduneulatv 
