Cycas,) CYCADACEZ. 993 
beneath with 1-celled anthers; females of ra ich leaves 
(carpophylls) crowded round apex of stem, or in cones of flat or 
thickened, variously peltate scales. Ovules one PERE 
sessile, either erect in notches on either margin of the carpophyll, 
or solitary and inverted on either side of the peltate scales. Seeds 
large, drupe-like, outer coat more or less fleshy, inner crustaceous 
or bony; albumen copious, fleshy, ultimately horny, and with one 
ore embryonic cavities; embryo usually single by abortion, 
ge. radicle Pe gigie: attached to the corrugate suspensory 
cord ; cotyledon 
884. Cycas Linn. 
or trees, with a simple or rarely branched, cy lindrie 
caudex, dlothed with the woody bases of the petioles; leaves 
terminal crowns, linear oblong, pinnately divided; segments 
t linear, 1-nery. ed, quite entire, involute in bud, lowest often reduced 
to spines. Male cones apparently terminal, peduncled; scales 
| cuneate, closely imbricate ; apex often long-acuminate; anthers 
ellipsoid, in groups of 3-5. Female carpophylls many, crow 
round apex of stem, densely woolly, adpressed in an apparently 
terminal cone, then spreading, elongate, flattened, dilated above in 
an entire, crenate, or pectinate blade. Ovules 1-5, in notches on 
either side of the stalk of the poner: distant, alternate or 
opposite, nearly erect. Seeds ellipsoid or globose. 
Margins of leaf-segments flat :— 
Margins of carpophyll-blade pectinate pectinata 
argins of carpophyll-blade spinous-toothed Rumphii 
Margins of leaf-segments revolute revoluta 
2005. Cycas PECTINATA Griff.; F. B. I. v. 657; E. D. ©. 2534. 
— ong. 
mall, palm-like tree. 
2006. ie Rumpui Mig.; F. B. I. v. 657; E. D. C. 2538. 
C. circinalis F. I. iii. 744. 
n gardens, occasionally. 
A small, palm-like tree; native of the Andamans and 
Malaya. 
2007. Cycas REVOLUTA Thunb.; F, I. iii. 746; F. B. I. v. 656 
E. D.C. 2587. 
In gardens, frequently 
A small, palm-like pestis native of Pabiaii 
