. 685 



miiiiim »/4 mct. longao, follolis iitiinqnc 40 — 50, niaxiraia 

 9 ccut. longis, 4 mm. Litis. — Spadices feminei ex apice 

 caiidicis veruo tempore niimerosissimi protlcunt, deranm oranes 

 reflexi. Majores cnitorum specimimim 20 cont. longi; pars 

 angiistata pediincnlata e foveis nfrinquo 2 frnctns gerit, et 

 snpra eos iu laraiiiam cristatam expanditur, cristis linearibiis 

 ntrinqnc 12" — 15, snrsum minoribns, maxirals 5 — 6 cent. 

 longis. Tottis spadix cxceptis apicibus cristariim spinosis, 

 bruniieis, niteiitibus , dcnsissimo tomento griseo-fnsco vel 

 griseo tectiis. Fructus steriles ovato-subcompressi, obcor- 

 dati, atiranliaci, tomento griseo -bruuneo facile reraovendo 

 tocti , 31/2 cent, longi, 3 transverse crassi. Immatnra ovaria 

 iitrinqiie plernmqne tria. Teste Th n n b e r g i /"rwc^MS /be- 

 ciindati sistnnt drnpam ovatam compressam, rnbram, ses- 

 qiiipollicarem, — Spailix a cl. Siebold in Japonia lectns 

 19 cent. lougns, ovariis ntrinqnc 3 remotioribns , serraturis 

 lamiuae snblriangnlaris ntrinqnc 18, snbteretibns et hori- 

 zontalibnSj tomento obscnrlore quam in cnltis. 



Monstrum pygmaeum^ ariiticiis Hortnlanornm in Ja- 

 ponia ceieberrimis prodnelnm , frondcm liabet rix spitha- 

 raeam, eireumscriptionc obovatam^ foliola minuta angiista 

 ntrinqnc 25 rhachi fnsce hirsntac affixa, spadicem ovariis 

 jnvenilibus inslrnctiim, 14 cent. longnm, stipite laminam 

 aeqnante, uno marginc 3, altero 2 ovaria gerente, lamina 

 ntrinqnc in 16 serraturas eristatas, qnarnm snperiores maxi- 

 mas, divisa, in acnmen terminala. Tomentnm dcnsura floc- 

 coso - grisenm pallidc Intescens et albicans investit spadicem 

 et Ovaria, exceptis pericarpiornra tnbiilis et spinis crislarnm. 

 (Descr. scc. spec. Herb. Lngd. Bat.) 



Cycas revoluta Thunb. var. planifolia Miq. 

 Monogr. Cj/cad. 25. Candice cylindrieo tomontoso sqnamo- 

 so, frondibns graciübns, stipite opposite spinnloso rhachiqne 



