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inlrodiicla non solnm ab patriam ad lianc specicm 'refcrenda 

 vidctur, scd raaxirao ob characteriim siimmam congrncutiam, 



— Majo mensc in illo Ilorlo lloret, Dec. et Jan. fruclus ma- 

 liirat, Caudejc spccimiuiira circlter 15 aiinorum 2 — 5 pe- 

 dalis, 18 — 28 poU. iu peripheria, basibus froudium per- 

 sisteutibus valde horridus. Frondes 16 — 17, nitidac; atro- 

 viridcs, 3 — 6-pedales. Stipes teretiusculus 12 — 24-pol- 

 licaris , utriuque spinulis brevibns rannitus. Foliola utrin- 

 qiic 50 — 60, opposita vel alterna, linoari-lanceolata, fal- 

 cata acuta, mollia, 4 — 10-pollicaria, i/a ^^^^' Squamae 

 (stipulae Roxb.) acuminatae, imbricatac, villosae, pctiolis 

 interinixtae et peduncnliim fiilcieutes, Conus mas terminalis, 

 pedunculo brevi crasso suffultiis, ovalo-oblongus, initio 9 



— 10-pollicaris, demiim duplo longior, 5 crassiis. Post 2 

 raeiises pcdnnculiis iateralitcr repellitur, uova frondiam Co- 

 rona evoluta. Spadices cuneati, oblique truncati, fulvo- 

 tomcntosi, angiilo superiore extrorsum in acnmeu latum su- 

 bulatum erectuni lerminati. ^ntherae distinclae, numerosae, 

 nniloculares bivalves. — Stirps femina magis robusta. In- 

 llorescentia fere nt in C revoluta. Spadices yillosi, com- 

 pressi, clavati, spathulati, supra ovariornni inscrtionem in- 

 curvi, rhoraboideo -dilalati et in segmenta pungentia partiti. 

 Ovaria globosa, plcruraqiie utrinque 2, brevi stylo (tubulo) 

 apiculata, perforata, forarainis apertnra calloso-margiuata. 

 Drupa ovalis, ovi minoris gallinacei magnitudine, matura 

 ilava. Nujc- lignea, intus textu spongioso, inpriniis versus 

 basiu copioso, brunneo obducta (sec. verb. augl. Roxb,), 



Jtdnot. A Cyc, WaUichii foliolis latioribns, spadicnm 

 mase. apice ot videtur longiore differre videtar. ülterius ta- 

 rnen ambae species comparandae, 



Cycas Rumphii var, timorensis Miq. Comm. 

 phyt, 125. Monogr.Cycad. $0. Caudice .... stipite . . . . 



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