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France caet. 1804. 1, Rieh, Mcm. Conif. et Cycad. 187. 

 ejccl. syn. Caudice elato , froudibus €onfertis, stipite semi- 

 terete spinuloso, foIioUs alternis, lineari - laoceolatis, snb- 

 falcatls , spadicnra masciiloruin apice reflexo quatcr corpore 

 breviore, antheris quaternatltn quinatiniqiie conjuuctls globo- 

 sis (bivalvibus), spadicibns feraiiieis laiiceolatis snrsnni ex- 

 plaiiatis obtuse scrratis, ovariis utrinqae 2 — 3, tubulo breri- 

 apicnlatis, fructibus ovoidco -globosls , subirapressis. 



Icon. Aiibcrt d. Petit Thoiiars 1. c. Tab. I et II. Ri- 

 chard 1. c. Tab. 24 — 26. 



Crescit in iusula Madagascaria (A. d. Petit Thouars ) 

 R. Brown priraus raoniiit, Cycadem iu Madagascaria a 

 Thonarsio detcctam et I, c. descriplani a vera C. circi- 

 nali diflferre. Ad eaudera etiara C circinalem refereudam 

 esse, quam Richardus 1. c. descripsit et icoue illustravit, 

 rix dubio carct. 



Arbor 40 — 70 pcdes alta, caudice tereti, simplice, ra- 

 rius versus apicera raraoso, cortice cineroo intus purpureo, 

 ligno molii albicante. Frondes nascentes lannginosae, ad' 

 ultae octo pedes longae, foliolis opposilis lineari- lanccola- 

 tis, rigidis, acutis, subfalcatis, Rhachis posticc convexa, 

 antice subcanaliculata^ inferne (stipite) incrassata utrinqnc 

 spinulosa. Conus e media Corona frondosa protrnsus brevi- 

 ter pedunculatus oblonge ovoideo-cylindraceus, snbbipedalis 

 et longior, 5 — 7 uncias crassus, ingrati odoris. Spadiccs 

 sammitate externa subtllitcr lanugiuosa rntili, snbcarnoso - 

 coriacei , 2 — 3 uncias longi , oblonge -cuneati, demissis fa- 

 ciebus aucipites, ad summitatem exterius truncati, disco trun- 

 caturae Iransvefsc snblanceolato- rhorabeo, convexiusculo, me- 

 dio gibbose protuberante in acumcu inflexo-adscendeus. Fa- 

 cies supcrior planiuscula et nuda; inferna utrinqnc a medio 

 crassiorc leviter declivis et iude- planiuscnlc dihedra, antherl- 

 fera. Antherac ovoidco-globulosac, solitariac, gerainatac 



