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acuminata , snbfalcäta, iiervis longitudinalibiis circiter 10 

 striata et postice pilis apprcssis griseis obtecta , qui pro- 

 vertiore aetale evanesciint. Foliola superiora raiiiora, summa 

 2 Cent, longa; infiraa racdiis ^/3 miuora; majora 9 — 10 ceiit. 

 louga, fere 5 mm. lata. Coni soiitarii. Mas 8 — 12 polli- 

 ces longus, 2^^ — 3 erassiis, erectas, -pedunculo 2 — 3 

 poll. longo, 1/2 — % crasso snsteutiis. Spadices spiraliter 

 circa ajri/i cylindricura IY2 ccnt. crassum ita dispositi, nt 

 in sect. transversa fere sex adpareant, crassi^ cuneiformes, 

 apice contracti in rhombiim peltatum deuse tomeutosum, 3 

 Cent, longi, basi 1, apice 2 cent. crassi, superne scrobicu- 

 lati, inferue , excepto apice conico, areis antheriferis in- 

 structi. Antherae valde confertae, sessiles, uniioculares, 

 lougitudinaliter hiantes. Femineus ovoideo-elongatiis, 10 — 

 15 poll. longns, 5 — 7 crassus, peduncitlo breviore quam 

 mas suffulnis. Spadices circa a^vin 2V2 ccnt. crassiim 

 dispositi, in quavis spira numerosiores (9 in sectione trans- 

 versa) corpus peltatum et peduuculatnm referiinf, com tomento 

 5 cent. longnm, quorum pedicellus 3 habet; hie angulosus, 

 costis acutis, raedio contractus, 5 mm. crassus, sursum in- 

 crassatus et corpus formans 4 cent. in diara. transverso 

 crassum, peltatum, quadrangalare, inargine superiore ma- 

 jore, rhorabiforme, utrinque compressum, denso tomento tri- 

 ticeo tectnm. Rhombus infra subrotunde obtusus est, et la- 

 tera ejus compressä elongautur in unciuos, qui in summis spa- 

 dicibus, quorum basis latior est, prorsus desunt. Superior 

 facies inaequaliter sulcata; inferior utrinque sinu subrotundo 

 recipit drupas carnosas nuces ovatas includentes. (See. sp. 

 sicc. Hb. Lehm, et ejus icones et observat.) 



4, Encephalartos tridentatus Lehm.! l, c. 13. 

 Miq, l. c. 45. Enceph. spiralis Hort. Roterod. Miq. in 

 Otto Gartenzeit. 1838. 324. Zamia spiralis Persoon] 



