720 



tibiis pilosnl.i, dein glaborrimfi. Foh'ola alleriia ant snb- 

 opposita valdc approximaf.i , iitrinqiie 50 et pinra, brevia, 

 infima et snprema reliqnis paiillo breviora, caeternm 5 — 6 

 cent. longa lauceolata vel lineari- lanceolala, 8 rara. — 1 cent. 

 lata, iitriuqiie attennala, apicc aliquautnliim inaoqiiali spi- 

 nöse raueroiiato sphacelata, inteserriraa, marginibus vix re- 

 volnta, svibtiis iiervis 8 — 10 striata, juvenilia ad basin la- 

 nata ac ciliata, caeternm glabra, adulta omnino glabra, 

 orania ad basiu torta Jiinc inversa^ ita nt facies inferior 

 nnnc antica vcl superior evadat, et snperior dorso sequentis 

 aecnrabat. Äliqiiando foliola snpcriora nni- rarissime biden- 

 tata. Conus mas in sp. ciiato a cl. de Vriese observatn"=!, 

 e media frondinm corona eraersus, biennis fero evolntionis, 

 erectns , frondinm rndiraentis circnradatug, sessiüs , oblongns, 

 15 cont. longns, 5 crassiis, cjlindracciis , aari ügneo. Spa- 

 dices spiraliter inserti , e basi angwstiore apice rhomboidco- 

 pcltati, siiperne striato -rngosi, inferiore antherifera. (Descr. 

 sec. sp. Ultraj. cult.) 



9. Encephalartos spinulosiis Lebm.! in T^d- 

 sehr, Nat. Geschied. IV. 420. Miq. l, c. 50. Zamia spi- 

 nosa Hortul. Candice glabro, stipite teretiiiscnlo , rhachi 

 semiterete antice planinscnla, foliolis altoruis lanceolatis, snb- 

 prninoso-glaiicescentibus, pnngentibns, inferiore niargine su- 

 pra medinm bi- tri-spinnloso-dentatis, jiivenilibns snperiore 

 raargine uni -bi- dentatis, adullis ibi iutegerrirais. 



Species e scmiuibns capensibiis abEcklono nomine E . pun- 

 gentis commnnicatis enata, e specirainibus jnvenilibus tantum 

 nota ideoqne ulteriori examini commeiidauda. — Infima from 

 12 cent. longa; foliola ntrinqnc 5 alterua, lanceolata, mar- 

 gine inferiore snpra medium prope apicem bi - tri -spinuloso, 

 margine snperiore vel potiiis apice 1 — 3- spinuloso, in duo- 

 bus margo snporior totns iiitogerrimns; maxima 5 cent, longa,- 



