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apice plernraqne snrsum ant deorsum subfaicatis, mncrona- 

 tis, margine superiore saepe integcrrimis, inferiore plernm- 

 qite 1 — 2 — S-dentatis, dentibns brevioribiis spinosis. 



Colitur in pluribns hortis et intermediis formis in spe- 

 ciem trausit. 



11. Encephalartos Caffer Lehm.! /. c. 14. Miq, 

 Monogr. 53. Cycas caffra Thunb. Nov* Act. Upsal, IT, 

 283. Zamia Cycadis Linn. ßl, Suppl. 443. Zamia caffra 

 Thunb. fl. cap, Z, villosa Gaertn.'l Z. elUptica Lod- 

 dig. ! Catal. n. 173. Caadicc glabro (an et tomentoso ?), 

 stipite rhachique obtuse tetragonis, foliolis plerumque aller- 

 nis, oblongo-lanceolatis, inacquilateris , acutis, integcrrimis, 

 rarissirae ad marginem inferiorem anidenticnlatis, omnibus 

 fore aeqnilongis, couis glabris, 



Icon. Thunb. Act. cit. Tab. V. 



Crescit in regionibus interioribiis Prom. Bouae spei, 

 solnm saxosnm et fruticosum eligens (conf. Lehm. I, c.) 



Ad E. longifolium et plures varietates E, lanuginosi 

 proxime accedens et in plurimis Hortis cum priore confusus. 

 Caudex cylindraceus, aliqnomodo oblongns, glaber, raro 

 parce inter squamas lannginosus. Frondes 30 — 40, I1/2 

 metro longiores, foliolis in Universum latioribus et versus 

 frondis apicem longitudine non multam decrescentibus habi- 

 tns singalaris. Stipes obtuse tetragonus, ^/4 metri longns, 

 Va — 2 Cent, crassus. Rhachis similis modo tenuior. Fo- 

 liola ntrinque circiter 33, alterna , exceptis infimis et sum- 

 mis, qnae subopposita; infima minora breviter lanceolata vel 

 oblonge -lanceolata, reliqna fere omnia aequalls longitudinis, 

 e basi lata ovato- vel oblonge -lanceolata^ versus apicem 

 band attennata, acuta nee acnminata, apice ipso mncronato- 

 spinoso , margine superiore recto vel subconcavo, inferiore 

 per totam longitudinem et saepe sub apice convexo; 17 — 



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