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contracta dein fere cuneata, sursnra seusim latiora, adeo ut 

 diameter transversus raaximiis supra i/a ^^t. obtineat, apice 

 fere obtuso, iuferne obliqiio. Serraturae argntae inaequales, 

 inferioris margiiiis fere 1/3 long, folioli occupant; in snpc- 

 riore tenniores serratnrae tantnramodo in apice adsunt. Co- 

 nus tnas cylindricns elongatns acutus, 5 cent. longiis, 1 cras- 

 sus. Spadices extus brnnneo - tomentosi. Pedunculus lae- 

 vis glabcr sursura incrassatiis , flexnosns. 



10. Zamia debilis \Vi\\i). Sp. pl IV, 846. Miq. 

 Monogr, 71. Zaniia pumila Poir.'^ Zainia integrifolia 

 Richard'^ de Conif, et Cyc. Tab. 27. Palma prunifera 

 humilis caet. Commel. Hort, umsteh rar, fasc. I, 111. 

 Zamia prunifera ^ foliolis elongatts caet. Loddig. l Catal. 

 n, 181. Stipite rhachiqiic semitcreti-subtriquelris, foliolis 

 remotinscnlls, inferioribiis alteruis , siiprerais fere oppositis, 

 medlis raaxirais, inferioribus rainiinis, omnibns lanceolatis, 

 integerrimis, apice obtiisiuscnlo subinde subeinarginato sub- 

 bilobo obsolete serrulato, ad marginem inferiorem profundius 

 versus basin quam ad snperiorera. 



Icon. Commel. I. c. Tab. 58. (nidis). . Miq. 1. c. Tab. 

 VIU. fig. 2. 



Crescit in insula Hispaniola caet. 



Species in Hortis rarior. — Frons magna, glaberrima. 

 Stipes 24 cent. longuSj trigono-semiteres , antice costatns. 

 Rhachis circiter 40 cent. longa, panllo tennior, vix supra 

 suprema foliola producta. Foliola utrinque 13 — 14, infe- 

 riora alterna, superiora subopposita, illa minora^ 6 cent. 

 longa, 1 lata, media maxima 10— 12 cent. longa, l^Jc^XsLia-, 

 omnia louge lanceolata, lineari-lanceolata, basi contracta 

 articulata, integerrima, marginibus planiusculis, apice obtu- 

 siusculo rarius emarginato subbilobove levissime serrulata, 

 plcrumque ad marginem inferiorem paullo profundius. Nervi 



