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Encephalartos Barteri Carruth.!). 
Truncus ellipsoideus; folia petiolata cireumscriptione lanceolata, 
praesertim iuniora versus basin cum petiolo griseo-hirsuta ; foliola 
utrinque praeter inferiora abortiva circiter 45 patentia e basi con- 
strictâ subarticulatâ (non decurrenti-adnata) lineari-lanceolata spi- 
nuloso-acuta, marginibus subparallelis distanter  pauciserratis, 
serraturis in margine superiore saepe 4, in inferiore 4—6, vel 
utrinque paucioribus patule erectis subspinulosis , Subcoriacea, in 
sicco haud crasso-pergamacea, nervis 20-24 simplicibus paucis 
bifidis, foliola inferiora abortiva reflexa tripartita ima ad spinas 
reducta; conus masc. longe pedunculatus cylindrieus ; androphyllis 
spiraliter dispositis, parte locelliferà enneatà trigonâ, faciebus 2 
inferioribus totis locelliferis, parte sterili brevi rectangulo-deflexâ 
extus peltiformi-rhombeñ vel triangulari, angulo imo deflexo apice 
truncato; conus femineus oblongo-ellipsoideus breviter ? peduneu - 
latus; carpophyllis haud numerosis stipitato-peltatis, peltae magnae 
lato- tone angulis lateralibus deflexis. 
Sequitur quod de hâc stirpe in itinere annotavit b. Barter: 
»Cycadeous. Fronds average 5 feet high. 4 cones 1 to 11 
feet ?), Q 9 inc. to 1 foot incladung peduncle. Caudex short, 
barely rising above the soil; maximum size 1 foot high, 9 ines 
in diam. Cones dark olive. Seeds crimson colour ripe. Seen only 
in a hot rocky valley 3 miles south of Zeba, on the Yomba 
side —— about 300 feet above the river, 800 sea level. Lat. 9° 
6' north.” 
Exemplarium descriptiones : 
1. Exemplaria à b. Barter collecta: Truncus semipedalis ellip- 
soideus squamatus, innovationibus villoso-hirsutis ? , noster glaber. 
1) J'ai appris de M. Hooker, postérieurement , que M. Carruthers, du Musée 
Britannique, avait donné ce nom à l'espèce, et qu’il en publiera une figure dans 
les Zcones plantarum de Hooker. 
2) Probabiliter adiecto petiolo. 
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