504 CYCADEiE. 



3. PODOCARPUS, L'Eer. 



Stamens in catkins : anthers 2-celled. Female flowers solitary : ovule single, anatropous-, 

 supported by a thickish, lobed disk. Seed dmpaceous : albumen amylaceous : cotyledons 2. 

 —lieawes flat, mostly scattered; flowers usually dioeeious. 



3. P. coriaceus, iJicA. ieawj lanceolate, aca^e, tapering at the base ; disk unequally 

 3-fld, about as long as the seed, longer than the peduucle : seed obliquely ovoid-globose, 

 with a short, blunt point. — Rich. Conif. t. \.f. 3. Hook, in Land. Journ. Bot. 1. 1. 21. 

 —P. Yacca, i)oM.— About 50' high ; leaves l"-2i" long, 2"'-5"' broad ; seed 2"'-3"' long : 

 point recurved or straightish. Crueger's specimens are sterile, but not to be distinguished 

 by the foliage. Hab. Jamaica!, Al., M'Nah, Bon, in the mountain-woods of Port Eoyal, 

 in the Blue mountains, where it extends to their summit (8000' alt.) ; Montserrat {Endl.) ; 

 Trinidad !, Cr., Aripa, Tocuche. 



4. P. Purdieanus, Hook. Leaves oblong-linear, lanceolate at the base or lanceolate 

 to the bluntish or mucronate-pungent point ; $ catkins sessile, geminate, shortly cylin- 

 drical ; disk unequally 2-dentate, as long as the seed, twice as long as the peduncle ; seed 

 ovoid, with a short, blunt point. — Hook. Ic. t. 624. — A large tree, about 120' high; leaves 

 4"-li"(-6") long, 5"'-3"'(-8"') broad ; seed 4"' long. The <J catkins are to be verified iu 

 the Jamaica tree : I describe them from Wright's Cuba specimens, which, though smaller- 

 leaved, are scarcely to be distinguished. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, March, in the northern 

 districts, S. Anns near Moneague, S. Mary's, at 2500'— 3500' alt. ; [south-eastern Cuba !]. 



5. P. salicifolius, Kl. Karst. Leaves obloug-linear, lanceolate at the base, long- 

 aeuminate, often a little oblique ; " $ catkins peduucled, solitary, cylindrical ; disk 2-lobed, 

 shorter than the peduncle ; seed oblong-globose, with a very short point." — Taxus lancifoUa, 

 Wickstr. ex descr. — Leaves 4"-6" long, 5"'-7"' broad : but only l"-2" long in the form 

 described by Wickstrom. — Hab. Dominica!, /)«?•. ; [Guadeloupe; Venezuela !, Ji?K(^/. CoH. 

 n. 1288]. 



CXXIV. CYCADE^. 



Character of Cuniferte, but cotyledons 2, coalesoeut, stem simple, and leaves pinnate. — 

 Seeds drupaceous. 



Starch is extracted from Zamia and from the cultivated Cycas revoluta, Thuub. (Deac. 

 PI. 6. t. 449). 



1. ZAMIA, L. 



Stamens and carpophylls truncate-peltate, the latter 2-ovulate beneath. — ^iieai depressed; 

 leaves straightish in vernation,: \e^&\& jointed at the base. 



1. Z. integrifolia, Ait. Leaflets leathery, iinear-otlong, subfalcate, euneate at the 

 base, rounded-bhmt at the serrulate top : petiole unarmed. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 635.— Hab. 

 Jamaica {Kew M?ts.), in arid places along the coast ; [Cuba !, Haiti]. 



2. Z. angustifolia, Jacq. Leaflets elongated, narrowly linear, entire, few-nerved : 

 petiole unarmed. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 636. — Leaflets 5" long. — Hab. Bahamas (/aey.) ; 

 [Cubal]. 



