■Maci-oxamia.] CXXIV. CYCADACE^. 1505 



less falcate, bearing approximate pinnas throughout their whole length, but those 

 'on the lower portion abbreviated to short spines ; the rhachis somewhat 

 angular or the upper side flat, the immediate expanded base bearing more 

 or less wool. Pinnse of a rather thin texture, the longest about 16 inches 

 long and 3 or 4 lines broad, the upper ones gradually shorter, and'" those of 

 the lower part of the leaf short and spine-like, all finely striated, the callosity 

 at the base white or reddish, and the apex pungent. Scapes often long. 

 Male cones cylindrical, 6 to 10 inches long, 1 to l|in. diameter, the apex 

 of the scales without points except in the upper portion ; anthers densely 

 ■covering the whole under surface of the scale. Female cones more or 

 less cylindrical, 6 to lOin. long and 3 to 5in. diameter, the apex of scale 

 rhomboidal, about lin. deep and l|in. wide, the transverse sharp ridge 

 forming in the centre an ascending lanceolate point, short in the lower part 

 ■of the cone, but often 1 to nearly 2in' long near the summit. Seeds 

 -covered with a reddish integument, about lin. long and nearly as broad. 

 — Encephalartos iliquelii, F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 38. 

 Hab.: Taylor's Range near Brisbane, and from there to Bockhampton. 



According to Thozet the seeds are baked for about half-an-hour under ashes ; the outside 

 covers and the stones are then broken and the kernels divided and put into a dilly-bay and 

 placed in a stream, where they remain 6 or 8 day:; before they are fit for eating. 



5. M. mountperriensis (of Mount Perry), Bail. 1st Suppl. Sijn. Ql. b'l. 



50. " Tchalli," Keys. Stems seldom formed above the ground, but at times 



producing one 6 to 9in. high ; the crown of leaves averaging about 80, the 



male plants being noticed to produce the greatest number and finest leaves. 



Leaves above 5ft. long, including the petiole or lower portion without pinnse, 



which is from 16 to 18 in. ; the immediate base swollen and clothed by a dense 



mouse-coloured wool ; petiole somewhat angular, the rhachis with a raised 



bridge throughout between the 2 rows of pinnte. Leaves nearly straight, not 



■curved or twisted, of a deep-green. Pinnse about 50 on each side, the lower 



■ones not abbreviated to spines, only slightly shorter ; larger pinnaB about lOin. 



long and 4 lines broad, the 10 or 12 longitudinal veins prominent on the under 



side, point attenuated and pungent, the white callosity at the base more or less 



prominent. Scapes about 1ft. long, and frequently surrounded at the base by 



numerous, densely woolly, linear-lanceolate prophylla of about 5in. long and 2 



to 4 lines broad. Male cone cylindrical, about 1ft. long and l|in. diameter, 



"the scales with very short points except those of the apex of the cone ; anthers 



■densely covering the under siirface of the scale. Female cone cyUndrical, 8 to 



16in. long, %^ to 4in. diameter, the somewhat swollen scales about lin. deep 



'by IJ broad, with a very prominent, sharp, transverse ridge which in the centre 



forms an erect spine of from 1 to 2in. of a flat linear-lanceolate shape. Seeds 



■covered by a deep orange-coloured integument about lin: long and nearly as 



•broad. 



JIab.: Mouot Perry, James Keys. 



'6. M. Bouglasii (after Hon. John Douglas), IF. Hill et F. v. Ji. 

 ^ Coobine," Fraser's Island. Stems usually nearly all buried in the sand, but 

 sometimes forming above ground to the height of 2 or 3 feet. Leaves 50 or 

 more in a crown, 7 to 8 feet long, of a deep-green colour, the rhachis somewhat 

 a,ngular and sulcate, the portion without pinnre (petiole) about 2ft. long, the 

 ■expanded base copiously woolly. Pinnse about 160, the central ones 12 to 14in. 

 long and 5 lines broad, tapering to sharp points, the callosity at the base white 

 but not large, often only the 2 lowest abbreviated, texture rather thin. Scapes^ 

 about 16in. long, woolly and somewhat angular, bearing several long, linear 

 woolly prophylla, which are closely appressed or adnate to the scape. Male cone 

 not examined. Female cones glabrous, 9 to 16in. long, 4 or 5in. diameter 



