ZAMIA. 



anfwer to the above charafters ; except the kaflets being 

 more numerous, fometimes with a fimple fpinous point only, 

 on the fame ftalk with others that have two or three, very 

 rarely four ; and in one inftance the leafy part of the com- 

 mon foot ftalk is fhaggy with foft hairs. Each leaflet is two, 

 or two and a half inches long, thick-edged and flightly re- 

 volute, entire, except the above-nientioned points ; fmooth 

 on both fides ; furrowed beneath ; tapering at the bafe, and 

 fomewhat decurrent at its infertion. See n. 15. 



4. Z. angujl'tjolia. Narrow-leaved Zamia. Jacq. Coll. 



V. 3. 263. Ic. Rar. t. 636. WiUd. n. 4. Poiret n. 6 



Leaves hnear, elongated, entire, obtufe, with two terminal 

 callous points ; common ftalk femicylindrical. Fruit ovate, 



pointed Native of the Bahama iflands ; cultivated at 



Schoenbrun, where it was raifed from feed, and bore flowers 

 and fruit, the calkins being about eight months in going 

 through their different ftages. The root is fcarcely bigger 

 than a large radifh ; its ovate crown enveloped in a few 

 pointed, very broad, fcales. Leaves about a yard high, with 

 (lender ftalks and leaflets ; the latter drooping, a fpan long, 

 and two lines broad. Catkins three inches long, on ftalks 

 about the fame length ; the male ones moil flender, and 

 nearly cylindrical. Fruit three inchei. long, of a thick ovate, 

 or elliptical figure, with a blunt point. Drupas concealed, 

 red. 



5. Z. tenuis. Slender Zamia. Willd. n. 5. — " Leaflets 

 linear, obtufe, fomewhat revolute ; tapering at the bafe ; 

 with one or two obfolete teeth near the extremity ; common 

 ftalk triangular, fmooth." — Native of the Bahama iflands. 

 Willdenow faw a living male plant. Leaflets about four- 

 teen pair ; the upper ones furnifhed, near the point, with 

 one or two very inconfpicuous teeth. An intermediate 

 fpecies between the laft and the following ; agreeing nearly 

 with Z. angujlifolia in the form of its leaflets, but tliey are 

 broader, and their flali is triangular : the hajlets are nar- 

 rower than thofe of the following, neither are they minutely 

 ferrated towards the point ; but the flalhs are fimilar. 

 Wllldenoiu. 



d.'L. media. Intermediate Zamia. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 

 V. 3. 77. t. 397, 398. Willd. n. 6. Poiret n. 7. — Leaf- 

 lets linear-lanceolate, obtufe, flat ; obfcurely ferrated towards 

 the point ; common ftalk triangular, fmooth. — Native of 

 the Weft Indies ; cultivated at Schoenbrun. The crown 

 of the root is as big as the fift. Leaves two feet long, be- 

 fides their naked_^a//6, which is half as much. Leaflets from 

 fourteen to twenty pair ; five inches long, and one-third or 

 half an inch broad, flat, for the moft part entire, except a few 

 (hallow diftant ferratures towards the extremity, which is 

 bluntifh, and without any fpinous termination. Female cat- 

 kins on fhort thick ftalks, ovate, with a blunt point. Fruit 

 oval, brown, rough, three inches long. Jacquin. That au- 

 thor confiders the prefent fpecies as alhed, on the one hand, 

 to his anguflifolia (fee n. 4.), and on the other to integrifoUa, 

 n. 8. Still we cannot queftion its being fpecifically diftinft 

 from both. 



7. Z. debilis. Lax-leaved Zamia. Linn. fil. MSS. Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. i. v. 3. 478. cd. 2. n. 2. Willd. n. 7. 

 ( Palma prunifera humilis non fpinofa, infulce Hifpaniolas, 

 fruftui jujubino fimilis, ofTiculo triangulo ; Commel. Hort. 

 V. I. II I. t. 58.) — Leaflets lanceolate, acute, pointlefs, fer- 

 rated towards the point ; common ftalk triangular, fmooth. 

 — Native of the Weft Indies, from whence it is faid to have 

 been imported, in 1777, by the late Meffrs. Kennedy and 

 Lee. It flowers in the ftove, in July and Auguft. The 

 leaflets are five or fix pair, half an inch broad ; though only 

 two and a half or three inches long, and are diftinguiftied 

 from all the foregoing by their confpicuous ferratures, all 



indeed near the end, the greater part of the leaflet being 

 entire : the upper fide is fmooth and ftiining ; under fur- 

 rowed or ftriated. Commelin originally raifed this fpecies 

 from feed in the Amfterdam garden, and was informed that 

 the fruit was reddifh, growing partly underground. 



8. Z. integrifolia. Dwarf Zamia. Linn. fil. MSS. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. i. v. 3. 478. ed. 2. n. 3. Willd. n.8. 

 Purfli n. I. Poiret n. 5. excluding the reference to Com- 

 melin. Jacq. Coll. V. 3. 261. Ic. Rar. t. 635. Lamarck 

 t. 892, copied from Jacquin. (Z. pumila ; Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 1659, excluding all the fynonyms. ) — Leaflets fmooth, 

 ftriated, lanceolate ; rounded, obtufe, and finely ferrated at 

 the end ; tapering at the bafe. Common ftalk fmooth, 

 fomewhat quadrangular. — Native of Ealt Florida, from 

 whence it was introduced into the Englifli ftoves, by the 

 celebrated John Ellis, efq. in 1768. Jacquin fays it groyvs 

 alio in Hifpaniola. The crown of the root is fometimes as 

 thick as a man's arm, dividing below into feveral flout 

 branches and fibres. Leaves uf ually about eighteen inches 

 long ; fometimes twice as much. Leaflets from ten to 

 twenty pair, oppofite or alternate, each two and a half or 

 three inches long, varying in breadth from one-quarter to 

 three-fourths of an inch, entire, rather ftiining, ftrongly 

 ftriated on both fides, with many parallel ribs ; the extre- 

 mity rounded and pointlefs, with a greater or lefs number 

 of flight toolh-like ferratures in proportion to its width. 

 Catkins on fhort ftalks, ovate, clothed with dark brown 

 pubefcence ; the male ones about two inches long. Fruit 

 three inches long, elliptical, pointed, downy ; its fcalet 

 finally widely feparating, each of them peltate and angular, 

 fupported by a rather flender angular ftalk, above an inch 

 in length, and remaining long after the fruit is fallen. Each 

 drupa is elliptical, about half an inch, or more, in length, 

 with a fmall quantity of fweet orange-coloured pulp, and a 

 large, rather pointed, nut. The leaflets are too ftrongly 

 ferrated in Lamarck's plate ; and rather broader and more 

 luxuriant than ufual in Jacquin's, otherwife admirable, re- 

 prefentation. The male catkins are very frequently pro- 

 duced ; the female ones we know only from dried fpecimens, 

 and the works of Jacquin. 



9. Z. muricata. Prickly-ftalked Zamia. Willd. n. 9. — 

 " Leaflets oblong, pointed, fmooth, ftriated ; ferrated from 

 the middle to the extremity ; common ftalk fpinous." — 

 Gathered by Humboldt and Bonpland, in South America, 

 near Porto Cabello. Leaflets about four pair, fix inches 

 long ; tapering at the bafe ; ftriated and ribbed on both 

 fides ; (harply ferrated in their upper half. Footflalk chan- 

 nelled, armed with very (hort, blunt, fcattered fpines. 

 Wllldenoiu. 



10. X.furfuracea. Broad Rufty-leaved Zamia. Linn, 

 fil. MSS. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. l. v. 3. 477. ed. 2. n. 4. 

 Willd. n. 10. Poiret n. 2. (Palma americana, foliis poly- 

 gonati brevioribus, leviter ferratis, et nonnihil fpinofis, 

 trunco craffo ; Pluk. Phyt. t. 103. f. 2. and t. 309. f. 5. 

 P. americana, craflis rigidifque foliis ; Herm. Parad. 210. 

 t. 210. Palmifoha fruAu clavato polypyreno ; Trew 

 Ehret, 5. t. 26. ) — Leaflets eUiptic-oblong, pointlefs ; co- 

 pioufly ferrated from the middle to the extremity ; ftriated 

 and hairy beneath ; common ftalk fpinous. — Native of the 

 Weft Indies. Plukenet faw it in the royal gardens at 

 Hampton-Court in king WiUiam's time. It is ftill pre- 

 ferved in our ftoves, flowering towards autumn. The crown 

 of the root is often a foot in diameter. Leaves from one to 

 two feet long, exclufive of their prickly ftalks. Leaflets 

 ufually eight or nine pair, three or four inches long, and 

 one or one and a quarter broad, very rigid and coriaceous ; 

 (hining, and roughifh to the touch, on the upper fide ; more 



R 2 furrowed. 



