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faciebus 2 inferioribus totis locelliferis, parte sterili brevi rectan- 

 gulo-denexa extus peltiformi-rhombea vel triangulari, angulo imo 

 deflexo apice truncato; conus femineus oblongo-ellipsoideus bre- 

 viter? pedunculatus ; carpophyllis haud numerosis stipitato-pelta- 

 tis, peltae magnae lato-rhombeae angulis lateralibus deflexis. 



Sequitur quod de hac stirpe in itinere annotavit b. barter: 



//Cycadeous. Fronds average 5 feet high. <ƒ cones 1 to 1{ 

 feet *), ? 9 inc. to 1 foot including peduncle. Caudex short, 

 barely rising above the soil; maximum size 1 foot high, 9 incs 

 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 a b. barter collecta: Truncus semipedalis ellip- 

 soideus squamatus, innovationibus villoso-hirsutus?, noster glaber. 



Foïia basi sordide ochrascenti-griseo-villosa, sensim glabrescentia, 

 petiolata, ambitu lanceolata; fo/'iola injima depauperata (satis 

 subito nee leni transitu in normalia continuata, ita ut folii la- 

 mina normalibus foliolis munita a petiolo apice abortivorum ru- 

 dimentis instructo quasi sit discriminata), parva tripartita lobis 

 lanceolatis spinoso-acutatis, ima ad spinas trifidas denique indi- 

 visas 1 — 2 lin. longas redacta ; foliola reliqua in sicco charta- 

 ceo-pergamacea lucidula nervis usque 20 simplicibus et bi- 

 fidis notata, medii folii 5^ poll. longa, \ poll. lata, serraturis 

 in margine superiorc 3 — 4, in inferiore 4 — 5, serratura suprema 

 utrinque apici paullo minus approximata quam in sequentibus 

 capensibus, qua in re autem non nisi exiguum discrimen est. 

 Conus mascnlus peclnnculo glabro, calamum scriptorium in sicco 

 fere crasso, hic illic cicatricibus (an squamarum deciduarum?) 

 notato, 5! poll. longo suffultus, cylindricus, £- pede paullo lon- 

 gior, II poll. diam,, in sicco atrofuscus, glabriusculus, pube te- 

 nerrima parca sub lente in androphyllorum facie externa instruc- 



*) Probabiliter adiecto petiolo. 



