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sus americana Trantvetf. imag. plant. Xll. t. 7. — Slrobili sessiles vel subsessiles, globosJ, 

 niagniludine fructus Cerasi aviuni sylvestris, squamis sex lignosis rhomboideis brevissime 

 pctiolatis extus supra medium obtuse mucronatis demum patentibus, summis sterilibus. Se- 

 niina duo, erecta, orthotropa, ovaia, mucrone concavo-pervio apiculata, utrinque convexa, 

 a!a scariosa expansa vix ae([uilata apice integra undique (excepta basi truncata) cincta. 

 Testa fuscescens, viltis pluribus brevibus inaequalibus cylindricis oleo resinoso repletis in- 

 strucla. Uml)ilicus orbicularis, satis magnus. Albumen carnosnm. Embiyo non suppelit. 



Tm.iA PLiCATA Don hort. cinlabr. ed. G. p. 210. Lamb. Pinus, ed. 2. II, n. 61. 

 Endl. synops. conif. ol. — Habitat in Nulka-Sund (Ilaenke). 



Cycas ? hypoleuca; foliis pinnatis, pinnis aiternis oppositisque basi oblusa sessilibus 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis mucronatis ciliatis aculeis setaeformibus rectis adspersis subtus al- 

 bis, venulis transversis elevalfs nervos conjugentibus, rachi tomentosa aculeis horizontalibus 

 rectis setis([uc ormata. — Habitat in insula Luzon (Haenke). — Folia tantum nota, sed 

 species distinctissima et forsitan aliud genus efficiens atque Cvcadeaceas protogaeas quas- 

 dam pinnis nervosis praedilas optime exhibens. — Folia sesqui-bipedalia, oblonga, obtusa, 

 petiolata, pinnata. Pctiolus semiteres rachique tetraquelra pilis minutis fuscis tomenlosus, supra 

 canaliculaUis, sublus convexus, aculcis unam usc[uc quatuor lineas longis copiosis sparsis basi to- 

 mentosis apice pur[iurco glabris armatus setisc[ue aculeiformibus rigidis hinc inde occurenti- 

 bus semilinem us([ue sesquilineam longis hispidus. Pinnae plnnae, tenuiter coriaceac, aculeo 

 tenui longiusculo fusco saepe abru[ito cus[5idatae, aculeis setiformibus rectis dislanlibus 

 apicc pur[nu'eis cilintac, basi inferiore in racludis angulo anteriore laeviter decurrentes, 

 multinerviae, distichae, niediae lri-C[uadripollicares quatuor-quinc[ue lineas latae palentes, in- 

 fimae decrcscentes deflexae, summae aequales flabellum efficientes, nervis tamen noveni 

 (cosla coinputata) prominulis et supra vcnis transversis prominulis minute flexuosis conjunc- 

 lis ac utrin([ue aculeis setiformibus reclis unam-scsquilineam longis raris adspersis. 



H\EH\TOLEPis SANGUiNEA. — Pliclypaea sanguinea Thunb. fl. cap. 2. Thunb. nov. gcn. 

 y. 93. Eklon et Zeyh. pl. cap. exs. — Cytinus dioicus Juss. in ann. Mus. XH. 443. Grifl'. 

 in irans. lin. soc. XIX. 323. Hook. ic. planl. t. 336. — Hy[3olepis sanguinea Pcrs. ench. II. .t98. 

 Spreng. syst. I. 19. Harv. gen. afr. plant. 300. Brogn. ann, sc. nat. I. 40. t. 4. — 

 Aphytcia multice[3s llurch. trav. I. 213. Habitat parasitica in radicibus Eriocephali africani 

 in monlo tahulari ad Caput bonae spei. — Hypolej^is Bernh. (e Filicaceis) vetustior jam 

 adcst, hinc nomen genericum mutari debet. 



Freycinetia LizoNENSis; foliis lineari-Ianceolatis costa subtus margineque spinoso-ci- 

 iatis, bracteis late ovatis coloratis longe cuspidalo-acuminatis apicem versus costa margine- 

 quc s[jinoso-ciliatis, s[)adicibus masculis pedunculatis bractea brevioribus, — /3. hetcroplnjlla, 

 foliis undi([ue, basi ima crebrius spinoso - ciliatis et in vaginam ochreaeformem scariosam 

 albam dilalatis, supremis anguste linearibus (duas lincas latis), bracteis extimis spinoso-cilia- 

 tis. — Habitat in insulae Luzon provincia (lamarines austral (Cuming pl. phil. n. 1455). — 

 Uami norifcri ultra[:)edales, pennam anatinam crassi. Folia usque quinquepollicaria , semi- 

 pollicem lata, herbacea, mollia, parallele multincrvia, in basim petiolarem semiamplexicaulem 



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