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HE POUT— 1854. 
that P Ihnnti M f h ?'! a i!S ea J“ , £ °* l ,arls - The result of the investigation show* 
has 'v^v ii , . F a l ' 1 01 th ? l ,lant is that (,f 11 true Cycad, its inflorescence 
«'dely diverged from any known type of that variable class, and, conse- 
the nlnnt c™ utm “* ““t' 011 13 necessar . v « a determining the general nature of 
often the ” a Im Cd P or i l ? n * ° f the or 8 ani9nD - The elementary materials are 
and^nexn n! r th f- rC “ nt a,ul fuSB ' 1 for,as ! but, being differently distributed, new 
» con ^^_ 0cc ”" to8 ' ° f " ,hldi «“ * 
On Stangeria Paradoxa. By James Yates, Esq., M.A., FJLS. 
ob2Sff r i a /J r “** fl ‘ S " trfongmg to the natural order of Cijcads, and ua» 
ae.U to Fnmn W y S Wag0 V l cinit y of Fort N**taJ. At first only leaves were 
from Thn. l P'T mhlc i tl,03C ° f cer ' ain Wa* of ferns, and differed ewen- 
f er ,/ nn i f e . 0 known C vends. Hence the new plant was regarded as a 
from !?»»„? STft? r, \ C g T* Lomaria - > >» the year 1851, however, a plant came 
after Professor Hal (' K T'i ,j o( a 11 ic , C * ar di‘n withn stem as well as leaves, and won 
distinctive rln.-> '■> ° ur \i. ‘ 1 | in uirs ‘ rt ‘ tolvet * “ co,, f- They agreed exactly in their 
and beimr d^i ' L P' K l , 1G an< J ColIe * of all the known genera of Cycads; 
“n«mcd 8 nfW tu' nc f t0 • • Io%r t0 , this . uut . ul ' ul order, the new genus Stangeria wh 
T he 9 inm e uterpri»ing and meritorious L)r. Stanger, then resident nt Natal, 
shot and ! U,fl ‘ y r? cn, y c » ,liat f > ( ' the West Indian genus Zama. It is 
luberelcR ti, ’ <uV ' rrd W|, h a brown cuticle, and marked by parallel bunds and 
have been j Lav ^ 0 «%''rated M the bases of leaves, the scars of which 
cylinder ofVoody n8 ^ BlC,n ,,as ° nlar 8 e(1 - The section exhibits a single 
nl th oug U *t f, 0 °v t 'r nat ion cc ^ ft oin that of ferns by its vernation. For, 
is circulate. The vmmn i„ r Adder s-tongue ia plicate, that of ull dorsiferous fern* 
are also coiled mi In tv ° a / e >' 1 ' is coiled up, and, if pinnate, its leaflets 
the blade, which i f., 1.1 Y <W// '* 1 IL ’ ,eaf ' 9la lk rises erect and much longer than 
stalk ns on n hinge’mi til' h rr '! nnJ . gradnnlly riacH, turning on the top of the 
angle, in which '. cllt *° * ar back ns to irmkc with the stalk nil obtuse 
continuous with the midril>7r'ii,” 8 ! ,n other known Cycads the stalk is 
forms n uniform curJi without^ 0i ‘ f ’ *? tl,at tl,e w,l0,l ‘ le " r - ''"Coding the stalk, 
increases so us to Ser hi ? L * V Afi ,Im! hhde 1,1 thc ,crtf 2 f * S W£ 
double along its own lUni a PP arcttt > 11 18 found that every Icuilet is folded 
and that all the leaflets l lc . l, i'f ,p r surfaces of the two halves being in contact; 
nation. In this ri-si,,«^i it, r are H l'P'ird to one anotlier with au imbricate ver- 
plant. ' rtToru Stangeria resembles a rose, an ash, or a leguminous 
for the original' luLuke^Mm ce . Hdin }y resembles that of Lomaria, so as to account 
ienflet sends off nervurot -irVi^ 10 ,< ^ en t*tv of these genera. The midrib of the 
these very shortly bifurra»« ' Istancc of nbout a rnilliinefro from each other; 
bifurcation; all thru ! ‘ 0,nt! °f them become dichotomous by a second 
which arc directed, at in i!„.° ' n 8l,, T? ,ur « s * "'Inch are seen along each margin, and 
whole margin of the i gC i MIS ^antia, towards tha apex of the leaflet, fnc 
indentations of the icrratirw.. f„!j” TOcd b - v . a nervure, which coincides with all the 
cate ncrvurcs. The serrsfn,- 1d c , OInnil| nicates with the midrib through the bifur- 
of the leaflet uneven fn Ait. arC Jrrp 8 u l ar fn their size, so as to render the margin 
and Zamia. So far ns j S . fln nDa logy is perceptible between Slang#'* 
d*ewhere in ferns. ^ veads, the venation is peculiar, and is only met with 
•’ aoincwbot triMicuLr P 0s >rion of the leaflets, the form of the whole leaf 
ing sonic of the ferns.' With Ik !" ' r, ‘ s l H ‘ ct ,r0 ‘« all other Cycads, and approach' 
little towards the bo.M* the („*»,« a fl P ' ,on of 01,0 "r two pairs, which are tun»c<l 
on short petioles and nt riuht an, . ' are tile largest and longest, and are; P ,8C 
length as they approndi the ibm f!?i. tC *i ‘ mil lrib. The upper leaflets dimmish » 
the apex. The petioles of the ^ ! ca ^ an ^ are directed more and more l0,rar , 
the leaf upwards, until thev nrp ?«• U I 1000 '* 11, shorter and shorter from ‘he has" 
respects the lower margin, and this* W* ^ le " ilcts becou,e sessile so far 
* ’ UU ,h,s low " margin is decurrent. The midrib of the 
