GYMNOSPERMÆ
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CYCADACEÆ.
1Encephalartos septentrionalis Schwfth. MURIEPAI—Zande; KOTTO—Krej & Indogo.
Palm-like undershrub; stem fusiform or globose; up to 2 ft. high. Leaves up to 5 ft. long, pinnate, pinnules up to 50 pairs, ovate-lanceolate, falcate, 4-5 in. long, with 3-8 teeth in basal half, densely tomentose on young fronds.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Golo; Deim Zubeir; Niamniam-land: Mambeli, Gumango Hill near the Rye, on the Ibba (Tonj) River, east of the upper Hoo; Bongo; Lessi River).
A kind of beer is made from the central portion of the stem.
GNETACEÆ.
2Ephedra Alte C. A. Mey.
Diœcious shrub, climbing or erect; branches more or less whorled on upper nodes. Leaves scale-like in whorls of 2-3, connate at base. Male spikes axillary, solitary or in dense glomerules. Fem. spikes solitary or fascicled.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.).