. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . oyen Congo, Em. deWildeman, vol. i., , p 9, t. 23 and 24. I fievue Horticole, February 1, isn>4, No. 8. triangular, 4 to 5 cm. in diameter towards the base,basilary-folioles much reduced, with three teeth2 to 25 cm. long, median leaflets, measuring 35 to40 cm., and 5 cm. in diameter ; lanceolate, coriace-ous, rigid the edges slightly recurved, with rathernumerous spines along both edges, terminating in moreor less deep and sharp teeth, spiny at the top, dis-articulaed at the base Male cone,
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . oyen Congo, Em. deWildeman, vol. i., , p 9, t. 23 and 24. I fievue Horticole, February 1, isn>4, No. 8. triangular, 4 to 5 cm. in diameter towards the base,basilary-folioles much reduced, with three teeth2 to 25 cm. long, median leaflets, measuring 35 to40 cm., and 5 cm. in diameter ; lanceolate, coriace-ous, rigid the edges slightly recurved, with rathernumerous spines along both edges, terminating in moreor less deep and sharp teeth, spiny at the top, dis-articulaed at the base Male cone, long-stalked stalk,about 25 cm. long, downy, whitish, furnished towardsthe top with bracts which are abortive scales; cone, car- The Colonial Garden at Laeken, founded in1900, contains numerous specimens of this fineplant. This institution is of great assistance tocolonial agriculture, and includes some rare orunique plants, some still undetermined and newto science. In addition to ornamental plants,there are at Laeken Caoutchouc lianas from theCongo, many Rubber plants, and various speci-. FlG. 163.—ENCEPHALARTOS LAURENTIANUS, D< a photograph taken in the Jardin Colonial de Indcpendant du CoDgo at Laeken. mine red from 17 to 25 cm. long, and 5 to-6 cm. wide;flowering scales triangular, with short down at the toponly, and unusually reddish, the rest of the bractsyellowish, those at the base smaller and sterile, theothers 2—25 cent, long and 15 to 25 mm. wide at the top,which is triangular, about 1 5-2 cent by 8—12mill., notbeaked, divided into three or four planes, of which thelower, more or less triangular, is formed by a linealmost parallel with the top of the triangle formed bythe upper surface of the scale. From this line divergethe oue or two lines which divide the upper part intotwo or three planes.* * Em. De Wildeman, Eludes sur la Flore da Basel duMoyen Congo, vol. i, faso 1, p. 10, t. 25. mens brought with much trouble from the CongaThe Garde
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