ENCEPHALARTOS APLANATUS (ZAMIACEAE) - A NEW SPECIES FROM SWAZILAND

Encephalartos aplanatus is described as new from north-eastern Swazila nd. It resembles E. villosus Lem. in its acaulescent habit, small numb er of long and arched leaves, proximal leaflets gradually reduced to p rickles, and virtually identical cones, but differs in being altogethe r larger with longer leaves which are often shortly petiolate instead of sessile, with leaflets larger, more dentate, and with their margins out of plane or somewhat undulate rather than flat.