Herbarium catalogue

ers NsW=\-12) Leo) By, Ve (ole) I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH E00392070 | HERB. HORT. EDINB. Cultivated Plants Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Cycadaceae Cycas pectinata Buch-Ham Determined by: James Clugston 12" January 2010 Living collection info.: RBGE Data Capture Project - James Clugston No. 1469 21°' November 2009 Accession number & Qualifier: 19792577*D Associated material: herb. specimen (E); DNA sample (E); photograph (E). Grown on from original wild collection: Grierson, Andrew J.C. & Long, David G. 2357 BHUTAN: Tashigang Dist.: E bank of Dangme Chu, between Cha Zam & Duksum. Steep rocky slope above river among Pinus roxburghii, Cassia fistula, lemon grass, etc. in arid valley. 1,100 m. 27°24'N, 91°35'E. Dioecious tree; stems erect, 1 m tall, 45 cm diam, bearing old leaf scars; female infl borne at top of stem, depressed globose, c 40 cm diam, seeds orange in 3 pairs on each side of scale stipe, densely packed and completely hidden by upturned pectinate flattened distal portion. Leaves more or less erect, borne on top of stem, 140-170 cm, petiole 25-37 cm, longest leaflets 12-18 cm; seeds used to make flour in times of famine. 29" June 1979. Sheet 3 of 3 Sg IRR IT CS EE