present place probably twenty or thirty years. The sketch, 
which is most accurate and faithful, was taken in November 
last, before the fruit was set, by my friend, Francis Hype, 
Esq. lately of the 12th Lancers.” The taste of the fruit is 
mealy, dry, and sweetish, but insipid. It is the general 
opinion here, that this is the Sago Palm, or the plant that 
produces Sago. The Japanese, of whose country the plant 
is a native, eat the fruits; and from the trunk extract a kind 
of Sago, which is highly esteemed, especially by the people 
of rank. On this account, the plant is much cultivated 
about their houses, and is forbidden to be exported. A 
very small quantity of the medulla or pith suffices to satisfy 
the hunger of a soldier in the time of war. 
Cycas revoluta is frequently cultivated in the stoves of the 
curious in this country ; but it requires considerable space 
to be seen to advantage. The general’structure both of 
the male and female flowers and fruit will prove, in all pro- 
bability, very similar to those of C. circinalis, already given 
in this work, 7 
Tas. 2963. Plant of Cycas revoluta much reduced. Fig. 1. A leaf upon 
a larger seale ; but still considerably reduced. 
Tan. 2964. Fig. 1. Spadix with (abortive) Fruit. 2. Nut taken out from a 
Drupe. 3. Summit of the Drupe a little magnified, shewing the Papilla in 
the Sinus. 4, Portion of a Leaf. 1, 2. and 4.—Natural size. 
