624 — MONOECIA POLYANDRIA, Caryota. 
S. farinifera, Gert. Sem. ii. p. 186, t. 120. f. 3. 
S. sive Palma farinaria. Rumph. Amb. i. p. 72. t. 17, 18. 
Sago Palm. Annals of Botany, i. p, 193. t. 4. 
A native of tle Peninsula of Malacca, and the Malay 
Islands. 
Like the Banana and Plantain it propagates itself by suck- 
ers from the roots of the old trees, the seed is therefore in ge- 
neral abortive. This, the Malay Sago Palm, is the tree, the 
pith of which is the staff of life to the inhabitants of the Mo- 
luccas, 
MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 
CERATOPHYLLUM. Willd. 
Male calyx many-parted. Corol none. Stamina sixteen, 
or more. Female calyx many-parted. Corol none. Pis- 
scan = — subulate. Mut one-seeded. Z 
c. vefticillatum: R : 
Leaves verticelled, iiiol dichotomous, Leaflets of the 
male calyx bidentate, of the female one entire. Style twice 
as long as the germ. Fruit three-horned, 
Beng. Jhaunji. 
Found in pools of sweet water in the vicinity of Galette 
awe the dry season. 
‘CARYOTA, Colech” gen. N. 1701. 
‘Male aalge three-leaved. Corol petalled. Female ca- 
lyx and corol as in the male. Germ superior, three-celled ; 
cells one-seeded ; attachment inferior, Stigma sub-peltate. 
Berry from one to two-seeded, Embryo near the vertex of 
the perisperm., 
