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acute, longitudinally nervose, corolla trifid below the middle ; petal 

 oblong-ovate. Male flowers (fig. 3): Stamens 6, as long as the 



Fig. 3. — Meti-oxylon Riunphii^ Mart. 

 Upper left: Male Hovver. 



,, ri<j'ht: Corolla of male flower opened. 

 Lower left: Longitudinal section of pistillode 

 of male flower. 

 ,, right : Part of female flower showin g he 

 fertile ovary and two staminodes. (after 

 Martins . 



corolla ; filaments united into a subcyliiidric tube, attached to the 

 base of the corolla, subulate ; anthers linear, dorsifixed ; pistillode 

 slightly shorter than the corolla; styles and stigmas 3. Female flow- 

 ers (fig. 3) : Staminodes forming a membranous, 6-fid urceoluc, 

 united with the corolla. Berry depressed-globose, \^ inches in 

 diameter, crowned with the style, with imbi-icate scales. Scales 

 rhomboid, convex, with a median vertical furrow, the edges ciliate. 

 Flesh spongy, dry. Seed globose, rugulose. 



Habitat. — Malay Archipelago. 



Illustration. — Mr.Macmillan has supplied its with the photogaph 

 of Rumph's Sago Palm which grows in the Botanic Garden of Pera- 

 denya. There are two specimens visible on PI. XCIX, both 

 without either flower or fniits. 



(7'o he co/ttiiivni.) 



