Sagus, MONOECiA hexandiua. 623 



the lower and inner angles of tiie cell. Style none. Stigma, 

 a two or three-lobed, conical, brown point. Pericarp, a 

 dry, ovate oblong- berry, about the size of a nutmeg, two, 

 rarely three-celled, three seems the natural number, though 

 two is most common. Seeds solitary, ovate-oblong, about the 

 size of a large cottee bean. Integuments single, thin, brown, 

 veined, adhering firmly to the perisperm. Perisperni horny, 

 of one uniform pale colour. Embryo in the back of the seed. 

 The name which Dr. Roxburgh has given to this genus is 

 in honour of William Wright, M. D. F. R. S. and President 

 of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The plant for- 

 merly named after this eminent Physician and Botanist, being- 

 found to be a species of Blakea. 



SAGUS. Gcert. 



Spathes many. Spadix (terminal) super-decompound. 

 Male calyx three-toothed. Corol three-parted. Stamina, 

 inserted on the base of the corol. Female calyx and corol 

 as in the male. Stamina abortive. Style three-parted. Berry 

 backwardly imbricated with cartilaginous scales. Seed soli- 

 tary. Embryo lateral. 



1. S. inei'mis. R. 



Arboreous, unarmed. Embryo lodged in or near the apex 

 of the seed. JLeaues pinnate. 



S. Itevis. Rmnpli. Amb. x.p. 76. 



A native of Sumatra and Borneo, and of the Islands between 

 them ; growing spontaneously in low swampy lands. From 

 the pith of the tree the granulated Sago which we meet with 

 in Europe is made. The Malays themselves prefer the Sago 

 meal of Sagus spinosus, (Lapia-tuni, or genuine Sago tree of 

 Rumphius.) See Herbar. Amb. i.p. 75. 



2. S. Rumphii. Willd. iv. 404. 



Arboreous, armed, with strong straight spines. Leaves 

 pinnate. 



