624 MONOECIA poi.YANDRTA, Caryota. 



S.farinifera. GcerU Sem. ii. p. 186. t. 120./. 3. 



S. sive Palma farinaria. Runpli. Amh. \.p. 72. t» 17, 18. 



Sago Palm. Annals of Botany, i. p. 193. t. 4. 



A native of t! e Peninsula of Malacca, and the Malay 

 Islands. 



Like the Banana and Plantain it propagatesitself 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- 

 tillum single. Style subulate. J^ut one-seeded. 



C. verticillatmn. R. 



Leaves verticelled, twice 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 Calcutta 

 during the dry season. 



CARYOTA. Schreh. gen. N. I7OI. 



Male calyx 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. 



