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Observe portions of spadix with fruits, of R. longijlora, CASE 

 Mann and Wendl., and /?. Gcertneri, Maun and Wendl., &c., 50. 

 from West Africa. 



A spadix of the latter from the Gold Coast is shown in Case 

 No. 18, in Room No. 2. 



Along the upper part of this Case note Yoke for carrying CASE 

 loads, made of a petiole of the Bamboo Palm {Raphia vinifera, 5I. 

 Beau v.), frojn West Africa. 



No. 97. Native Loom made of petioles of the same palm, 

 from the Gold Coast. Note also models of tisli trap and shrimp 

 basket made of the same from La^ros, and various other baskets 

 of diflerent designs and patterns from West Africa. 



In the middle portion of the Case observe fruits of Raphia 

 vinifera^ Beauv., and R. Hookeri^ Mann and Wendl., and in 

 the lower portion of the Case note portion of petiole or leaf- 

 stalk of R. vinifera, and bundle of fibre extracted from it. It 

 is imported into England for brush making and is known as 

 Lagos Bass. (See Ketc Bulletin, 1891, p. 1-5). 



Fine spadices of both of these species are shown in Case 52, 

 and one oiR. vinifera is also exhibited in Case 19, Boom No. 2. 



On the left-hand side of the mantel-piece, in the centre of 

 the room, observe a Fishing Net made of strips of leaf stalks of 

 the JupATi palm {Raphia tcedigera, Mart.) from Caupi, Rio 

 Para. 



No. 98. Fruits of the Fijian sago palm {Metroxylon 

 t'fV/e)**^, Wendl.), and sago made from the palm. 



No. 99. Fruits of Metro.vyhn ainicarum, Wendl. From 

 the Friendly and Solomon Islands. They are hard like ivory, 

 and have been called Ivory nuts. 



Observe also sago prepared from the palm. 



No. 100. Spadices with fruits of the Sago palm {Me- 

 troxylon Sagu, Rottb.), a tree some 40 or 50 feet high, with a 

 straight cylindrical trunk from one to two feet in diameter. 

 It is abundant in damp situations in Sumatra and the neigh- 

 bouring islands, as well as in Java, Borneo, Celebes, Siam and 

 Malacca, and it is also cultivated in the Moluccas. 



The life of the plant extends to 15 or 20 years, at which 

 period it flowers, and the tree then dies ; very few fruits are 

 perfected, and they occupy from two to three years in ripening. 

 To obtain sago, the tree is felled at the time of its growth 

 when the medullary matter is fully developed, before the 



