722 



is used for building purposes (Fawe, Bot. IVIiss. Uganda, 1906^ 



p. 59). 



This palm is comparatively low-growing, 3-4 ft., leaves^ 

 about the same length, favouring river banks and edges of 

 creeks. Dr. Baikie (he.) in a communication dated Bida 

 Feb, 18th, 1862, mentions the '' Spiny Date " as being found in 

 the deltas of the Nun and Brass Bivers, in the upper parts of 

 Yoruba, in Nupe, Kambari, Zariva, Bautsi [Bauchi], Kororofa 

 and Adamawa, generally with Oil Palms. 



LiviSTONA, R. Br, 

 Livistoua Jenkinsiana, Q^^ijf^ in Calc. Journ. Nat- Hist. v. 



(1845) p. 334. 



Trunk 20-30 ft., 6-7 in. in diara. Leaves 5-6 ft. in diam. 

 Spadices 2-3 ft. Flowers clustered on small tubercles, small,, 

 greenish, ebracteate. Drupes |— 1 in. in diam. leaden blue (FL 

 Br. India, vi. p. 435). 



///.—Griffith, Palms of B.E. India, t. 226 A (leaf), B (spadix 

 & fruit). 



Native of Assam, 



Leaves used for making umbrella hats, and thatching roofs 

 of boats, and for covering the tops of Palanquins in Assam 

 (Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. India). 



Two fine specimens reported growing at Ebute Metta. 



Metroxylon, Rottd. 



Metroxylon Sagu, Rottb, in Nye Samml. Dansk. Vidensk. 

 Selsk. Skrift. ii. (1783) p. 527. 



Stem 25-35 ft. high, w^liich can hardly be encircled by a man'& 

 arm (Beccari) or about 20 ft. with many basal offshoots, as- 

 stout as that of the Cocoa-nut. Leaves as in the Cocoa-nut,. 

 but more erect, unarmed. Inflorescence appearing when the- 

 plant is about 20 years old; spadices several, terminal spikes^ 

 5-8 in. Flowers minute. Fruit globose, size of a small ajjple 

 (Fl. B. India, vl. p. 481). 



/«.— Konig & Sims, Ann. Bot. i. 1804, t. 4 {M. Sago); .Diet- 

 Sc. Nat, tt. 32, 33 {Sagus officinale); Martins, Palm. t. 102; 

 Griffith, Palms of B.E. India, tt, 181 {Sagus Konigii)^ 182 

 {8. laevis); Benth & Trimen, Med. PI. t. 278. 



Spineless Sago Palm, Sago Palm. 



East Indies, common in Sumatra and adjacent islands and 

 in Borneo; cultivated in the Malay Peninsula. 



The starch extracted from the trunk — about the time the^ 



palm is showing for flower — is imported into tliis country as 



'^ Sago/' chiefly from Borneo. It is also recommended as 



a source of sugar and alcohol. 



The Palm dies after flowering, but it is reproduced from 

 suckers. 



