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F. Calyx et corolla ut in Masculine. Stamina abortives tria, 
petalis alterna. Germen magnum, ovatum;, superum. Stylus 
nullus. Stigma emarginatum. 
Bacca dura, sicca, ovata, bilocularis. Semina solitaria, mag- 
tudine semen CofFeae paulo exsuperantia, lunc plana, inde con- 
vexa, ovata. Albumen forma seminis. Embryo parvus, centri- 
petus, in dorso seminis convexo nidulans. 
Seguaster minor e qua latrones Sargilae hastas for- 
mant, p. 68. 
Whether this be a mere variety, or a different species, is 
uncertain ; but the latter seems the most probable. 
Seguaster minor forma foliorum et ramorum diversa, 
p. 68. 
Rumphius says expressly, una habenda est species cum 
seguastro minore yet, from the account which he gives, 
the difference seems very great. 
Caput XVI. 
Nypha, p. 69, t. 16. 
This is the Nipa fruticans of Willdenow (iv. 597), and 
of the Encyclopedic (Sup. iv. 98). It is exceedingly com- 
mon on the muddy banks of the Gangetic estuaries, from 
whence it is often washed away, and floats entire into the 
sea, where sailors mistake it for the Coco-nut palm. 
Caput XVII. XVIII. 
Sagus seu Palma farinaria, p. 72. 
Rumphius first describes at great length the habit of 
this genus, which, after him, is now generally called Sagus, 
although an attempt has been made to call it Metroxylon ; 
but this attempt has luckily proved abortive. Rumphius 
then proceeds to mention four kinds, which seem to be dis- 
tinct species, although they all produce sago ; but this, or 
