272 MR. Н. М. RIDLEY ON THE FLORA OF THE 
encampments ; these were Colocasia antiquorum, Linn., and Justicia Gendarussa, Linn. f. 
The latter never produces seed here, and I doubt much its being indigenous; it is used as 
a medicine, and а piece or two of the stem may have been brought up here by some 
Malay in pursuit of jungle-products and dropped here. 
The Tampoi (Baccaurea malayana, King), the Tamponet (Artocarpus rigida, Blume), 
the Champedak (4. polyphemia, Miq.), and the Rambutan Pachat (Xerospermum Noron- 
hianum, Miq.), less often cultivated, are indigenous to these woods. 
Another eatable fruit found wild in the Tahan forests was that of the Akar Panti, а 
climber with a large somewhat apple-shaped fruit, with the smell and taste of a good apple. 
I was unable to procure adequate specimens to make out even the order of this plant. 
In the Kota Glanggi woods (Pahang River) the ground was strewn with the pulpy 
covering of a large spindle-shaped triquetrous seed of a lofty tree known hereas “ Drija." 
It is much sought for the kernel, which is eaten and which also produces much oil. Тһе 
tree was too tall to obtain specimens of the foliage; it was possibly a Canarium. | 
The short glimpses of Tringganu and Kelantan which I have had were insufficient to 
give any idea of the extent and nature of the cultivations, but these provinces are very 
superior in this respect to Pahang. Extensive tracts of coconuts fringe the Tringganu 
River, while the low swampy country at the mouth of the Kelantan River supplies much 
rice, and buffaloes are largely bred. А better style of garden-cultivation may be 
noticed in the villages, a more varied stock of plants being kept. I observed a species of 
Amorphophallus planted here in rows for the sake of its tubers, eaten when cooked. 
Norz.—In the following list of localities * Kwala ” signifies the mouth of a river—as 
Kwala Tahan, the spot where the River Tahan opens into the Tembeling River. “ Pulau” 
is an island, and all mentioned here (except Pulau Tiuman) are small islands in the rivers, 
POLYPETALZA. 
DILLENIACEA. 
DELIMA SARMENTOSA, Linn. | 
Climbing shrub, with panicles of white flowers opening in the early morning and 
withering soon. Тһе common variety is var. hebecarpa with pubescent fruit. Тһе seed 
is black with a erimson fimbriate arillus. ' 
Common along the river-banks of the Pahang and Tembeling Rivers. 
TETRACERA ASSA, DC. 
Common along the river-banks with the last. Pahang and Tembeling Rivers. 
On the sea-shore at Kwala Pahang it forms bushes, but it is more usually a climber. 
The flowers are white, tinted with pink, Тһе seed has а crimson fimbriate aril. It also 
occurs іп Tringganu. 
T. MACROPHYLLA, Wall. 
Pekan. 
ACROTREMA COSTATUM, Jack. 
Abundant in the woods on the Tahan River ; almost carpeting the ground in some spots. 
