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This is known everywhere as ** Sumbong" by the Malays and is used by them in medicine. 
By distilling the leaves a clear green oil can be obtained with a strong camphoraceous 
odour. 
SPHJERANTHUS MICROCEPHALUS, DC. 
Damp spots. Sungei Meang, Katapong near Pekan. 
ЕсілРТА ALBA, Hassk. 
A common weed in waste ground and river-banks. Pekan, Renchong, (сс. 
WEDELIA BIFLORA, DC. 
Common in wet spots on the sea-coast, Sungei Meang, Cherating River ; also in thickets 
far up the Pahang River, but less frequently, as at Tanjong Antan. 
SPILANTHES ACMELLA, Linn. 
Common by paths and in waste ground. Sungei Meang, &c. 
AGERATUM CONYZOIDES, Linn. 
Common. Вау Manis, &с. 
SONCHUS ASPER, Hoffm. 
Waste ground. Sungei Meang, &c. 
CAMPANULACES. 
PENTAPHRAGMA BEGONLZFOLIUM, Wall. 
Tahan River, on rocks, and also far in the woods, in rocky valleys, common. 
GOODENOVIEZ. 
SCJEVOLA Kanter, Vahl. 
Common on the sea-coasts. Rumpin River; Kwala Pahang. 
ХУ АССІХТАСЕ Ж. 
VACCINIUM MALACCENSE, Wight. 
A large shrub with very sweet-scented гозу or white flowers. Веттіев small, globose, 
dark plum-coloured, eatable. 
Plentiful in sandy spots at Pramau, opposite Pekan. 
У. sABULETRUM, п. sp. Arbuscula magna, pulehra, cortice nigro. Folia ovata lanceo- 
lata, petiolata, basi rotundata, apice acuta vel acuminata, subcoriacea, nervis (in sicca) 
distineta, marginibus integris, sepe rubra, 2 pollices longa, pollicem lata, petiolo 
l-pollicari. Racemi plures, axillares atque terminales, 2-23-pollicares. Flores 10-12 
in racemo penduli secundi rubro-rosei, pedicellis rubris, j-pollicaribus. Bracteæ 
caduez. Calyx campanulatus, dentibus brevissimis triangularibus. Corolla 3-роШ- 
caris rubra tubulosa, basi dilatata, dentibus brevibus ovatis triangularibus obtusis 
recurvis. Stamina 8, antherz breves, oblonge, ecaiearatz, loculis disjunctis, 
appendicibus longissimis quam filamenta longioribus ; filamenta tenuia, plana, basibus 
pubescentibus et incrassatis. Stylus crassus, rectus, cylindrieus, apice obtuso, 
corollam haud superans. Bacca parva, nigra, ferme glabra. 
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