EASTERN COAST OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 391 
NENGA MACROCARPA, Scort. 
Kwala Tenok, Tahan River. 
CYRTOSTACHYS LACCA, Весс. 
Wet woods at Pramau, near Pekan. 
ONCOSPERMA HORRIDA, Scheff. 
The “Bayas” of the Malays is fairly common in the Tahan woods, as elsewhere. 
The Malays use the seed as a substitute for betel-nut, and the cabbage is fairly 
good. 
IGUANURA MALACCENSIS, Весс. 
Kwala Tenok, Tahan woods. 
I. GEONOMÆFORMIS, Mart. 
Pulau Chengei, Kota Glanggi. 
DIDYMOSPERMA HOOKERIANA, Весе. 
Kota Glanggi woods. 
ARENGA OBTUSIFOLIA, Mart. (4. Westerhoutii, Griff.) 
Plentiful at one spot in the Tahan woods, and also at Temerloh on the Pahang River. 
This is a fine palm, about 20 feet in height, with a grey stem, conspicuously ringed and 
about 6 inches thick. The leaves are 15 to 20 feet long, grey beneath. Male flowers 
reddish brown. 
CARYOTA MITIS, Lour. 
Not rare in thickets and woods along the Pahang River, as at Blay Manis. 
The mealy tomentum from the base of the leaf-sheaths is collected by the aborigines 
for tinder, and used in the fire-raising apparatus. 
ORANIA MACROCLADUS, Mart. б, 
The “ Ebol” of the Malays. Occurred sparingly in the Tahan Valley woods. 
МІРА rRUTICANS, Wurmb. 
Mouth of the Pahang River. 
LicvALA spinosa, Mart. 
Open country along the Pahang River, at Tanjong Antan, and Pulau Chengei. 
L. pusinua, Весе. 
At Pulau Tijau, Pahang River. 
L. sp. aff. ORBICULARIS, Весе. 
A very small plant іп the woods near Pulau Tawar. 
