INDEX 



Sarawak generally, 370 ; antimony, 

 mercury, and iron in Sarawak, 371 



Oveodoxa vegia, 232 



Omithoptera Brookeana, 153 



Oryza sativa, 229 



Osmoxylon helleborinum, 392 



Oya Province, 374 



Oysters, 255 ; affected by an Ascaris, 



2 54 



Paddles, Malay canoe, 223 



" Padma," or " Patma," or " Pakma," 

 native name for Rafflesia, 102 



Paku village, 352, 353 



PalcBornis longicauda, 1 1 



Palaquium optimum, 90, 91, 92 ; P. 

 rigidum, foetid flowers of, 390 



Palembang, orang from, 205 



Palms, 395 ; striking species of, 232 ; 

 oil, 245 ; sago (see under Arenga) ; 

 areca, 27; smallest known, 114; 

 peculiar to Borneo, 395 ; aquatic, 

 of wide distribution, 286 ; on the 

 Igan River, 322 ; climbing, 391 : 

 in the Rotang valley, 1:4 ; on the 

 Bintulu, 259 ; hospitating (Kor- 

 thalsia), 406 ; diminutive, on Mat- 

 tang, 70, 71 ; stenophyllous (Pin- 

 anga rivularis), 392 



" Pamali " or taboo, 267, 293, 306 



Pandan village, 265 ; and river, 285 



Pandani, 395 ; at Sibn, 94 ; marsh, 348 



Pandanus dubius, 227 



Pangenesis, 216 



Pangerang Rio, 269 ; Pangerangs of 

 Bruni, 21 



Pangium edule, 309 



Pankalan Ampat, 124, 130, 132 ; anti- 

 quities found at, 365 



Papaw fruit (Carica papaya), 26 



Papuans, negroid hair of, 364 



Parakeets, 1 1 



Parang battok, 65 



Parang-ilang, 46, 282 



Parasitic plants, 388 



Paspalum conjugatum, 192 



Pela<?us, antimony at, 371 



Pelidna subarquata, 120 



Penis, perforation of, 278 



Pennan tribe, 286, 302, 317 



Pepper, 374, 375 ; at Bruni, 253 



Perham, Mr. R. J., on Dyak songs, 50 ; 

 on Dyak traditions of the Deluge, 52 



Periophthalmus kolreuteri, 81 



Petrosavia stellaris, 100, 388 



Pfeiffer, Ida, in Borneo, 186 



Phanerogams, marine, 262 



Phalanx, ungual, of toe in orang some- 

 times wanting, 198 



Pheasant, Argus, 117; Euplocamus, 

 159 ; Bulwer's, 312 



Pholidocarpus majadum, 233, 395 



Phosphorescence of trees and plants, 76, 

 158 



Phrynum zebrinum?, 387 



Phyllocladus hypophylla, 99 



Pigs, wild, 38, 39, 155, 323 ; traps for, 61 



Pinang, 27, 322, 396. See also under 

 Areca 



Pinangabrevipes, 401 : P. crassipes, 401 ; 

 P. variegata, 387 ; P. calami frons, 

 392 ; P. patula, 2> 22 ; P. rivularis, 

 392 



Pininjau, 54 et seq., 352 



Piracy, 356 ; influence on population, 20 



Pistia stratiotes, 17 



Pitcher-plants. See Nepenthes 



Pitchers of Nepenthes, 96, 405, 408 



Pithecanthropus erectus, 217, 220 



Pitta granatina, 159 



Pityriasis gymnocephala, 115 



Plants, aquatic, 188, 320, 410 ; with 

 large leaves, 236, 384 ; with narrow 

 leaves, 296, 297, 299, 392 ; alpine, 

 analogous with epiphytes, 397 ; 

 carnivorous, 408 (see also under 

 Nepenthes) ; with flowers on trunks, 

 401 ; with variegated or brilliant 

 leaves, 386 ; cleistogamous, 330 ; 

 adapted to floods, 296, 305 ; of the 

 Kapuas lakes, 187, 411 ; of the 

 primeval forest, 382 ; of the secon- 

 dary forest, 381 ; of the estuarine 

 river banks, 80, 81 ; domesticated, 

 308 ; marine, in freshwater, 314 ; 

 herbaceous of the coastal flora, 94 ; 

 formicarian or hospitating, 403 ; 

 marine, derived from freshwater, 

 360 ; marsh, in arid soil, 248 ; 

 parasitic, 388 ; climbing, 390 ; 

 saprophytic, 388 ; epiphytic, 396 ; 

 spinous, 114: stenophyllous, 296, 

 392 ; living in salt water, 211 



Plasmation, theory of, 36 ; 209, et seq. 



Plo] 'avium pulcherrimum, 384 



Plotas melanog aster, 291, 292 



Podocarpus cupressina, 99, 128 



Poe, Mount, 98 et seq. 



Pollen, of Eugeissonia eaten, 308 



Polyalthia anomala, 401 



Polvpodium ditteris, 16, 96 



Pomponia imperatoria, 1 1 



Pongamia glabra, 224 



Population of Sarawak, 373 



Porcupine, 117 



Poronia CEdipus, 248 



Posewitz, on Borneo, 361, 365 



Posture, erect, in man, 217 



Precursors of man, 216 et seq. 



Primula Chinensis, 210 



Proboscis monkey, 3 1 



Products of Sarawak, 369 et seq. 



Provinces of Sarawak, 373, 374 



Psychotria acuminata, 299, 392 



Pteris arachnoidea, 334, 147 



Pteromys, 36 ; P. nitidus, 12 



Pteropus, 36, 78 



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