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This is one of the pantuns the gambolas sing as they 

 wash their animals. 



Tarek puntong batang jarak 

 Batang resam chondong k'ulu 

 Tarek lah untong angkau ini barak 

 Mengikut resain zeman dahulu 



APPENDIX IV. 

 List of plants used as Medicines* 



By H. N. Ridley. 



Anyor. — Curcluigo recarvata. (Amarylledeae") commonly known 

 as Lumbah, a common broad-leaved plant with yellow 

 flowers at the base. 



Balongan, or Bulongan. — Canthium parvifolium Roxb, or 

 Gmelina villosa. 



Both of these plants to which the name is applied 

 are thorny shrubs, with acid yellow fruit. The fruit 

 of the latter preserved in syrup is used in consumption 

 by the Malays, and rubbed with lime and garlic on 

 the body for dropsy. 



Bongli. — Zinaiber Casumuuaar Roxb. A ginger often met with 

 in waste ground in villages, a common ingredient in 

 Native Medicine. The rhizome is used. 



Bungaraiab. — The common red Hibiscus H. rosu sivensis. The 

 flowers are often used as a demulcent. 



Bungkal prob. — Ctenolophon parvifolins. A tree. 



Cbamar — Zinaiber 1 } sp. A wild jungle ginger. 



Chamara petri — Chamara is the Casuarnia equisetifolia. 



Chapa — Blame a balsamifera [Compositive) also known as Sem- 

 bong, a tall herb with a strong camphoraceous odour. 

 The dried leaves used in a variety of diseases, for 

 colds, colic, etc. Powdered and blown up the nose of 

 a horse they are supposed to cure it of a cold. 



ft. A. Soc, No. 45,. 1905. 



