224 MALAY PLANT NAMES. 



RUKU GAJAH. (Sung-ei Ujong) 



Vernonia chinensis Less. (Compositae). A common village 

 weed. 

 KUKU HUTAN. (Penang-) 



Adenosma capitatum Benth. {Lahiatae). 



RUKU-RUKU. 



Basil. Ocimum hasilicum L. and 0. album (^Lahiatae). A 

 kind of mint-herb much used in medicine. 

 RQKU JANTAN. 



Hemigraphis confinis Nees. (Acanthaceae). A low herb which 

 vaguely suggests the Rdku-Ruku. (Basil) 



RULANG HUTAN. 



Torenia peduncularis Benth. {Scrophularineae). A small 

 herb with blue flowers which grows in damp fields. 

 RULUS. 



Sapium haccatum L. (Euphorbiaceae). A tree. 



RUMAH LANGSUIR. 



Tliamnopteris nidus avw (Fih'ces). The birds-nest fern. See 

 Paku Langsuie. 



RUMANG PAN AS. 



Breynia coronata Hook. fil. (Euphorbiaceae). Also HUJAN 

 Panas which see. 



RUMBIA. Also REMBIA 



Scifjus laevis Roxb, (Palmae) This is a common name for 

 the Sago-palm in many parts, but in others it is common- 

 ly called Sagii. 

 RUMININIYA. Also RUMIA. 



Bouea microphylla Griff. (.AnacardiaceaeJ. A common fruit 

 tree bearing small yellow very acid mangos. 



RUMPEL 



Laportea crenulata Forst. ( Urticaceae). The tree-nettle, 

 the leaves of which usually sting violently. It is one 

 of the ingredients in the Sakais dart poison. 

 RUMPO-RUMPO. 



Fagraea racemosa Jack. (Loganiaceae). A large shurb more 

 rarely a tree. 



