240 MALAY PLANT NAMES. 



indioa L. (Verbeiiaceae). 



SETAWO. (Rumput) 



Spermacoce hispida L. (liuhiaceae). A common prostrate 

 weed in waste ground with small pink flowers. 



SELEMBAH. (Akar) 



Selimbar according- to Favre. Uncaria sclerophijlla Roxb. 

 {Rubiaceae). A large wild gambier. 



SELEMPAH. (Selangor) 



Gnetum neglecfum Bl. {Gnetaceae). 



SELENDAP. 



Crinuni asiaticuiu L. {Amari/Ukleae). Favre is the authority 

 for this. 



SELENDAP BUKIT. 



Trigonosteiiion indicam Muell. (Euphorbiaceae). A small tree. 



SELIGURL (Akar) 



Desmodium parvifolium Bak. (Legnininosae). A little creep- 

 ing plant with very small pink flowers, common in grass. 



SELIGURI and SELiaURI BETINA. 



Clerodendron disparifolium Bl. {Verbenaceae). A shrub or 

 small tree wsth yellow flowers. 



SELIGURI PADANG. 



Sida rhombf/olia L. (Malvaceae). A common small shrub 

 in open country. 



SELIMPAS. 



Qmsqual(f> dtnslflora Wall, (Combretaveae), A climber in 

 pink flowers. 



SELINSING 



Scirpodendroa codatain Thw. {Ctjperaceae). A narrow 

 leaved sedge forming close thickets by river banks espe- 

 cially near the sea. 



SELOWUNG 



Miquelia caadata King. (Olacineae). A rather rare climber 

 with small green flowers and curious red flattened ovate 

 fruits in a head. It is used in making the poison for 

 darts by the Sakais. According to Vaughan-Stevens. 



