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Globba perakensis (Scitaminece). " Matang." Bruise the 

 green leaves make into a pellet with Sirih Juice {Piper Betel) and 

 apply. Used to heal the wounds made in piercing the ears 

 (Kelantan, Dr. Gimlette). 



Prismatomeris albidiflora. (Rubiaceae). " Kayu Sepedili,' ; 

 a shrub or small tree with white flowers, and Reindict Fciscicidata ? 

 (Rubiaceae) Akar Mukeling (specimen too incomplete). Bruise 

 the leaves and make a poultice for fresh wounds (Kelantan, 

 Dr. Gimlette). 



Sonerila apparently undescribed. {M elastomacece) " Akar 

 Batu.'' Bruise the leaves and make a poultice of them, for boils 

 (Kelantan, Dr. Gimlette). 



Urophyllum sp ? (Rubiacce). " Poko Berklang." Triturate 

 and mix with lime, and Kapar Sirih, for wounds of any kind 

 (Kelantan, Dr. Gimlette). This specimen is unidentifiable and 

 may possibly be identical with the Akar Mukeling mentioned 

 above. 



Plumbago rosea L. (Plumbaginece). " Cheraka Merah." This 

 commonly cultivated plant is very acrid and the juice of its leaves 

 and roots mixed with oil, or alone is used as an application for 

 rheumatism and paralysis, for bubos and other glandular swellings, 

 and also for leprosy. An Indian affected with what appeared to 

 be leprosy on the hands used to purchase at the gardens bunches 

 of this plant to apply to the diseased parts and informed me he 

 derived much benefit from it. Holmes states it is allied to 

 Mezereon in its action and probably owes its effects to the acrid 

 principle plumbagin which has been found in P. enropcea. 

 P. zeylanica L. the wild white flowered form which occurs along 

 roadsides, is also used, but not considered so strong. Besides its 

 use externally it is well-known in the East as a drug for procuring 

 abortion. 



Lawsonia inermis. — Henna, Inai. The root is ground up and 

 rubbed in on the head for boils in children. 



Akar Ketuil is used in the same way for the same purpose. 

 Toothache. 



For this the gums are rubbed with the boiled leaves and roots, 

 or the flower heads may be used, of the toothache plant, Spilanthes 

 Acmella L. (Composite?) a small weed with heads of yellow flowers 

 known as "Krabo" and "Gulang." It is pungent and acts as a 

 counter-irritant. A well-known native remedy over most of the 

 world. The plant is often sold in the shops. 



Sphaeranthus Indicus L. {Composite), a somewhat similar 

 plant is used in the same way with the addition of pounded 

 Coriander seed ; and Eclipta alba of the same order with white 

 flowers is also used. 



