the  tlemaiul.  Quite  recently  a lirm  in  l'hirc)j)e  was  inquiring  here 
for  oner  or  willow  twigs  for  basket  work  in  luirope  as  a substitute 
for  cane  which  was  getting  too  expensiv'e. 
Nami<:s  01'  R a p I ANS. 
3'here  are  a very  large  number  of  names  for  rattans,  the  same 
plant  jjossessing  usually  three  names  at  least.  I'hcre  is  the  jungle 
name  known  to  tlu.'  rattan  collectors,  the  name  under  which  it  is 
imported  and  purchased  by  the  dealer,  and  finally  the  export  name, 
d'he  dirhculty  ot  correlating  the  rattans  of  comim^rce  with  the 
plants  of  tile  jungh:  is  almost  insurmountable.  The  canes  being 
classed  into  a large  series  of  groups  according  to  size,  colouring, 
lengtli  of  internodes,  etc.  quite  irrespective . of  the  plants  which 
produce  them. 
'The  following  is  a list  of  the  jungle  names  as  far  as  I am  at  pre- 
.sent  able  to  identlfv  them  : — 
Calamus  in^Ui^nis,  Griff. 
C,  aqiiatilis,  Redl. 
DcFnionorops  hysirix,  Mart. 
My  rial  c pis  S cor  tech  ini  i^  Hook. 
I).  verticillaCis,  Mart. 
C.  den  iflorus,  Bece. 
1),  lonoipes,  Mart. 
Plectocomia  cl  on  pat  a,  Mart. 
D.  sp.  (see  under  R.  Kerai). 
Myrialepis  Scortechinii,  Hook*.,  f. 
D.  didymophyllus,  Becc. 
D.  verticillaris,  Mart. 
C.  ex  ills,  Griff. 
I),  didyrnophyllu's,  Becc.  d'he  name  is  also 
applied  to  Kortlialsia,  and  in  trade  to  a 
very  slender  rattan  unidentified. 
D.  Draco,  Mart.;  />.  Becc.  The 
Dragon’s  blood  rattans.  It  is  very  doubt- 
ful whether  the  real  D Draco  occurs  in 
the  Peninsula. 
D.  sp.  near  D.  ver t icillaris  and  confused  wiih 
it  in  the  books^  but  quite  distinct. 
C.  sinpaporensis,  Becc. 
C . javensis,  Bl. 
C.  Lobbianiis,  Becc.,  a very  ornamental  plant 
but  the  rattan  is  very  short  and  useless. 
D.  Ion  pipes,  Mart. 
D.  leptopiis,  Mart. 
D.  anpiistifol ins.  Mart. 
/h  sp.  near  Mart. 
C.  scipioniim,  Imiir. 
D liyslrix.  Mart. 
C.  coesins,  Bl. 
Rotan  Batu 
R.  Bakau 
R.  Buah 
R.  Ikdan 
R.  Chin-chin 
R.  Chiche 
R.  Chochor 
R.  Dahan 
R.  Dudok 
R.  Gajak 
R.  Getak 
R.  Gulang 
R.  Gunong 
R.  Hudang 
R.  Jerenang 
R.  Kerai 
R. 
R. 
R. 
I.ayo 
Libn 
Manana 
R.  Machap 
R.  Muruseh 
Min  yak 
Pella  d'idor 
Rajah 
Sabut 
Seo-ar  Perak 
R. 
R. 
R. 
R. 
R. 
R. 
Segar  Badak  C.  sp. 
the 
'see  under  C.  ornatus). 
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