POtiEST Til EES, &C. 



Ituiith h(tssap — small bamboo. »\\i\x> on rocky- 

 hills anil islands. 



Do. appa—\\\c wild tribes makes their flutes of 

 this bamboo. 



PUTUT AKAR, AKAR M AMP LAS & AKAR TINNAVAN, 

 are creeping plants or trees which climb up, or rest 

 horizontally on the branches of other trees. The 

 Malays in travelling through the jungle, cut litem 

 aerns> and obtain water in sufficient ([U.tntin lo allay 

 thirst and dress rice ; this water has hardly any taste 

 but contains vegetable juice, and m jght not long be 

 used with safety ; the stem is first cut above, and then 

 below info sections of two feet long, and the water flows 

 otit al the lower end. If the lower part be first cut no 

 w ater will flow, a circumstance which seemed strange 

 when first observed, but it is owing probably to the 

 peculiar construction oi the sup vessels m id the gene- 

 rally rapid flow of the sap upwards, to capillar) attrac- 

 tion, and the checking of the force by culling above ; 

 and perhaps to some contraction in the sap vessels 

 themselves, 



The PututAkar.— The root of this creeper is rub- 

 ImmI down along with rice-water into a thin paste and 

 applied to wounds, and a decoction of it in hot water 

 is used to wash them; its fruit is edible. The AJkcat 

 7namphts is used for tying fences. It is a cm ions 

 fact that the climbers are almost invariably twisted 

 round the tree from left to right. 



Ahar rami di it — is a very useful withe for tying 

 fences. 



Jalaiantj — a plant, the leaves of w hich sting more 

 severely than nettle. 



Loomoot — rock-mosses. The Malays collect them 

 for stuffing bedding. 



AGAR AGAR. 



Zostera, L : a kind of seaweed growing on rocks. 



It is prepared at Malacca in shape of a clear jelly, 



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