210 Forest tiiees, &c. 



which is much admired. The plant grows at Pulo 

 Ticoos awl on the chores of the neighbouring islands; 

 it is blanched in the sun for ten days or uiitil it is quite 

 H I lite. It is probuhly antiscorbutic. 



fAJkar jon& bareUah—it* leaves are" dressed with 

 cihtv h) the Malays and eaten. 



MUSHROOM OR KtfLIT. 



There are many varieties of the mushroom. The 

 hot-house mushroom may be picked up occasionally 

 on Penang at the sides of the high roads. On ge- » 

 nang Plain, in Province Weliesley, large quanti- 

 ties of the kutit pat/a ng mushroom ore collected in 

 the raiuy season. The mushroom is eaten by the 

 Malays who class them into the edible and poisonous* 

 THE HD1BLE. 



Kutit poongsoo — a large mushroom, reckoned the 

 best. 



Kulit siscr — found on dead trees, lightish colour, 

 tough, small, iudetiledi 



A"///// fit/ot — also on dead trees* 



Ku/it koowbont uior — a large sort, not much prized 



Ku/it ptidnng — this is the white mushroom with red 

 i: ; IJs ; it is found in large quantities on the plain of 

 Penaga in Provinc e Weliesley; it is nearly the same 

 88 the English cultivated sort. 



Kutit jiooaoo ptandok — darkish skin, white gills, 

 much esteemed by the Malays. 



Kttlit roman — raised from decayed pad die-straw. 

 PO 1 SON O t f S M US II IlOO MS. 



Ku/it hoi — very hard, ^i-nws un trees. It is a p. 

 plied externally in certain affections. 



Ku/it mvruh — red, used externally to cure cutaneous 

 a fleet ions. 



Kutit gillang — grows on plains. 



Ku/it tut /urn boo. 



There is a sort like leather, found on trees, and ran 

 lie tided as a dish. t 



