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also oobi gadong, or yams, both red and while, and 

 french beans. 



Oobi kaijoo also called oohi Blamla, (Holland) be- 

 cause perhaps it was originally brought from Batavia, 

 , i species of the arrow plant, from the root of which 

 the flour called arrow-root id made. The Malays 

 cat this root after roasting it. 



Oobi sangkwany, is the root of a species of convol- 

 vulus and resembles in shape our potato, but is whi- 

 ter. The Chinese eat it raw on account of its suppo- 

 sed cooling properties. The taste is sweetish. 



GRASSES. 



Roompoot moon nanti paiias — a thick-leaved suc- 

 culent grass; grows thick and short, small roots — the 

 leaves shut up when the sun is hot, whence its name; 

 light green; good for cattle. 



Roompoot poosut oolar— has wiry, thin, bright 

 L reen stalks and no leaves; roots red, short; grows in 

 low situations; not very much approved for cattle, 



Roompoot mhihtli pattang—*. strong running 

 grass, grows in low places. Little approved for 

 cattle. 



Sambow — grows in bum-lies about a foot high; the 

 seeds, in from five to six heads, spreading from the top 

 of the stalk. 



Roompoot papan— plank grass. This is a strong 

 running grass, throwing out bunches as it proceeds. 

 These have flat fleshy leaves, with three or four small 

 leaves branching from them. Rather co-arse for cattle. 



Roompoot chor kooching—v'^ tail grass, the top 

 of which has a fanciful resemblance to the tail of that 

 animal. It grows about 2 feet high in bunches, and 

 has slender stalks. 



Papma bilibi— grass about six inches high; red 

 lender roots; seeds in a circular branching group of 

 cars; grows in marsh} places. 



