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eradicated from . cultivated land, as its seeds soon 

 spread it in all din 0 vtoi There are two species, 

 one inhabits the marshy, tiie other tin' dr\ l^tds. 



Tttbboo tfci ja — a species of la | nonce which* is used 

 by the Malays in medicine, for colds, &c. &c. ft 

 has rather. a harsher taste than the European plant. 



Hoompoot kapala ialat — riVs-head It 

 ^mws aboul a tot high, with a slight stalk and 

 has a Miiall hnlh of see. is at \U> I up ; cat Lie eat it 

 readily, grows in dry as well as moist places. 



Roompoot juntpmt hilli—^ uhiskcr #rass M — 

 grafts in hunches, has blender roots and ihrous 

 out single win slender .-talks, about 14 inches 

 IbtaJ, not much relished by c at tie, grows in 

 marshy placed. 



Troboriy — a strong running grass with long 

 leaves, grows in swamps. 



Roompoot wtr — a. soft grass with a rather thick 

 stalk, it is also a gunner. Cattle improve on it. 



Roompoot paddie silloo — a delicate grass w ith 

 a profusion of email dark-red seeds on its upper 

 branches. Roots slender, tufted. 



Room pool pa ha bhdung — grasshopper's-leg 

 grass, grow* in thick tuffs, and is about \\ foot 

 hi"h The seed-ear is somewhat like the lei>- of 

 the insect from which it derives its name ; dark- 

 greeu broad leaves ; good for cattle. 



Roompoot poorum — a sedgy grass used to 

 nn.ke baskets, roots feeble. 



Roompoot oomboot oomboot — a strong, broad- 

 leaved grass, growing in marshy places; roots 

 feeble. 



Roompoot papa nt — a gras> about 2 feet high, 

 grows in marshy places, has a thick tuft at top, 

 roots small. 



