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native names of the plants I have mentioned will, it is hoped, afford botanists visiting 
the Straits of Malacca, or the islands of the Indian Archipelago, some clue to a more 
scientific investigation, both of the plants of which the poison is composed, and of 
its antidote, the Lemmah-kapiting. With regard to the Ipoh tree of the Malay penin- 
sula, from the description of it given to me by the natives, I much question its iden- 
tity with the Anchar or Upas tree of the Javan forests, described by Dr. Horsfield, 
and the Arbor toxicaria of Rhumphius. 
It may be superfluous to add, that in the wildest tales related to me by the abo- 
rigines regarding the deadly qualities of this poison, there is nothing to corroborate 
or give rise to the extravagant fictions with which Foersch so easily amused the cre- 
dulity of half Europe. 
Bellary, Madras Presidency , 
August 7, 1836. 
