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Tieute , BL), obtained the characteristic convulsions of Brucine, 
Stockman’s material was very limited, and it could not be ex- 
haustively analysed, but if Wray’s Ipoh Aker and Aker Lam- 
pong have an action on the heart like Digitalis, and not on the 
nervous system like Brucine, they must surely be different from 
Strychnos Tieute , and are probably not Strychnos at all. 
Another climbing species with small hairy leaves about an 
inch long, and small yellow plum-like fruit, is used by the Sakais 
in the same way as Str. Tieute , but less frequently, under the 
name of Blay besar. It is perhaps S. pubescens, Clarke, but the 
specimens I have from Vaughan Stevens are insufficient to iden- 
tify it. 
He describes the plant as follows .‘—Leaves small, very minute- 
ly woolly, particularly on the upper surface, short tendrils, gene- 
rally from the second leaflet from the central stem, but not on 
every twig. Main stem of vine 27 inches in circumference up to 
200 feet long. About fifteen feet lies on the ground with nu- 
merous roots, four inches in circumference. The bark is grey- 
ish, dark green and reddish ; on scraping, reddish yellow ; wood 
soft and white. The stem divides into branches and re-divides 
as it goes up the tree. The foliage is only at the extremity of 
the branches and does not make a very large total. 
“Perghoo” also mentioned by Stevens, resembles somewhat 
Strychnos Wallichiana , Benth., but I have only one or two leaves 
of it, and have never seen anything else like it in the jungles. 
Oompas pite described by the same author as used by the Men- 
teras and other tribes where Antiaris and Strychnos Tieute are 
unprocurable, is also apparently a species of Strychnos, but the 
specimens are inadequate for identification. “Oompas,” i.e., 
Umpas, appears to be a variant of Upas, and “pite” may be in- 
tended for “putih” white. The plant is, however, not the Ipoh 
Akar putih { Roucheria Griffithiana ) of the Malays. This plant 
is used by the Menteras in combination with Tuba. (Derris 
elliptica.) 
The species of Strychnos are often troublesome to identify, as 
they flower as a rule very irregularly, and, owing to the height to 
which most species climb before flowering, are very difficult to 
collect. The, foliage, too, is often very variable according to 
what part of the tree it is obtained from. , 
There are six species mentioned in the Flora of British India 
as natives of the Malay Peninsula, but I have met with several 
others apparently quite distinct from any of these, and from the 
Indian species. 
v CoPTOSAPELTA Flavescens, Korth. ( Rubiacece ). — Prual ; a 
yiimber with opposite broadly lanceolate leaves and axillary 
bunches of white flowers very sweetly-scented, according to 
V ray, the bark of the roots is used. It is said not to be so strong 
as Antiaris, but quite capable of killing by itself. The plant 
occurs in Malacca, Penang, Perak and Pahang. I know nothing 
of its properties. 
