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the demand. Quite recently a firm in Europe was inquiring here 
for osier or willow twigs for basket work in Europe as a substitute 
for cane which was getting too expensive. 
Names of Rattans. 
There are a very large number of names for rattans, the same 
plant possessing usually three names at least. There is the jungle 
name known to the rattan collectors, the name under which it is 
imported and purchased by the dealer, and finally the export name. 
The difficulty of correlating the rattans of commerce with the 
plants of the jungle is almost insurmountable. The canes being 
classed into a large series of groups according to size, colouring, 
length of internodes, etc. quite irrespective .of the plants which 
produce them. , f 
The following is a list of the jungle names as tar as i am a. pre- 
sent able to identify them : — 
Rotan Batu ’ Calamus tndgnis, Griff. 
R, Bakau C. aquat/lis, Red!. 
R. Buah Daemonorops hvstnx, Mart. 
R. Bulan Myrialepis Scortechinii , Hook. 
R. Chin-chin D. verticillai is, Mart. 
C. den iflorus , Becc. 
D. lonoipesy Mart. 
Plectocomia elongata , Mart. 
/). sp. (see under R. Kerai). 
Myrialepis Scortechinii , Hook., f. 
D . didymophyllus, Becc. 
D. verticillans, Mart. 
C. ex His, Griff. 
D. didymophyllus, Becc. The -name is also 
applied to Korthalsia , and in trade to a 
very slender rattan unidentified. 
Draco , Mart.; D. propinquus, Becc The 
Dragon’s blood rattans. It is very doubt- 
ful whether the real D Draco occurs m 
the Peninsula. 
D. sp. near D. verticillans and confused with 
it in the books, but quite distinct, 
C. singaporensis, Becc. 
C. favensfs, B!. 
C. Lobbianus, Becc., a very ornamenta plant 
but the rattan is very short and useless. 
D. longipes , Mart. 
Dr l eg top us, Mart. 
jv lYj.ujo..* D. august If oh us y Mart. 
R* Pella Tidor D. sp. near grandis, Mart . 
R. Rajah C. scipionum ] Lour. 
R. Sabut D hystrix , Mart. 
R Segar Perak C. coesius, Bl. 
K Segar Badak C. sp. (see under C. ornatus ). 
the Singapore Herbarium 
R. Chiche 
R. Chochor 
R. Dalian 
R. Dudok 
R. Gajak 
R. Getak 
R. Gulang 
R. Gunong 
R. Hudatig 
R. Jerenang D. 
R. Kerai 
R. Lavo 
R. Lilin 
R. Manana 
R. Machap 
R. Muruseli 
R. M inyak 
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