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V, plate 7). This is again described by Blume under the above 
name in Rumphia, but he adds to it the synonym of Gn. scandens 
of Roxburgh, quite a different plant. 
From Mr. Vaughan Stevens I have received leaves and a 
sketch of the plant which he describes as used by the Sakais under 
the names of ‘ ‘Blay Merah ’ 5 ‘ ‘Blay Kechil ’ ’ or among ihe Pan- 
ghans “Kenne.t,” The bark is used in the Antiaris mixture. 
No species of the genus are known to possess any poisonous 
properties. _ 
Several plants are also mentioned as being added to the Ipoh 
poison which apparently have no poisonous principles at all, 
but are mere irritants and probably act by causing a flow of blood 
to the wound and increasing the absorption of the poison, such are 
Piper stylo sum, Miq., Blay Pendy (Vaughn Stevens), a low-grow- 
ing erect pepper about a foot tall. Alpima Galanga and ^ in ~ 
giber Cassumunaar, Black pepper (Lada liitam) and leeks an 
onions are also mentioned by Horsfield, and Newbold men- 
tions the use of Arsenic (warangan) and lime juice. Tlic loinier 
of these must be considered very doubtful, as it would piobably 
have no effect at all, and could hardly be obtained by a Sakai 
living in the woods. , 
Sedudu, menrioned by Vaughan Stevens, is apparently an un- 
described species of Medinilla. It is an epiphytic shrub, with 
opposite leaves lanceolate, acuminate and denticulate, with s lor 
petioles. The flowers are axillary, two or three together, tm 
the fruit is semi-transparent and white “like a white currant. 
The roots are used fresh, as their poisonous qualities disappear 
when dry, according to the Panghans. The sketch and leaves 
I have from Vaughan Stevens are hardly adequate to iden- 
tify the plant, but it differs in many points from any other spe- 
cies of the genus which I have met with. Some of the Medimllas 
are acid, and allied plants often astringent, but I know of none 
with poisonous qualities. The name Sedudu (or en u ^ ) 
commonly applied to many of the Meiastomacece Two species 
of Rattan (Daemonor oft s sp.) Rotan Riong 
also used, the sap from the cane being added to the decoction^ 
(^ C °rh' n ^'rh T ?r!fo^ S 'Len , dbW 0 and n Gareunj^ n ^fri^ e tcl! s ^ and 
Newbold also mentions the ‘ ‘Chev ” .but possibly this should be 
“Cues,” a Besisi name for Antiaris (Skeat). 
Other Malay Poisons. 
Derris elliptica, Benth. (Leguminosar,. - Tuba, 
a 
low- 
climbing^ plant , often cultivated for use as a fish-poison. It is 
usually cultivated as a prostrate plant, the branches being a - 
ed to straggle about on the ground. The roots are the parts used 
in catching fish, generally with the aid of lime, being ;poun ec , 
mixed with the lime and water and thrown Tfilv rabdlv 
the sea. It is propagated by cuttings and grows f idy rape Uy. 
The poison is said also by Newbold to be mixed with Antiaris 
