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Boehmeria nivea , Hook. (Urticacece.) 
China Grass. Ramie Hemp. 
A stiff herb cultivated as a fibre plant. The fibre is used by 
the Malays to make twine for nets, fishing-lines, &c. Seldom 
cultivated in the Peninsula. 
Spec. 123a, Fibre of China Grass, from Larut, Perak. 
123 Bast of the same, from • do. 
Antiaris toxicaria, L. ( Urticacece .) 
Ipoh (Mai.). Upas Tree. 
A lofty tree with stiff horizontal branches, widely scattered over 
the Malay Peninsula. This is best known from its violently 
poisonous milk, which when injected into the blood has a 
strong action on the circulation and also on the intestines, 
producing death in a few minutes. The poison is used by the 
wild tribes for poisoning their arrows, and from the bast a cloth 
and twine is made. 
Spec. 134 Bark of Ipoh, from Selama, Perak. 
134a Bast of the same. 
Artocarpus Kunstleri, King. ( Urticacece .) 
Getah Terap (Mai.). 
A big noble tree with wide spreading branches and large 
leaves lobed when young and entire when adult. Common 
throughout the Peninsula. 
The bast forms a coarse cloth and twine, the milk is viscid and 
is used for birdlime to catch pigeons. (See Guttas.) 
Spec. 139 Bast, from Negri Sembilan. 
139a Rope, from Selangor. 
Musa sapientum , L. ( Musacece .) 
Pisang (Mai.). Plantain, Banana. 
The plantain is usually cultivated for the fruit, but a fairly use- 
ful fibre may be obtained from it. 
Spec. 127 Banana fibre, from Larut, Perak. 
Musa sp. 
Pisang Hiitan (Mai.). Wild Plantain. 
There are several wild plantains in the Peninsula, from which 
fibre has been prepared. It is not, however, as valuable as 
Manila hemp. The wild plantains grow in great abundance 
in Perak, Selangor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang and other provinces, 
and large quantities of fibre could be obtained. 
Spec. 128 Fibre of wild plantain, from Larut, Perak. 
128a “ „ from Negri Sembilan. 
