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JuLONO-JlTLONG (Mai.). 
A shrub with large leaves, used for thatch and for wrapping 
opium, etc. Common in dry jungles. 
Spec. 157 Leaves, from Malacca. 
157a Attaps, „ 
Nipa fruticans, L. ( Palmacece .) 
Nipah (Mai.). 
A common palm growing in saline mud near the sea,' or in 
tidal rivers, with stout creeping rhizomes and large erect leaves. 
The leaves are used for making thatch, and for cigarette papers 
bj the Malays. Winehs-matle-from 
Spec. 158a Attaps of Nipah leaves, from Province Wel- 
lesley. 
158 Cigarette papers (Daun Roko) , from Negri 
Sembilan. 
Zalacca sp. (Palmacece.) 
Salaic (Mai.). 
A stemless palm growing in wet forest, with large spinuous 
leaves, used for thatching. There' are five or six species in the 
jungle of the Peninsula. 
Spec. 155 Leaves, from Malacca. 
155a Attaps, „ 
Sagus Kcenigii , Griff. (Palmacece.) 
Rf.mbia (Mai.). 
The leaves of the sago palm make the most durable thatch, 
and the pith of the midrib foims on excellent substitute for 
cork for insect boxes, etc. 
Spec. 153 Eembia leaves, from Malacca. 
^ 1 53a Attaps, „ 
159 Pith of leaf midrib, prepared, from Singapore. 
Eugeissona triste , Eoxb. ( Palmacece .) 
Bertam (Mai.). 
A stemless palm with very spiny leaves, abundant in many 
places throughout the Peninsula, where it grows in thick jungle. 
The leaves are used to make attaps (thatch), and the midribs of 
the large leaves to make the screens commonly known as chicks. 
The latter form one of the industries of Penang. 
Spec. 50a Leaves and attaps, from Malacca. 
168 Chicks, from Province Wellesley. 
Licuala spinosa , Griff. ( Palmacece .) 
Datjn Palas (Mai.). 
A common palm growing in tufts about eight or ten feet high in 
open country, the leaves of which are sometimes used as thatch. 
Spec. 152 Leaves, from Malacca. 
152a Attaps, from Malacca. 
