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Pandanus 
fiirfo%tus, Roxb. (Pandanacece.) 
Mengkuang (Mai.). Screw-pine. 
The biggest species of the genus in the Malay Peninsula at- 
tains the height of forty feet, with a stout stem branched at 
the top, when adult. It is abundant in low, damp forests all 
over the Peninsula. The leaves, which attain a length of twelve 
feet and are four inches broad, are the valued part of the plant, 
and are used for making kajangs or covers for boats, bullock- 
carts, houses, etc. The leaves of the young plants are cut, and 
the curved thorns on the keel and edges removed with a knife, 
and are then dried and cat into suitable lengths, for making 
kajangs. They are fastened together with split rattans. Meng- 
kuang leaves are also used for making hats, baskets, etc., and a 
fibre can be extracted from them. 
Spec. 125 Mengkuang leaf, from Perak. 
151 Kajangs, from Selangor. 
168 Rice baskets, from Singapore. 
172 Chinese hats, from Malacca. 
178 Covers for curries, from Negri Sembilan. 
175 Baskets, from Pringgit, Malacca. 
Pandanus odoratissimus, Roxb, (Pandanece.) 
Pandan Darat (Mai.). Shore Screw-pine. 
A common screw pine occurring on the sandy coasts, about fif- 
teen or twenty feet tall, or less. Much branched, the leaves 
narrower and shorter than those of P. furcatus, Roxb., so as to be 
more suitable for mats and finer baskets, &c. 
Spec. 122 Leaves of pandan, from Perak. 
160 Sleeping mats, from Negri Sembilan. 
161 Do., from Negri Sembilan. 
160a Do., from Province Wellesley. 
1606 Do., from Malacca. 
166 Baskets of pandan leaf, from Malacca. 
171 Bags of pandan leaf, from Negri Sembilan, 
Pandanus sp. ( Pandanece .) 
Pandan Laut (Mai.). Sea Screw-pine. 
A very similar plant to the preceding, but with thinner and 
longer leaves. 
Spec. 162 Mats of Pandan Laut, from Negri Sembilan. 
Lepironia mucronata y Rich. ( Cyperacece .) 
A rush about five feet in height, used in mat-making, gene- 
rally met with in wet spots near the mangrove swamps. Local, but 
abundant when met with. Singapore and Malacca. 
Spec. Rush, from Malacca. 
