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557. View of Matang and River, Sarawak, Borneo
Palms (Arenga saccharifera, Labill., &c.) and Mangosteens in the foreground. Toddy, or Palm Wine, an intoxicating drink, is made from the Arenga and sugar is obtained by boiling and evaporation of the sap of this palm. A good tree will yield 100 pint
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Borneo, Drink, Foreground, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Matang, Painting, Palms, River, Sarawak, Wine

637. Plants of Sarawak
On the left the bold, longitudinally-ribbed foliage of a Melastomacea with a vine in fruit, the name of which we have not determined; and the small cluster of scarlet flowers belongs to a species of Globba, perhaps to G. atrosanguinea, Teijsm. & Binn
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Blue, Flowers, Fruit, Globba, Leaves, Marianne North, Melastomacea, Painting, Pink, Pla Nts, Sarawak

571. A Clump of Screw Pine and Palm with a glimpse of the river
A strong fibre is obtained from the leaves of some of the Screw pines ; and sugar bags are made of the leaves of Pandanus utilis, Bory, a Mauritian species. The Palm conspicuous from its red stem is Cyrtostachys Lakka, Blume ; The Screw Pine is P. Ka
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Glimpse, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Plam, River, Sarawak, Screw Pine