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Rh ::12. Kiara, large and branching out like the fingers, or the root of the Kiara tree.
 * 13. Kumĕli, a small round yam, the bulb of the Plectranthus Tuberosus. Vide voce.
 * 14. Lampuyang.
 * 15. Lilin, nearly the same as kalapa.
 * 16. Manis, large sort and sweet.
 * 17. Mantang, the sweet potatoe, a small native yam called also Boléd, Convolvulus Batatas, called in Javanese and Malay Katéla, and ubi Jawa. It is said that the Malay name is also sometimes heard as Kastilla, as if of Castille and thus idtroduced by the Spaniards, but its having two pure Sunda names Mantang and Boléd pleads for its being indigenous.
 * 18. Orai, long and crooked.
 * 19. Sabut, grows of itself in the forest- a poor variety barely eatable.
 * 20. Tapak.
 * 21. Toropong, the telescope, long and straight in yam- and very good.
 * 22. Tunduk.
 * 23. Wolanda, Dutch or Holland’s yam, the name given to the Cassave or Ja-tropha Manihot, from which we must conclude that it was introduced into Java from the West Indies though now every where very common.

Huwis, grey-headed, grey-bearded, anything that is hairy and grey, thus there is a variety of Tundun or Rambutan, which is called Tundun huwis from the hairy projections on it being grey.

Hyang, usually pronounced Hiang in compound words. It means Divinity-- Godhead as used in the Buddhism or Brahmanism of ancient Java, and of wich traces still remain in the language. The word Hyang in the sense of Divinity occurs constantly in conjunction with Sanscrit words, but Clough’s dictionary does not appear to contain simply this word for a godhead, unless it can be traced in the following roots. Yanga, C. 567, pleasure, joy, happiness , enjoymeut. Yanya (Yajña) C. 568, from Yaja to offer worship, a sacrifice, a ceremony in which oblations are presented. Yaja, C. 567. A root signi- fying- to offer, to worship, to present, to endow. The following words may each be consulted in voce, into the composition of which Hyang appears to enter- viz- 1 Biang, 2 Diyëng, 3 Eyang, 4 Guriang, 5 Hariang, 6 Indi Hiang, 7 Ki Hiang. 8 Kuriang, 9 Moyang. 10 Ngahiang, 11 Parahiang, 12 Priangĕn, 13 Séngyang, 14 Turiang, 15 Rumbayang voce Puachi Rumbayang Jati, 16 Réyang, 17 Tai-hiang, 18 Wayang, 19 Wayu-hyang, 20 Sakiang Santan. On the Bolang Estate near Gunung Handarusa occurs a small pool of water on an upland plateau, which is called Situ Hiang or Situ Hyang, which may be interpreted -  ,,Divinity pool" from the unusual position it occupies on a hill, where no rivulet can run into it. It is supplied by rain water, and may originally have been the wallowing hole of the Rhinoceroses. Similar Situ hiangs may probably be found elsewhere in