326 MR. Н. М. RIDLEY ON THE ЕГОВА OF THE 
CURANGA AMARA, Juss. 
Common in dry spots, edges of woods, and pastures. Pekan, Pulau Tijau, Renchong, 
Tahan River. 
. The flowers are white, often tinted with pink; stamens orange. It is called *Mempada 
Tanah," and is used by the Malays in liver complaints. 
TORENIA POLYGONOIDES, Benth. 
Dry spots, Passir Loyang, Tahan River. Very common in Singapore and Malacca. 
VANDELLIA CRUSTACEA, Benth. 
Very common, Pekan &c. 
It varies somewhat in colouring of flowers and size and form of leaves. I have seen 
quite a fleshy form on the sandy heaths of Pramau. 
V. HIRSUTA, Benth. 
Not common. Heaths at Kwala Pahang. 
У. SCABRA, Benth. 
Borders of a wood, and open country, Pulau Chengei. 
BONNAYA BRACHIATA, Link. 
Rather dry spots, Katapong, near Pekan, &c. Flowers violet. 
В. VERONICZFOLIA, Spreng. 
Pekan, Pulau Jellam. 
SCOPARIA DULCIS, Linn. 
Very common in all the open country. Wherever the buffaloes go, this plant follows; 
and as it often grows from the dung of these animals, I believe that they eat it and pass 
the seeds. Itis a native of America, and, according to the * Flora of British India, the 
earliest Indian record for it is 1845 at Serampore in Bengal (?), where Voigt collected it. 
It is now abundant in Bengal; but no one seems to have collected it but Mr. Clarke, 
nor had any specimens been sent to England from the Straits in 1884. Now, however, 
it is exceedingly common over all the Peninsula as far as I have been, and has even 
received a Malay name, viz. “Те Macao,” i. e. Macao tea (in Malacca), it being used to 
make tea of. In Pahang it has travelled further than any other South-American intro- 
duction except Paspalum conjugatum, Berg. 
STRIGA LUTEA, Lour. 
Pekan; common in dry grassy spots. The Pahang form has yellow flowers, while 
those of Singapore are pink. ( 
BIGNONIACE Ж, 
OROXYLUM INDICUM, Vent. 
Common on the banks of the river, from Pekan up. 
It is most commonly to be seen in and round villages, but apparently is not planted, 
as the natives have no use for it. Some of the islands are nearly covered with it. Тһе 
flowers here are of a dull brownish purple. 
