44. THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE 
sules covered with mossy hairs. The seeds are used as 
a purgative. Common in dry woods, Reservoir, Chan 
Chu Kang, Chua Chu Kane. 
A. Horilunda King. Woods near Ang Mo Kio. 
A. membranacea King. Ang Mo Kio, Changi. 
A, Nuustle ima King. Singapore (Wallich). Not seen. 
sIXINEA. 
Scolopia rhinanthera Clos. A shrub or small tree, thorny with 
with white flowers and black berries. Sandy spots near 
the sea. Changi, Serangoon River. 
Flacourtia Rukam Zoll. A thorny tree, with small yellowish 
flowers and globose dull red berries, with a taste of 
cooseberries. Common in woods and even in thick 
jungle, and evidently truly wild, but also planted. 
Bukit Timah. Chan Chu Kang. 
Il. cataphracta Roxb, “ Rukam.” A similar tree with smaller 
leaves. 1 donot think it is wild though often cultivated 
and established here and there. It a much better eating 
fruit than the last. 
Il. inermis Cl. A larger tree, quite unarmed, with thinner 
narrower leaves. Jurong and Tanjong Karong. 
Ryparosa Hullettii King. A small tree with slender spikes of 
ereen flowers. Rare in forests, Bukit Timah. Sungei 
Buloh. 
PITTOSPORES, 
Pittosporum ferruginewm Ait. Gire mong.” <A small tree with 
j : ee ee . 
yellowish white flowers. Sea shores, Kranji, Changi, 
Selitar. 
POLYGALEZA. 
Polygala brachystachya Bl. A little prostrate herb with yellow 
"flowers, growing in turf or sandy spots. Not common, 
Gardens, Macpherson Road. 
