THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 61 
Nimenia americana L. “* Bidara Laut.” A spiny shrub with white 
flowers and orange eatable drupes. ‘The wood is scented. 
Sea coasts, Changi, Pulau Selitar, Jurong, Pasir Panjang, 
Scorodocarpus borneensis Bece. “ Kulim” A large timber tree 
with white flowers, all parts having a strong smell of 
onions. Common, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah. 
Gomphandra penangiana Wall. A shrub common in woods. 
Bukit Timah, Garden jungle, Tanjong Katong, Selitar. 
(. lanceolata Kurz. Not common, Bukit Timab. 
Lasianthera secundiflora Mig. A large tree, flowers white. Rare, 
Bukit Mandai, Selitar. 
(ronocaryum longeracemosum King. “Toioh.” A large strag- 
gling shrub, with pendulous racemes of purplish green 
flowers ; fruits green. Woods, not rare. Tanglin, Changi. 
Phytocrene oblonga Wall. A large woody climber with dense 
racemes of small grey lowers growing on the stem, fruit 
wedge-shaped brown covered with brown bristles and 
forming a ball as big as a man’s head. ‘The seeds are 
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cuneate oblong and curiously reticulated. Rare, Bukit 
Timah. 
Ph. bracteata Wall. Common, open woods, Tanglin, Tanjong 
Katong, Bukit Panjang. 
Jodes velutina King. Climber. Rare, Bukit Timah Road. 
Ue oblonga Planch. Not rare, Bidadari, Chan Chu Kang, Garden 
jungle. 
Krythropalum scandens Bl. A slender climber with inconspicuous 
green flowers, and very curious and ornamental fruit, 
which at first is an oval drupe, but when ripe the husk 
becomes bright red and splits into 4 lobes, which recurve 
and expose a deep blue seed in the centre. Not common, 
woods, Bukit Mandai, Reservoir woods, Garden jungle. 
Pleleocarpa malaccensis Oliver. A fair sized tree, flowers yellow, 
fruit round thin, winged. Rare, Changi woods, 
