THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 65 
V mollissima Wall. “ Lakom Gajab.” A hairy vine with tri- 
foliolate leaves and large dirty white grapes. Common, 
Cluny Road, Sungei Buluh, Reservoir woods. 
V. trifolia L. Very common, hedges, Reservoir, Race Course, 
Kalang Puding. 
V. Japonica Thunb. “ Singapore.” Not recognised. 
V. novemfolia Wall. A slender vine with large semitransparent 
pink grapes, quite uneatable. Commen, Tanglin, Chua 
Chu Kang. 
V. sp. Leaves simple, flowers very small green in axillary 
panicles, crowded at the ends of the branches. Rare, 
Selitar. 
Pterisanthes coriacea Korth. A very slender vine remarkable 
for its long flattened crimson flower spikes 3 or 4 inches 
long one or 2 wide; female flowers small sunk in 
the spike, males on stalks along the edge, grapes black. 
Local in thick woods, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai, ete. 
Leea. Large shrubs with green or red flowers in corymbs, 
* Malli-malli”. 
L. sambucina Willd. Six to ten feet tall, lowers greenish white. 
Very common in damp spots. Tanglin, Bukit Timah, 
Selitar. 
Var. biserrata. Chua Chu Kang. 
L. robusta Roxb. Rare, Blakang Mati. 
L. rubra-Bl. A smaller plant with red flowers, very pretty. 
Tanglin, perhaps introduced. 
L, Javanica Bl. Singapore (Schomburgk). Not seen. 
L, anguluta Korth. ‘ Malli biduri.” Passir Panjang. 
SAPINDACEX. 
Cardiospermum Halicacubum L. the Balloon vine, is cultivated 
by the Chinese as a vegetable, and occurs in waste ground. 
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Pulau Ubin, Rochore. 
