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79 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
LEGUMINOS®. 
Abrus precatorius L. A slender climber with pale lilac flowers 
and red and black seeds. A variety with white seeds 
occurs and is highly prized by the natives as a medicine. 
Sea shores, Changi. 
Crotalaria alata Ham. “Kachang Hantu Darat.” <A herb 
with yellow flowers. Local waste ground, Tanglin, 
Changi, Jurong, Ang Mo Kio. 
(. retusa L, A glaucous herb with showy orange yellow flo- 
wers. Sandy shores, Changi. 
C. Saltiana And. A common weed in waste ground, and sandy- 
places, yellow Howers. Changi, Galang, etc. 
C. quinquefolia L. Rare, Kranji. 
C. incana L. Flowers yellow. Sea shore, Tanah Merah, 
Flemingia strobilifera Br. A shrub. Sea shores, not common, 
Changi, Blakang Mati. 
Vigna retusa Walp. A small yellow vetch. Sea shores, Changi, 
Blakang Mati. 
(V. Catiang End.“ Kachang Perut Ayam.” Cultivated.) 
(Pachyrrhizus angulatus Rich. “ Bengkuang.” “ Sengkuang.” 
The yam bean is cultivated.) 
(Dolichos Labiab Li.‘ Karkaras”. Flowers blue or white, cul- 
tivated.) 
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus De C.  “ Kachang Botor.” Cultiva- 
ted.) 
(Clitorea Ternatea L. Cultivated.) 
C. cajanifolia Benth. A shrub with large lilac white flowers, 
naturalised from Brazil, round Tanglin, etc. Very com- 
mon. 
Centrosema Plumieri Benth. The ‘‘ Butterfly pea,” climber, flo- 
wers white with dark crimson centre. Naturalised in 
hedges near town, 
