THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. St 
DICOTYLEDONS. 
DILLENIACEZ. 
Tetracera Assa Dec. A scrambling shrub often forming thickets, 
flowers white or pinkish. Common in open country, Ba- 
lestier plain, Sepoy lines, Fort Canning, Changi. 
T. Assa var. Garden Jungle. A very different looking plant, 
but Dr. King considers it only a large form. 
T. euryandra Vab. Climber not rare, Cluny Road, Kranji. 
T. macrophylla Wall. Climber common in woods, but seldom 
to be found in flower. Tanglin, ete. 
T. fagifolia Bl. Not common. Woods, Garden Jungle, Selitar. 
Wormia, Large shrubs or trees with showy yellow or white 
flowers. 
W. suffruticosa Griff. A large bush in damp open country. 
The flowers are about 3 inches across bright yellow. 
The fruits when ripe split open like a star and are rosy 
pink inside, with small black seeds covered with a scarlet 
aril. The leaves are rather curious from the way in 
which the winged petioles are closed over the buds, It 
flowers constantly all the year. ‘Tanglin, Jurong, Pulau 
Ubin, Pulau Tekong, 
W. pulchella Jack. A small bushy tree with oval deep green 
leaves and pale yellow flowers. It grows in wet places, 
Tanglin, Bukit Timah Road. 
W. tomentella Bl. <A tall stout tree. Garden jungle, Selitar, 
Bukit Timah. 
W. Scortechinii King. A small tree with inconspicuous apetal- 
ous flowers. Rare, Garden Jungle. 
W. spnear W. oblongifolia, but having anthers hairy all over 
and white flowers, Bukit Mandai. 
