SO THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
Combretum trifoliatum Vent. I have found fruits of this float- 
ing in the sea near Singapore. 
C. sundaicum Miq. Climber, flowers green, Changi, Chan Chu 
Kang. 
Llligera appendiculata Bl. Climber, rare, Bukit Timah. 
MYRYACEX. 
Melaleuca leucadendron L. “Gelam.” Wild at Tanah Merah, 
near Changi. Kampong Gelam may perhaps take its name 
from trees formerly growing here. 
Tristania Whitiana Griff. in Cantor’s Plants. Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal xxiii. p. 623. 7. Wightiana Griff. Mss accord- 
ing to Flor. Brit. India, but Griffith named it after a 
clergyman of the name of White. ‘* Pulawan.” A tree 
40 feet tall with red bark which flakes off and lies in piles 
at the foot of the tree: flowers white, feetid. Sandy 
spots near the sea, Bajau, Pulau Ubin. 
7. sp. flowers small white, leaves more coriaceous. Woods, 
Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai. 
T. Merguensis Griff. Sungei Morai. 
(7. rufescens Pierre. A shrub much resembling Stderoxylon 
Jerrugineum, apparently this Cochin Chinese plant occurs 
on cliffs of the island Pulau Battam, South of Singapore.) 
Rhodannia trinerva Bl. A medium-sized tree with white flowers, 
often as white as Hawthorn when in flower; berries red 
turning black. Very common all over Singapore. The 
var. concolor with leaves green on both surfaces grows in 
shady places; var. spectabi/is with the backs of the leaves 
silvery is common in open country, but the two varieties 
pass into each other and are often indistinguishable. 
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Wight. ‘ Kamunting.” A bush with 
rosy or white flowers, fruits plum-colored, eatable. Abun- 
dant in sandy spots. Mt. Faber, Blakang Mati, Changi. 
