THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 85 
Medinilla Hasselttt Bl. Epiphyte with pink flowers an1 scarlet 
berries. Common in mangroves and damp woods, Kranji, 
Bajau, Bukit Mandai, Choa Chu Kane, 
M. macrocarpa Bl. Rare, Bukit Mandai. 
Medinillopsis sessilitora Cogn. Epiphyte, with waxy pink flowers. 
Mangrove swamps, common, Toas, “elitar, Kranji, Sungei 
Buloh. 
-Pachycentria macrorrhiza Becc. Epiphyte with swollen stem, 
flowers pink. Not rare, Selitar, Sungei Morai. 
P, glauca Triana. Epiphytic, forming large tufts on trees in 
woods. Common, Bukit Timah road, Bukit Mandai, Kranji. 
Sungei Buloh, Choa, Chu Kane. 
These two Pachycentrias are classed by Beccari as ant-plants 
(Piante hospitatrici), but the ants do not live in the 
swollen stems as suggested by him, the swollen portions 
being quite solid. 
Pogonanthera refleca Bl. Kpiphyte, more rarely terrestrial, usually 
near the sea, Kranji, Changi, Selitar, Toas, Bukit Timah. 
(Clidema hirta Don. <A coarse weed, native of South America, 
has established itself in Tanglin, near Fort Canning and 
elsewhere. ) 
Pternandra capitellata Jack. Tree, flowers. blue, not common, 
Toas, Selitar. 
Es ewrulescens e ack. Common, Tan olin Chang? Chan Chu Kano, 
P J Sin, ao 5 
Py: paniculata Benth. Rare, Chan Chu Kane. 
Nibessa echinata Jack. ‘Sial Munahon.” <A common tree with 
pale violet fugacious flowers. Dry woods, whole island. 
K. acuminata Dene. Collected here by Walker and Maingay ; not 
seen. 
Memecylon. ‘Trees with small blue or white flowers; a very 
difficult genus, as the species appear to run into each other. 
