THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 89 
H, rotundifolia Roxb. A very small-leaved species. Occurs in 
flower beds in the botanic gardens as a weed. 
Eryngium fetidum Jacy. A prickly herb with a nauseous odour. 
Eaten by Chinese. About villages, Changi, Choa Chu 
Kang, etc. <A native of the West Indies. 
ARALIACE. 
Aralidium pinnatifidum Mig. ‘ Tinggal Balai.’ A shrub or small 
tree with lobed or entire leaves, panicles of small green 
flowers and large drupes, at first white, when ripe black 
with an unpleasant soapy taste. Common, Bukit Timah, 
Jurong, Kranji. 
Heptapleurum avene Seem. Epiphyte usually in mangrove swamps, 
the lower leaves are trifoliolate, the upper ones simple. 
Not common, Kranji, Selitar, Pulau Ubin. 
H, cephalotes Clarke. A tree. On rocks, Bajau, Kranji, Pulau 
Ubin. 
H, subulatum Seem. Epiphyte on trees in woods, not ccmmon, 
Chua Chu Kang. 
H, ellipticum Seem. Epiphyte. Bukit Timah, Kranji. 
H, Ridleyi King * An epiphyte, or a shrub on rocks near the 
sea. Flowers yellow. Not rare, Kranji, Sungai Morai. 
H. Hullettii King. A beautiful plant, with handsome foliage, 
digitate and deep green. Flowers pure white in long 
axilliary panicles, fruit small purple. A tree, often epi- 
phytic at first. Woods, Chan Chu Kang and Chua Chu 
Kang. 
Arthrophyllum diversijolium Bl. “ Jolok Hantu.” <A tree about 
20 feet tall with green flowers and black fruit, very com- 
mon all over Singapore in open country. 
CORNACEX, 
Marlea nobilis ©. B, Clarke. ‘“ Sutubal.” Big tree. Rare, Bukit 
Timah. 
M. ebenacea C. B, Clarke. ‘ Lidah Kerbau” (Buffalo tongue.) 
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