100 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
ants, flowers small white, fruits orange juicy. Common 
Tanglin, Selitar, Sungei Morai, ete. 
Myrmecodia echinata Jack. Much resembles the last, but is 
covered with spines. Rarer, Bukit Timah, Jurong. 
Poederia foetida L. “ Akar Sekuntut.” A slender climber 
with panicles of violet and white flowers. The whole 
plant has an vnpleasant odor. Not common, Chan Chu 
Kang, Bukit Timah. 
P. tomentosa Bl. Singapore (FI, Brit. Ind.) ; not seen. 
Spermacoce hispida L. A common weed with pink flowers. 
Paths and waste ground, Tanglin, Changi, Selitar, ete. 
S. seaberrima Bl, A rough ‘scrambling herb, flowers white. 
Waste ground, Chasseriau estate. 
S. ocynoides Burm, <A prostrate herb, flowers white. Road- 
sides, Choa Chu Kang, Passir Panjang, Gardens. 
COMPOSITA. 
This large order is represented here by four or five native plants 
and a number of weeds introduced, but now established 
in waste ground and such places. 
Vernonia arborea Ham. ‘ Merambong.” <A large tree with 
lavender colored flowers. There are two forms of it, one 
a tall straight tree 50 feet high with perfectly glabrous 
leaves, Cluny Road, ete., and one more stunted and 
gnarled with pubescent leaves, Changi, Chan Chu Kang, 
Jurong, Chua Chu Kane. 
I”. cinerea Less. A common little weed with purple flowers, 
grows everyw here, 
V. chinensis LL. ‘‘Ruku Gajah.” A larger rough herb, flowers 
purple. Common in villages, Chan Chu Kang, Tanglin, 
Bukit Mandai. 
IV. scandens De C. “'Tombak-Tombak.” A climber in thickets, 
Howers yellow. Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Selitar, Changi. 
