THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE, M5 
Strychnos Tieu'e Bl. “Ipoh Akar.” A big climber with small 
tubular green flowers, fruit large globose gray green 
wit a hard rind, seeds flat, enclosed in a bitter pulp. 
Every part of the plant, even the flowers, is intensely 
bitter, from the presence of Brucing, nevertheless monkies 
and musangs often eat the fruit. The bark is used by 
the Sakais in their dart poison. Common in thick jungle. 
Garden jungle, Chan Chu Kang, 
S. maluccensis Beuth. Not common. Toas, Garden jungle. 
S. pubescens Clarke. Bukit Timah. 
Gaertnera Noenigii Wt. var. oxyphy'la Wall. Singapore (Wal- 
lich); not seen. 
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viminea Hook. fil. Small slender shrub, with very small 
white flowers. Common, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, 
Pulau Ubin, Changi. 
G. obesa Hook. fil. An unbranched erect shrub with dark green 
leaves and heads of white flowers, berries pale blue. 
Common in jungles, Tanglin, Selitar, Bukit Arang, Toas, 
Sungei Bulub, Bukit Timah. 
G. grisea Hook, fil. Not rare, Bukit Timab, Changi, Chan Chu 
Kang, Sungei Morai. 
GENTIANACEX. 
Limnanthemum indicun Thw. An aquatic plant with round 
floating leaves and a tuft of white flowers with a yellow 
centre. Reservoir. 
BORAGINE. 
Tournefortia Wallichtt De C. Climber, flowers green. Thickets, 
Bukit Panjang, Jurong, Bukit Mandai. 
Heliotropium indicum L. A common weed in waste ground every- 
where. 
Cordia myxa L. Shrub, Chan Chu Kang, Pasir Panjang 
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