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cattle to make the marks permanent. Said to be a 
native of Africa.) 
Agyneia bacciformis Muell. A Jittle shrubby plant, in grass, sea- 
shore. Teluk Kurau. 
Bridelia tomentosa Bl. ‘ Kenidai.” Shrub = or small tree. 
Garden jungle. 
B. pustulata Hook. fil. Shrub. Jurong, Selitar. 
Cleistanthus levis Hook. fil. Tree, Garden jungle, Changi. 
Cl. myrianthus Kurz. Bushy tree with coppery leaves. Kranji 
road, near Stagmount, Jurong, Chan Chu Kane. 
C. hirsutulus Hook, fil. Rare, Bukit Timah. 
C. macrophyllus Hook. fil, Rare, Bukit Timah. 
C. nitidus Hook. fil. “Singapore, Lobb”; doubtless Penang. 
Actephila javanica Mig. Wallich 8016. A shrub with very 
small greenish white flowers. Common, Garden jungle, 
Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai. 
Phyllanthus pectinatus Hook. fil. “Laka, Malakka.” A hand- 
some tree with a trunk like a yew and elegant feathery 
foliage. The fruit a yellowish green angled drupe, 
acid, and used for preserves and in curries. The town 
of Malacca is said to take its name from the tree. 
Common in woods, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, 
Mandai. 
P. coriaceus Wall. “Singapore, Wallich 7946.” <Not seen 
only known from Wallich’s collection. 
P. pulcher Wall.  Reidia glauceseens Mig. Small shrub, some- 
times cultivated as an ornamental plant, possibly wild, 
but usually seen about cultivated ground. Tanglin, 
P. maderaspatensis L. A small weed. Changi. . 
P. niruri Wall. “Dukong Anak Merah,” Common _ weed, 
waste ground, Tanglin, Galang, Changi. 
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