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B. vreticu'ata Wook. fil. Kranji, Selitar. 
BL. Kunstleri King. <A fair sized tree, fruits ochreous, with 
eater pulp. Common, Garden jungle, Selitar, Tanjong 
7Ol, 
B. minor Wook. fil. Fruit as big as a cherry, ochreous pulp 
orange. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah. 
B, symplocoides King. <A small tree, fruits orange, aril crimson. 
Gardeu jungle, Chan Chu Kang. 
B. sp. Tree with narrow lanceolate acute leaves, flowers 
Bh 
green. Garden Jungle (6263). 
Microdesmis casearifolia Planch. A small tree, flowers bright 
yellow, berries red. Thick woods, common, Garden 
jungle, Changi. 
Galearia.. Low shrubs with long slender spikes of very small 
flowers, fruits white pulpy. The species are all very 
much alike and difficult to distinguish, 
G. afinis Benn. Woods. Garden jungle, Changi, Bajau, 
G. Wallichitt Br, Changi (THullett). 
(*, sululata Muell. Garden jungle. 
G. phlebocarpa Br. The commonest species. Garden jungle, 
Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin. 
G. sp. with the leaves pubescent beneath, shoots and racemes 
covered with black pubescence. Chane, Siglap. 
(Jatropha curcas L. “Javak Blanda.” Occurs in and near 
villages.) 
(J. gossypifolia L. A garden escape, occurs here and there). 
(Aleurites Moluccanu Willd, Candle nut Singapore nut, 
Kamiri, Buah Kras, is often cultivated). 
Croton arygyratus Bl. A shrub, leaves silvery beneath. 
Local, Batu Putih, Changi. 
