THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE, 153 
jungle in rotten leaves, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Timah, 
Bukit Mandai. 
Thismia Aseroe Becc. <A saprophyte, with urn-shaped flowers, 
the perianth lobes drawn out into tails yellow. Decaying 
leaves in wet jungles. Fairy point, Changi (Beccari), 
Bukit Timah, Kranji. 
Th. funila Ridl.* Somewhat like the last but smoky grey. 
Rare, Chan Chu Kang. 
Gymnosiphon borneense Becc. An exceedingly fragile little plant, 
with lavender flowers. Dense jungles in rotten leaves, 
Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kane. 
ORCHIDE®. 
Oberonia. Small epiphytic orchids with ensiform  distichous 
leaves and slender spikes of very small green, yellow 
or red flowers. 
O. dissitiflora Ridl. * Mangroves, Kranji, 
O. ‘unata Lindl. Ona high tree, Selitar, Bukit Timah. 
O. anceps Lindl. Galang, Kranji. 
O, miniata Lindl. ‘Singapore cultivated in Loddiges Garden,” 
has not been seen here of late years, and is probably 
an error of locality. 
O, ciliolata Hook. fil. Mangrove swamps and orchard trees. 
Kranji, Chan Chu Kang, Changi, Sungei Morai, Bukit 
Timah. 
Microstylis, Terrestrial! orchids, with the stems usually swollen 
at the base, thin-textured leaves, and small 1ed green or 
yellow flowers. 
M. micrantha Hook. fil. A creeping plant with a rather long 
cylindric stem, and lanceolate copper colored leaves, 
which sparkle like the stone avanturine.” Flowers 
very small red and yellow. On dead leaves, Bukit Man- 
dai, Changi, Selitar. 
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