THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE 169 
D. ternifora Roxb. A low shrub. Common, thick jungles, 
Garden jungle, Selitar, Changi, Pulau Ubin. 
D, Porteri Bak. Common in thick jungles. Garden jungle, 
Jurong, Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin. 
D. aurantiaca. Wall, PD. Cantleyi Bak. A shrub little or 
not branched, leaves green or purple with lighter rings. 
Flowers purple rarely white, fruit orange. Damp spots 
all over Singapore, common, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Seli- 
tar, etc. 
D, Maingayi Hook. fil. <A big tree. Sandy spots near the sea. 
Changi, Sungei Morai, Bukit Panjang, Toas. 
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stngapurensis Ridl.* Woods, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Timah. 
gracilis Wall. Common in jungles, Garden jungle, Chan 
Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai. 
(Cordyline terminalis, the Draceena of Gardens, is not wild any- 
where in the peninsula, it is cultivated only.) 
PONTEDERIACE. 
Monochoria hastwfolia Pres|. Aquatic, flowers light blue. Com- 
mon, Galang, Ang Mo Kio. 
M. vaginalis Presl. Flowers dark blue. Common in ditches 
all over Singapore; the var, pluntayinea is eyen com- 
moner. 
PHILYDRACEX 
Philydrum lanuginosum Banks. Local. Wet sandy spots, 
Bedoh. 
XYRIDEX. 
Nyris anceps Lam. <A tufted grassy plant with terminal cones 
of brown bracts, with fugacious yellow flowers. Sandy 
places, Balestier, plain Macpherson road, Changi, Pulau 
Tekong. 
X. schwnoides Mart. Balestier plain, Reservoir. 
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