172 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
Perak, Sungei Ujong and Malacca. This is a very distinct little 
species, and one of the smallest known to me. The male plants 
are very rare. I have only met with one, and have never seen 
ripe fruit. 
Three other Pandans occur here which I cannot at present 
identify. 
P. near P, helicopus Kurz. but with very short styles to the 
fruit, leaves broad and very thorny at the tip. Woods, 
Bukit Timah. 
P. sp. Stems slender about 5 feet tall much branched, leaves 
narrow fruit cylindric 3 inches long and one inch through, 
Carpels small narrowed into a single curved spine. 
Streams, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah. 
P. sp. A tall plant about 10 feet high, with long glaucous leaves 
14 inch broad, tips deflexed. Fruits about 5 in a 
spike subglobose on a stout peduncle, each 3 inches long, 
carpels acuminate into a long spine conic, orange color. 
Forming large thickets in swamps near Bukit Mandai on 
the road to Kranji. 
Freycinetia angustifolia Bl. A slender climber with narrow 
leaves, often covering trees like a mat. Spathes apricot 
orange. common, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Kranji. 
F. Gaudichaudi Venn, Leaves broader spathes yellow. Com- 
mon, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah, Kranji. 
F. insignis Bl? A very stout climber much bigger than the 
others. Thick woods. Garden jungle, Chan Chu Kang, 
Chua Chu Kang. 
PALMA. 
( Areca Catechu L, “Pinang.” — Betel-nut. Commonly_culti- 
vated, it does not seem to be known wild anywhere.) 
Pinanga coronata BI. Rare, Selitar. 
P. disticha Bl. A dwarf palm with mottled leaves. Rather 
rare, Selitar, 
