THE FLORA OF SINGATORE 173 
P. Malaiana Scheff. A tall slender palm. Chan Chu Kang 
woods, 
P. paradoxa Scheff.? Rare, Chan Chu Kang. The only speci- 
men I have closely resembles this plant which is other- 
wise a native of our hills at 2,000 feet upwards. 
P. polymorpha Bece. ‘Singapore Lobb ;” doubtless an error for 
Penang. 
Nenga Wendlandiana var, Malaccensis. “ Pinang Umu.” About 15 
feet tall fruit black on a red spadix. Flowers cream 
colour. Wet woods common, Garden road, Chan Chu 
Kang. 
Ptychoraphis singaporensis Bece. “ Kerintin.” A tufted palm 
about 10 feet tall. Abundant in dry woods, Garden 
jungle, Bukit Timah. 
Cyrtostachys Lakka Becc. The sealing-wax palm. “ Pinang 
Rajah.” Wet places near the sea, common, Kranji, Toas, 
Chua Chu Kang. 
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Oncosperma horrida Scheff. ‘ Bayas.” <A big thorny palm, 
common in dense jungle. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah. 
O. tigillaria. Areca tiyillaria Griff. ‘ Nibong.” Like the Ba- 
yas, but with drooping leaves, and smaller fruit. Quite 
distinct from the Javanese QO. fi/amentosa Bl. which is 
made a synonym in Flor. Brit. Ind. The wood is used 
in building and for many other purposes. Common 
usually near the sea, Kranji, etc. The Malays distinguish 
several other species under the names of Lenou, Ibas, and 
Bayas Padi, but they do not seem to me to be specifically 
distinct. 
Tquanura geonomeformis Becc. Not common. Streams in thick 
jungle, Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai. 
I. Malaccensis Bece. Rare, Chan Chu Kang. 
I. Wallichiana Hook. fil. “Singapore Lobb”; evidently an 
error for Penang. 
