44 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE 
sules d with mossy hairs. The seeds are used as 
a purgalive. mon in kaid woods. Reservoir, Chan 
Chu Kr Chua Chu Kang 
A. floribunda King. Woods near em Mo Kio. 
A. menibründcea King. Ang Mo Kio, Changi. 
A. Kunstleima King. Singapore (Wallich). Not seen. 
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pee rhinanthera Clos. А shrub or small tree, thorny with 
white flowers and black berries. Sandy spots near 
the sea. Changi, Serangoon River. 
Flacourtia Rukam Zoll. A thorny tree, with small yellowish 
owers and globose dull red berries, with a taste of 
gooseberries Common in woods and even in thick 
jungle. and evidently truly wild, but also planted. 
Bukit Timah. Chan Chu Kang. 
Fl. cataphracta Roxb, “ Rukam.” A similar tree with smaller 
leaves. 1 do not think it is wild though often cultivated 
and established Hs and there. It a much better eating 
fruit than the last. 
FL inermis Cl. A ms tree, quite unarmed, with thinner 
narrower leaves. Jurong and Tanjong Karong. 
€— Hes King. A small tree with slender spikes of 
en flowers. Rare in forests, Bukit Timah. Sungei 
Buloh. 
PiTTOSPORE X. 
Pittosporum ferrugineum Ait. * Giramong." A small tree with 
yellowish white flowers. Sea shores, Kranji, Changi, 
Relitar. 
PoLYGALEZF. 
Polygala br A MM ud A little prostrate herb with yellow 
flow growing in turf or sandy spots. Not common, 
Gardens, Müepfersn Road. 
