THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 71 
(Canavalia ensiformis De C. “ Kachang Parang.” Cultivated.) 
C. gea = C. A creeping bean with pink flowers sweet- 
ted, ш eatable. Sea shores, common, Changi, 
‘Blakerig Mat 
C. obtusifolia De С. A climber on bushes, flowers жыш Beans 
said to be poisonous. Sea shores, Toas, Chan 
yea таоми De С. Climber, flowers greenish white. Not 
mon, Blakang Mati. 
At. жы Teysm. Flowers purple. Chan Chu Kang. 
(Erythrina stricta and E.  lithosperma Miq. are planted here and 
there, but not wild.) 
сеси жоны Benth. “ Akar Sejangat.” A big liana, 
best *of the water vines, climbing to the tops 
of the highest trees, flowers E purplish small. Com- 
` mon, Tanglin, Chan Chu Kang, 
5. Maingayi  Prain. Flowers rosy. wo Bukit - Timah, 
rden jungle. 
S. Ridleyi Praiu. * Big climber, flowers white. Gardens, Chan 
Chu Kang. 
Indigofera hirsuta L. Sea shore, Teluk Kurau. 
Sesbania paludosa Roxb. Rare, Marsh near Kranji. 
(5. re Pers. ‘Tree with large white or pink lowers. 
ivated for its flowers, and for the leaves eaten as a 
MD ) 
(Tephrosia candida DeU. given for Singapore in the “ Materials," 
is only a garden plant.) 
4. х W. & A. Waste ground, Bidadari, probably an 
Cape. 
Millen eriantha Benth. A lofty climber with coppery red 
with a greenish yellow centre to the standard, 
outside covered with golden fur. Not very common, 
. Bukit Mandai, Garden jungle. 
