THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE, 85 
ngk a a. : Epiphyte with pink flowers an4 scarlet 
n in mangroves and damp woods, Kranji, 
Ваа ‘Bukit  Mandai Choa Chu Kang. 
M. macrocarpa Bl. Rare, Bukit Mandai. 
Medinillopsis sessiliflora Cogn. Epiphyte, with waxy pink flowers, 
Mangrove swamps, common, Toas, Selitar, Kranji, Sungei 
uloh. 
Pachycentria macrorrhiza Весе. Epiphyte with — stem, 
flowers pink. Not rare, Selitar, Sungei Mora 
P. glauca Triana. Epiphytic, forming large tufts on trees in 
woods. Common, Bukit Tim = road, Bukit Mandai, Kranji, 
каш Buloh, Choa, Chu Kan 
These aki Pachycentrias аге КЫН by Beccari as ‘ant-plants 
ante ое but the ants do not live in the 
krollen s tems as suggested by him, the swollen ‘portions 
being quite soli 
a reflexa Bl. кауш, more rarely terrestrial, asually 
the sea, Kranji, Changi, Selitar, Toas, Bukit Timah. 
(Clidema hirta Don. A coarse weed, native of South America, 
has established itself in Tanglin, near Fort Canning and 
elsewhere. 
Pternandra capitellata Jack. Tree, flowers blue, not common, 
Pt. eerulescens Jack. Common, Tanglin, Changi, Chan Chu Kang. 
Pt. paniculata Benth. Rare, Chan Chu Kang. 
Kibessa echinata Jack. “Sial Munahon.” A common tree with 
pale violet fugacious flowers. Dry woods, whole island. 
K. acuminata Dene. Collected here by Walker and Maingay ; not 
seen. 
Memecyion. Trees with small blue or white flowers; a very 
difficult genus, as the species appear to run into each other. 
