100 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
ants, flowers small white, fruits orange juicy. Common 
Tanglin, Selitar, Sungei Morai, etc. 
Myrmecodia echinata Jack. Much resembles the last, but is 
covered with spines. Rarer, Bukit Timah, Jurong. 
Poederia foetida L. Akar Sekuntut.” A slender climber 
with panicles е violet апа white flowers. The whole 
plant has an vnpleasant odor.- Not common, Chan Chu 
Kang, Bukit Timah. 
P. tomentosa ВІ. Singapore Ж Brit. Ind.) ; not seen. 
‘Spermacoce hispida L. A common weed with pink flowers. 
Paths and waste a Tanglin, Changi, Selitar, etc. 
А. scaberrima ВІ. A rough E herb, lowers white. 
Газ{е ground, Свако estat 
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А. ocymoides Burm. A prostrate herb, flowers a ye Road- 
sides, Choa Chu Kang, Passir Panjang, Garden 
COMPOSIT 2. 
This large €: is represented here by four or five native plants 
and a number of weeds introduced, but now established 
in alot ground and such places. 
deii ada; Ham. ‘“Merambong.” А large tree with 
ender colored flowers. There are two forms of it, one 
a tall straight tree 50 feet high with perfectly glabrous 
leaves, Cluny Road, etc., and one more stunted and 
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gnarled with и leaves, С напет, Сһап Chu Kang, 
Jurong, Chua Chu Kan 
V. cinerea Less. A common dius weed with purple foe 
grows every wher 
V. chinensis L. “Ruku Gajah.” A larger rough herb, flowers 
purple. Common in villages, Chan Chu Kang, "Tangli n, 
Bukit Mandai 
V. scandens De С. Tombak-Tombak." А climber in thickets, 
flowers yellow. Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Selitar, Uhangi. 
