104 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
often bear moss-like masses of abortive branchlets, which 
are much more elegant than the very insignificant flowers. 
One of the commonest shrubs in jungles and secondary 
forest, every where. 
Myrsine capitellata Wall. A small tree, with small white flowers 
and fruits Sea coasts, not common, Changi, Bajau. 
Embelia Ribes Burm. Very common in woods and thickets, 
Tanglin, Bukit Timah, etc. 
Var. garciniefolia. A distinct looking plant with much more 
iaceous leaves. Rarer, Changi, Reservoir woods, 
Bukit Timah. 
E. coriacea А. De ©. Thick jungles, Selitar, Bukit Mandai. 
E Linpanii Scheff. Hedges, not common, Changi, Bukit Timah. 
E amentacea Clarke. Hedges, Bukit Timah Road, Bukit Man- 
dai, 
Е. lucida Wall.* Cat 2315. Singapore. Ihave not met with it. 
Lalisia pothoina Lindl. * Akar Fatimah.” А little shrub with 
small pink fl 
plants crenulate deep green edged w 
older lanceolate with long petioles (var. lanceolata) or 
the petiole winged the whole length, (pothoina proper). 
Common in dense woods. 
Ardisia. Shrubs, rarely small trees, with or rose pink flowers, 
often showy, and red or black berries. 
A. crassa Clarke. Rare, Chan Chu Kang (3844). 
A lanceolata Roxb, Very handsome shrub, Selitar, Bukit Timah, 
4. colorata Roxb. Flowers very small, pale pink. Common, Bu- 
kit Timah, Garden jungle, Changi Road. 
4. tuberculata Wall. Common, Bukit Timah, Selitar, Sungei 
Morai. 
