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Flowers white. Ants often make their nests between 
the leaves and the branches of the trees. Common, 
Tanglin, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Timah, Kranji. 
D. coccinea : i Flowers scarlet. On lofty trees, Bukit Timah, 
Selitar, Choa Chu Kang. Very distinct from the last, 
of v whieh Maingay suggested it was a variety. 
D. Waltichii Wt. Wall. Cat. 8183. Is apparently a Ficus. 
Hoya чын Bl. Flowers white. Not rare, Tanglin, Selitar, 
Bukit Mandai 
H. revoluta Wt. dod Wallich 8160 B; not identified. 
TI. latifolia Don. А very large-leaved species, leaves often dull 
ed, flowers small pink. The commonest species. ‘Trees 
in ме, jungle. Garden jungle, Kranji, Selitar, Pongol, 
Changi, Pulau Tekong. 
Il. parasitica Wall. Common near the sea, very floriferous, 
ag pretty, flowers pink. Blakang Mati, Changi, Chan 
u Kang, Toas, Pulau Jahat. 
Н. coronaria Bl. The largest- flowered species. Flowers star- 
like and waxy opening white, with a yellow tint, then 
becoming spotted with pink and finally altogether pink. 
Common especially near the sea. Serangoon, Changi, 
Kranji, Pulau Tekong, etc. 
I. "ш Bl. A pretty pink flowered species, often cover- 
ees gs a mat. Jurong, Chan Chu Kang, Kranji. 
г днд 
II. coriacea Bl. Flowers yellowish white. Rare, Tampenis 
(D’ Almeida). 
JI. im co Wt. A very stout kind with thick oblong leaves: 
rs white with a pink centre, large, rarely produced. 
QR , Changi. 
H. Finlaysonii Wall. Cat 8166.. Leaves only, not identified. 
Phisostelma Wallichii Wt. “ Akar Siak.” Slender climber with 
large thin creamy white flowers with a purple centre. 
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