THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 115 
Strychnos Tieu'e BI. “Ipoh Akar.” А big climber with small 
tubular green flowers, fruit large globose gray green 
wit) a bard rind, seeds Hat, enclosed in a bitter pulp. 
Every part of the plant, even the flowers, is intensel 
bitter, from the presence of et nevertheless monkies 
and musangs often eat the fruit. . The bark is used by 
the Sakais in their dart poison. Comon in thick jungle, 
Garden jungle, Chan Chu Kang. 
S. malaccensis Benth. Not common. Toas, Garden jungle. 
S. pubescens Clarke. Bukit Timah. | 
Gaertnera Koénigii Wt. var. oxyphy'la Wall. Singapore (Wal- 
lich); not seen, 
G. viminea Hook. fil. Small slender shrub, with very small 
lowers. Common, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, 
Pulau Ubin, Changi. | 
(т. чм vti fil. An unbranched erect shrub with dark rece 
s and heads of white flowers, berries pale blu 
piane in jungles, Tangin, Selitar, Bukit Arang, Toss, 
Sungei Bulub, Bukit Timal 
G. grisea Hook. fil. Not xs Bukit Тїшаһ, Changi, Chan Chu 
Kang, Sungei Mora 
GENTIANACEX. | 
Limnanthemum noe Thw. An aquatic plant with round 
floating le = е а tuft of white flowers with a yellow 
entre. Bone 
BORAGINEX, 
Tour Ade z Wallichii De C. Climber, flowers green. Thickets, 
it Panjang, Jurong, Bukit Mandai 
ga an indicum L. A сошшоп weed in waste ground every- 
where. 
Cordia туха L. Shrub, Chan Chu Kang, Pasir че, 
