THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE 
ACANTHACES. 
Thunbergia alata Bojer., climber with yellow or orange flowers 
and 7. fragrans Roxb. with 
without black eye, 
white flowers, are common in hedges, being escapes from 
cultivation. 
Lbermaiera Griffithiana Anders. Dense jungle, Bukit Timah 
E., setigera Nees. Dense Jungle, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, 
Chua Chu Kang, Jurong 
Hygrophila salicifolia Nees. — **Ohukal." Herb about 2 feet, 
flowers lilac, ditches, common. Garden lake, Tanglin, 
Bukit Timah road, Changi. 
H. quadrivalvis Nees. Changi, Bukit Mandai. 
Ruellia zam L. Erect or creeping in grass, flowers pale lilac 
h darker marks in the throat. Very common, Tanglin 
OE Bajau, Selitar, etc. 
* Jeruju."^ A holly-leaved plant 
Common in tidal. mud. 
Alexandra Beak 
Acanthus ebracteatus Vahl. 
with white or blue wers. 
andang Kerbau, Tanjong Pagar, 
Changi, ete. 
pce Wall. Twining, leaves not os пае white 
Not common, Bajau, Kranji, Chan Chu Kan 
Asystasia ma Bl. Straggling plant З feet tall or less, 
flowers pale violet. Hedges and thickets. Fort Can 
nie, и алы бары Hill, Tanglin, Chua Chu Kang. 
HE енен album Nees. Flowers white, Jungles, local, Changi, 
gol, Selitar, Choa Chu Kang. 
бй 
Chan Chu Kang, Pong 
(E, Andersoni Masters, described from a plant obtained in Singa- 
y T. Anderson, is only cultivated here. 
Justicia andrographioides Clarke. = straggling herb, with pale 
ellow flowers, leaves with white when young. 
Damp woods, Bukit Mandai, ‘Chas Chu Kai 
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