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D. о» Roxb. А low shrub. Common, thick jungles, 
Garden jungle, Selitar, Changi, Pulau Ubin. 
D. Porteri Bak. Common іп thick jungles. Garden jungle, 
Jurong, Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin. 
D. aurantiaca Wall. D. Cantleyi Bak. А shrub little or 
not branched, leaves green or purple ч к. ani rings. 
Flowers purple rarely white, fruit o spots 
all over Singapore, common, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Seli- 
tar, , 
р, Нез yi ое ‘fil. A big tree, Sandy zd near the sea. 
: gi, Sungei Morai, “Bukit Pa anjang, Toa 
D. pee Ridl.* Woods, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Timah. 
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gracilis Wall. Common in _dungles, Garden jungle, Chan 
Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai 
(Cordyline уне the Dracæna of Gardens, is not wild any- 
where in the peninsula, it is cultivated only.) 
РОХТЕРЕКІАСЕ Ж. 
Monochoria hasteefolia Presl. Aquatic, Bowers light blue. Com- 
‚ Galang, Ang Mo Kio. 
M. лч: + Flowers dark blue. Common in ditches 
all г Singapore; the var, plantaginea is even com- 
PHILYDRACEX 
Philydrum lanuginosum Banks. Local. Wet sandy spots, 
Bedoh. 
XYRIDEX, 
Xyris ree € A tufted gra:sy plant vom terminal cones 
n bracts, with fugacious yello owers. Sandy 
pie йын, plain Macpherson Ком, Uhangi, Pulau 
X. schwnoides Mart. Balestier plain, Reservoir. 
