142 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
Perak, Sungei Ujong and Malacca. This is a very distinct little 
species, and one of the smallest known to me. ‘The male plants 
are very rare. I have only met with опе, and have never seen - 
ripe fruit. 
Three other Pandans occur here which I cannot at present 
identify. 
P. near P. helicopus Kurz. but with very short styles to the 
fruit, leaves broad and very thorny at the tip. Woods, 
Bukit Timah. 
Р. нр; CUM slender about 5 feet tall much branched, leaves 
rrow fruit cylindric 3 ^ Jong and one inch through. 
Caveats small narrowed into a single curved spine. 
Streams, Bukit Mandai, Bukit “Timah, 
Р; эр. tall plant about 10 feet high, with long glaacous leaves’ 
-14 inch broad, tips deflex Fruits about 5 in 
spike subglobose оп a stout dni, each 3 inches Кае 
carpels acuminate into а long spine conic, orange color 
Forming large thickets i in swamps near Bukit Mandai on 
the road to Kranji, 
Freyeinetia angustifolia Bl. А slender climber with narrow 
leaves, often covering trees like a mat. Spathes apricot 
orange. common, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Kranji. 
F. ageman Penn, Leaves broader spathes yellow. .Com- 
1, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah, Kranji. 
F. ч Bl? A very stout climber much bigger than the 
others. Thick woods. Garden jungle, Chan Chu Kang, 
Chua Chu Kang. 
PALME. 
( qe Catechu jl. ЕРИ Betel-nut. Commonly culti- 
ated, it does not seem r6 be known wild any where.) 
pod coronata Bl. Rare, Selitar. 
P. disticha Bl. A dwarf palm with. mottled leaves, Rather 
rare, Selitar, 
