174 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
only cultivated. ) : 
Caryota mitis Lour. “ Tukus." Common in woods, Grange Road, 
: Bukit Timah. 
(Arenga saccharifera- Lalill. “ Kabong," Sugar palm, is com- 
mot ; 
Orania macrocladus Mart. “Ebol” A noble palm about 40 feet 
all. Rare in Singapore. Some trees at Chan Chu Kang. 
More abundant in Pulau Ubin. 
Nipa fruticans Wurmb. “ Nipah?” Common in tidal mud, all 
round Singapore. 1 have found fruits of this in the 
swampy ground of the Botanic Gardens near Cluny road, 
showing that the Bukit Timah stream was formerly tidal 
and salt as far iuland as this, 
Phenix sp. А few plants of a wild date occur scattered about 
round Singapore, at Toas and elsewhere, but I have never 
been able to get fruits or flowers. 
Licuala ferruginea Becc. “ Palas." А stem-less palm with 
orange colored flowers and pink fruits. Common in jun- 
gle, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang. 
L. triphylla Griff. A very pretty dwarf species, local, thick 
woods, Changi. 
L. spinosa Wurmb. Woods, Pulau Ubin. 
L. acutifida Mart. ‘Singapore Lobb”; evidently an error for 
Penang. 
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Liristona Kingiana Becc. А tall palm about 40 feet or more with 
large fan shaped leaves. Dense woods, Choa Chu Kang, 
Toas, Kranji. 
branches and bunches of fruits in such a way that the bats 
tsar their wings when they fly to the tree. 
