44 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE 



sules covered with mossy hairs. The seeds are used as 

 a purgative. Common in dry woods. Reservoir, Chan 

 Chu Kang, Chua Chu Kang. 



A. florilunda King-. Woods near Aug- Mo Kio. 



A. membranacea King*. Ang Mo Kio, Changi. 



A. KunstleiiwaK'mg. Singapore (Wallich). Not seen. 



B'lXINEiE. 



Scolopia rJiivanthera Clos. A shrub or small tree, thorny with 

 with white flowers and black berries. Sandy spots near 

 the sea. Changi, Serangoon River. 



Flacourfia Rulam Zoll. A thorny tree, with small yellowish 

 flowers and globose dull red berries, with a taste of 

 gooseberries. Common in woods and even in thick 

 jungle, and evidently truly wild, but also planted. 

 Bukit Timah. Chan Chu Kang. 



Fl. cataphrad a Roxb. u Rukam." A similar tree with smaller 

 leaves. 1 do not think it is wild though often cultivated 

 and established here and there. It a much better eating 

 fruit than the last. 



Fl. inermis CI. A larger tree, quite unarmed, with thinner 

 narrower leaves. Jurong and Tanjong Karong. 



B-ifpardsa Bulletin King. A small tree with slender spikes of 

 green flowers. Rare in forests, Bukit Timah. Sungei 

 Buloh. 



PlTTOSPOEEiE. 



Pittopporvm ferrvgineum Ait. "Giramong." A small tree with 

 yellowish white flowers. Sea shores, Kranji, Changi, 

 Selitar. 



POLYGALE.E. 



Pohjgala brachystachya Bl. A little prostrale herb with yellow 

 flowers, growing in turf or sandy spots. Not. common, 

 Gardens, Macpherson Road. 



