THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 61 



Ximenia americana L. " Bidara Laut." A spiny shrub with white 

 flowers and orange eatable drupes. The wood is scented. 

 Sea coasts, Changi, Pulau Selitar, Jurong, Pasir Panjang. 



Scorodocarj)u? bovneensis Becc. "Kulim" A large timber tree 

 with white flowers, all parts having a strong smell of 

 onions. Common, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah. 



Gomphmidra penangiana Wall. A shrub common in woods. 

 Bukit Timah, Garden jungle, Tanjong Katong, Selitar. 



G. lanceolata Kurz. Not common, Bukit Timah. 



Lasianthera secundiflora Miq. A large tree, flowers white. Hare, 

 Bukit Mandai, Selitar. 



Gonocavyum long era cemosum King. " Toioh." A large strag- 

 gling shrub, with pendulous racemes of purplish green 

 flowers; fruits green. Woods, not rare. Tanglin, Changi. 



Pliytocrene oblonga Wall. A large woody climber with dense 

 racemes of small grey flowers growing on the stem, fruit 

 wedge-shaped brown covered with brown bristles and 

 forming a ball as big as a man's head. The seeds are 

 cuneate oblong and curiously reticulated. Hare, Bukit 

 Timah. 



Ph. bracteata Wall. Common, open woods, Tanglin, Tanjong 

 Katong, Bukit Panjang. 



lodes velutina King. Climber. Hare, Bukit Timah Koad. 



L oblonga Planch. Not rare, Bidadari, Chan Chu Kang, Garden 

 jungle. 



Erythr opal urn scandens Bl. A slender climber with inconspicuous 

 green flowers, and very curious and ornamental fruit, 

 which at first is an oval drupe, but when ripe the husk 

 becomes bright red and splits into 4 lobes, which recurve 

 and expose a deep blue seed in the centre. Not common, 

 woods, Bukit Mandai, Keservoir wood*, Garden jungle. 



I'teleucarpa malaccensis Oliver. A fair sized tree, flowers yellow, 

 fruit round thin, winged. Hare, Chanffi woods. 



