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V mollissima Wall. " Lakoni Gajab." A hairy vine with tri- 

 foliolate leaves and large dirty white grapes. Common, 

 Cluny Koad, Sungei Buluh, Reservoir woods. 



V. trifolict L. Very common, hedges, Reservoir, Race Course, 

 Kalang P tiding*. 



V. Japonica Thuub. " Singapore." Not recognised. 



V. novemfoUa Wall. A slender vine with large semitranspareut 

 pink grapes, quite uneatable. Common, Tanglin, Chua 

 Chu Kang. 



V. sp. Leaves simple, flowers very small green in axillary 

 panicles, crowded at the ends of the branches. Rare, 

 Selitar. 



Pterisantkes coriacea Korth. A veiy slender viue remarkable 

 for its long flattened crimson Mower spikes 3 or 4 inches 

 long one or 2 wide ; female flowers small sunk in 

 the spike, males on stalks along the edge, grapes black. 

 Local in thick woods, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai, etc. 



Leea. Large shrubs with green or red flowers io corymbs. 

 ,; Malli-malli ". 



L. sambueina Willd. Six to ten feet tall, tiowers greenish white. 

 Very common in damp spots. Tanglin, Bukit Timah, 

 Selitar. 

 Var. Userrata. Chua Chu Kaug. 



L. robuitu Roxb. Rare, Blakang Mati. 



L, rubra Bl. A smaller plant with red tiowers, very pretty. 

 Tanglin, perhaps introduced. 



L. Javanica Bl. Singapore (Schomburgk). Not seen. 



L. anyulata Korth. •• Malli biduri." Fassir Panjang. 



Sapindacej:. 



Cardiuspermum HalicacaLum L. the Balloon vine, is cultivated 

 by the Chinese as a vegetable, and occurs in waste ground. 

 Pulau Ubin. Rochore. 



