70 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



LEGUM1N0SJE. 



Abrus precatorius L. A slender climber with pale lilac flowers 

 and red and black seeds. A variety with white seeds 

 occurs and is highly prized by the natives as a medicine. 

 Sea shores, Changi. 



Crotalaria alata Ham. " Kachang Hantu Darat." A herb 

 with yellow flowers. Local waste ground, Tanglin, 

 Chang-i, Jurong, Ang Mo Kio. 



0. rehisa L. A glaucous herb with showy orange yellow flo- 

 wers. Sandy shores, Changi. 



C. Saltiana And. A common weed in waste ground, and sandy- 

 places, yellow flowers. Changi, Galang, etc 



C. quinquefolia L. Rare, Kranji. 



.C. incana L. Flowers yellow. Sea shore, Tanab Merah, 



Flemingia strobilifera Br. A shrub. Sea shores, not common, 

 Changi, Blakang Mati. 



Vigna retusa Walp. A small yellow vetch. Sea shores, Changi, 

 Blakang Mati. 



tV. Catiang End. " Kachang Perut Ayam." Cultivated.) 



(Pachyrrhizus angulatus Rich. " Bengkuang." " Sengkuang." 

 The yam bean is cultivated.) 



(Dolichos Lablab L. " Karkaras". Flowers blue or white, cul- 

 tivated.) 



Piophocarpus tetragonolobus De C. " Kachang Botor." (Cultiva- 

 ted.) 



(Clitorea Ternatea L. Cultivated.) 



C. cajanifolia Bentb. A shrub with large lilac white flowers, 

 naturalised from Brazil, round Tanglin, etc. Very com- 

 mon. 



Centrosema Plumievi Benth. The ; ' Butterfly pea," climber, flo- 

 * wers white with dark crimson centre. Naturalised in 

 hedges near town. 



