72 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE, 



M. Maingayi Bak. A big- climber with large hanging panicles 

 of pink flowers deliciously scented. Pods oblong woody, 

 about 4 inches long-, one seeded, wrinkled and covered 

 with fine grey fur. Not common, Tanglin, Chan Chu 

 Rang", Reservoir woods. 



M. atropurpurea Benth, is probably not wild here. A tine tree 

 occurs in a garden in Paterson Road. 



Pongamia glabra Vent. " Malapari." A tree with pink flowers. 

 Common on the sea coasts. Changi, Siglap, Jurong, 

 Pulau Ubin. 



Derris sinuata Thw. Woody climber, flowers green and white. 

 Tidal rivers, Pulau Ubin. 



D. thyrsi flora Benth. Scandent bush, flowers in dense erect 

 panicles, white, pods long and thin, reddish when white. 

 Very common in open country, Tanglin, Changi, etc. 



D. uliginosa Benth. " Akar Ketuil ". Scandent shrub, flowers 

 pink. Common on sea coasts and by tidal rivers Rivers 

 Valley Road, Changi, Pulau Ubin, Kranji, Bajau. 



D. scandens Benth. Flowers white. Pulau Merambong, 



D. amcena Benth. Climber, flowers pink. Not common, Gar- 

 den Jungle. 



(D. ullipiica Benth. " Tuba." Often cultivated for killing insects 

 on vegetables, and catching fish). 



I). Malaccensis Prain. Flowers pink. Jurong, Selitar. 



D. obloaga, Benth. Flowers dark pink. Changi (No. 6086). 



D. sp. with very velvety leaves. Rare. Chan Chu Kang, 

 Changi (6087). 



Kwistleria Ridletji Prain.* Big climber, flowers small purple 

 almost black. Woods, common but rarely flowering. 

 Garden jungle, Selitar. 



Dalbergia JanghuJmu. Benth. A woody climber with small 



