SO THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



Coiabretum trifolidtum Vent. I have found fruits of this float- 

 ing in the sea near Singapore. 



C. sundaicum Miq. Climber, flowers green, Changi, Chan Chu 

 Kang. 



Illigera appendicuidta Bl. Climber, rare, Bukit Timah. 



MYRTACE2E. 



Melaleuca leucadeiidron L. " Gelam." Wild at Tanah Merah, 

 near Changi. Kampong Gelam may perhaps take its name 

 from trees formerly growing here. 



Tristania Whitiana Griff, in Cantor's Plants. Journ. As. Soc. 

 Bengal xxiii. p. 6*23. T. Wightiana Griff. Mss accord- 

 ing to Flor. Brit. India, but Griffith named it after a 

 clergyman of the name of White. " Pulawan." A tree 

 40 feet tall with red bark which flakes off and lies in piles 

 at the foot of the tree : flowers white, foetid. Sandy 

 spots near the sea, Bajau, Pulau Ubin. 



T. sp. flowers small white, leaves more coriaceous. Woods, 

 Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai. 



T. Jlerguensis Griff. Sungei Moral. 



(7 7 . rufescens Pierre. A shrub much resembling Sidero.cylon 

 ferrugineum, apparently this Cochin Chinese plant occurs 

 on cliffs of the island Pulau Battam, South of Singapore.) 



Rhodamnia trinerva Bl. A medium-sized tree with white flowers, 

 often as white as Hawthorn when in flower; berries red 

 turning black. Very common all over Singapore. The 

 var. concolor with leaves green on both surfaces grows in 

 shady places ; var. spectabilis with the backs of the leaves 

 silvery is common in open country, but the two varieties 

 pass into each other and are often indistinguishable. 



Rhodomgrtus tomentosa Wight. " Kamunting." A bush with 

 rosy or white flowers, fruits plum-colored, eatable. Abun- 

 dant in sandy spots. Mt. Faber, Blakang Mati, Changi. 



