THE FLOKA OF SINGAPOEE. S5 



Medinilla Hassrttii Bl. Epiphyte with pink flowers and scarlet 

 berries. Common in mangroves and damp woods, Kranji, 

 Bajau, Bukit Mandai, Choa Chu Kang. 



M. mncrocaipa Bl. Rare, Bukit Mandai. 



.Vrdinillopsis sessilMora Cogn. Epiphyte, with waxy pink flowers. 

 Mangrove swamps, common, Toas, Selitar, Kranji, Sungei 

 Buloh. 



Pachycentria macrorrhiza Becc. Epiphyte with swollen stem, 

 flowers pink, Not rare, Selitar, Sungei Morai. 



P. glauca Triana. Epiphytic, forming large tufts on trees in 

 woods. Common, Bukit Timah road, Bukit Mandai, Kranji 

 Sungei Buloh, Choa, Chu Kang. 



These two Pachycentrias are classed by Beccari as ant-plants 

 (Piante hospitatrici), but the ants do not live in the 

 swollen stems as suggested by him, the swollen portions 

 being quite solid. 



Pogonanthera rejlexa Bl. Epiphyte, more rarely terrestrial, usually 

 near the sea, Kranji, Changi, Selitar, Toas, Bukit Timah. 



(Clidema hirta Don. A coarse weed, native of South America, 

 has established itself in Tanglin, near Fort Canning and 

 elsewhere.) 



Pternandra capitellata Jack. Tree, flowers blue, not common, 

 Toas, Selitar. 



Pt. cosrulescens Jack. Common, Tanglin, Changi, Chan Chu Kang. 



Pt. pcmiculata Benth. Rare, Chan Chu Kang. 



Kibessa echinata Jack. " Sial Munahon." A common tree with 

 pale violet fugacious flowers. Dry woods, whole island. 



K, acuminata Dene. Collected here by Walker and Maingay ; not 

 seen. 



Memecyhn. Trees with small blue or white flowers; a very 

 difficult genus, as the species appear to run into each other. 



