the flora of singapore. 87 



Onagraceje. 



Herbs or shrubs. 



Jussicea repens L. Floating- in streams with swollen pithy tiuats 

 Flowers white with a yellow centre. Tanglin. 



J. suffruticosa L. Shrubby, about 5 feet tall with yellow flowers. 

 Common. Serangoon, Kallang, Thomson Road. 



J. angustifoUa Lam. Herbaceous, about 2 feet tall, nearly glab- 

 rous. Common in wet spots. 



Ludwigia proetrata Koxb. A small herb with small yellow 

 flowers. Common in wet spots, Tanglin, etc. 



S-UfYDACE.E. 

 Trees or shrubs with usually very small inconspicuous flowers. 



Casearia 'Lobbiana Turcz. A small shrub, not a tree as in 

 King's '-Materials,'' usually about 3 feet tall. Flowers 

 minute green, capsule orange with red seeds. Common 

 in woods all over Singapore. 



C. escu'enta lioxb. Wood??, Sembawang, Selitar. 



C. Clarkei King. Rare, Chua Chu Kang. 



Osmelia Naingayi King. Tree, not rare, Bukit Tiniah, Kranji, 

 Bukit Mandai, Toas. 



Homalium grandiflorum Benth. Tree, rare, Kranji. 



Passiflore^:. 



Modecca Singaporeana Mast. Climber, flowers green, capsule 

 red with black seeds in a white aril. Common, Tanglin, 

 Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai, Selitar, Pulau Tekong. 



M. populifolia Bl. Less common, Bajau. 



Passiflora foetida has established itself in waste ground near 

 Tanglin and elsewhere, as have to a smaller extent P. 

 ■suberosa, P. minima, and P. quadr •angularis. 



