92 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



Dentella repens Foist. " Bunga Karang." A little creeping* 

 weed with white flowers. Common in waste ground, 

 Tanglin, Galang, etc. 



Argostemma par ui folium Benn. A. elatostemma Hook, and A. 

 spinulosum C. B. C, collected by Lobb and labelled 

 Singapore, were doubtless mislabelled. The Argostemmas 

 are all hill plants. 



TIeclyotis capitellata Wall. A climbing plant with gTeenish 

 heads of flowers. Common in thickets, Bukit Timah, 

 Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai, Chua Chu Kang. 



//. vestita Br. " Tokong Bulu." A rough branching herb 

 with whorls of lilac flowers. Waste ground, Bukit Pan- 

 jang, Changi. 



H. miricularia L. Somewhat resembling the last, but less hairy, 

 and with white flowers. Common, Tanglin, Chan Chu 

 Kang, Toas. 



77". pinifolia Wall. A common weed in sandy spots with narrow 

 linear leaves and white flowers. Changi, Teluk Kurau, 

 var. eoezpitom. A much more tufted form, grows in the 

 same places. 



IF. congesta Br. " Rumput Lidah Jin." A stiff erect coarse 

 herb with white flowers, common in woods, Tanglin, 

 Bukit Timah, Jurong, Blakang Mati. 



Oldenlandia cort/mbosa L. A common little annual weed in 



waste ground with white flowers. Very variable, the 



variety aJsinifolia is as common as any form. Tanglin, 

 Changi, etc. 



0. diffusa L. Common in sandy spots. Tanglin, Changi, 

 Jurong. 



0. Heynci Br. Tanglin in grass plots. 



0. trineriia Retz Sandy places, Galang, Tanglin. 



0. dichotoma Retz? Flowers violet. Teluk Kurau. 



