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Ophiorrhiza Harrisiana Heyne. var. A small herb with white 

 flowers. It differs from the type in being very much 

 more pubescent, and having pubescent capsules, and 

 is perhaps a distinct species. Damp rocks in jungles. 

 Common, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Timah, Bukit Man- 

 dai, Chua Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin, Jurong. 



Mussaenda glabra Yahl. " Balik Adap." A common and con- 

 spicuous shrub with orange or yellow flowers, and one 

 lobe of the calyx developed into a large white leaf-like 

 limb. Very variable. In the typical form the leaves are 

 narrow lanceolate and glabrous in another they are ovate 

 and pubescent. In the var. setulosa broad and rounded 

 with bristles on the midrib above and pubescent beneath. 

 Common all over Singapore. 



M. variabilis Hemsl. A half scandent shrub with large star-like 

 flowers, at first scarlet, then orange. Common in the 

 peninsula, rare in Singapore. Selitar. 



Lucinea morinda De C. Local in deep wet jungle. Bukit Mandai, 

 Chan Chu Kang. 



Adevosacme longifolia Wall. A slender shrub about 3 feet tall 

 with small flowers, and translucent white berries. Damp 

 rocky ravines. Bukit Timah. 



Urophyllum. Slender shrubs, rarely small trees, with very small 

 white flowers in axillary clusters and yellow or orange 

 berries. 



U. Griffithianum Wt. Common in woods, Changi, Bukit Timah, 

 Bukit Mandai, Sungei Buluh. 



U. glabrum Bl. Very common, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, 

 Garden jungle, 



U. streptopodium Wall. Common, Garden jungle, Bukit Mandai. 

 Pulau Fbin. 



U. hirsutum Wt. Common, Kranji, Toas, Selitar. 



C villosum Wall. "Singapore Lobb," probably an error for 

 Penang-. 



