94 THE FLOKA OF SINGAPORE. 



Lecananthus erubescens Jack. " Achar Achar." A scrambling" 

 epiphyte in swampy jungle. Flowers small white with 

 purple bracts in heads. Chua Chu Kang, Jurong, Selitar. 



Webera fragrans Bl. " Jarum Jarum." Shrub with greenish 

 white sweet flowers. Kranji, Bukit Timah, Tanglin, Bu- 

 kit Panjang. 



W. mollis Wall. Small tree, Garden jungle, Bukit Mandai, Se- 

 litar. 



IT", grandifolia Hook. f. A shrub with greenish white flowers. 

 Changi, Bukit Mandai, North Selitar, Bukit Timah. 



W. sp. Shrub with white flowers. Tampenis (59G1), Sungei Brih. 

 W. sp. Chan Chu Kang (6147). 



Gardeniopsis longifolia Miq. This curious shrub grows in woods* 

 The flow T ers are seldom produced, they are fairly large 

 and white tinted with rose. Miquel's description of the 

 plant, as obtained by him in Sumatra, fits the peninsular 

 species very well. Bukit Timah. 



Randia fasciculata De C. A thorny shrub, common near the sea, 

 Changi, Pasir Panjang, Balestier plain, Teluk Kurau. 



.7?. longiflora Lam. A strong spiny climber with large white 

 flowers. Not common. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah. 



R. angulosa, Canthium angulosum Wall. A strong spiny climber 

 like the last, but with much smaller flowers in dense heads. 

 It is indeed referred to that species as a variety in the 

 Flora of British India, but seems to me utterly different. 

 Rare, Garden jungle. 



R. densiflora Benth. " Merumbong jantan." A fairly big tree 

 with a good timber, flowers small white, berries orange. 

 Common on some spots, Changi, Selitar. 



R. anisophylla Jack. " Simpoh." A medium sized tree with 

 small white flowers, and oblong green fruits, woody, con- 

 taining many flat seeds in a sweet black pulp, eaten by 

 monkeys, but said to be poisonous by the Malays. Com- 

 mon in woods, and secondary jungle all over Singapore. 



