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/. concinna Br. A shrub or small tree, flowers red or yellow. 

 Rather rare, Chan Chu Kang. Chua Ohu Kang. 



/. parvijlora Vahl. A tree with small yellow dowers. Rare, 

 Chan Chu Kang. 



1. amcena Wall. Shrub with orange red flowers not common, 

 Serembun, Chua Chu Kang. 



Pavetta indica L. " Jarum-Jarum." A large bush with greenish 

 white flowers, Kranji, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang. 



Morinda citrifolia L. " Mengkudu." A small rarely large tree 

 with white flowers, and large pulpy semitrans parent 

 heads of fruits. The bark of the root is used for dyeing 

 and tanning nets, also in native medicine. The fruit is 

 used as soap and eaten. It is very doubtfully wild, 

 though it is very common in waste ground. 



M, tinctoria Roxb. " Mengkudu Ilutan." A smaller shrubby 

 plant with narrower leaves possibly the wild form of 

 the preceding. Common everywhere in secondary jungle. 



M. pertico.' folia Ham. Singapore (Maingay) : net seen. 



J/, umbellata L. Climbing or erect shrub, heads of fruit small 

 orange. Very abundant in open country near the sea. 

 Changi, Pulau (Join. 



M. sp. A tall climber with slender stems pubescent leaves and 

 small orange heads of fruits. Garden jungle. 



M. sp. " Sulong Akar Darat." A scandent shrub with thick 

 leaves pubescent at the back, flowers few in a head 

 white with a long tube and pubescent mouth, very fra- 

 grant. Borders of woods, Changi, Pulau [Join, Pulau 

 Tekong. 



Prismatomeris albidiflora Thw. A pretty shrub with white 

 flowers. Open places near the coasts, also in swampy 

 woods. Changi, Bajau, Selitar, near the Bungalow. 



Cri/nocht/wdes sublanceohfa Miq. A climber with white flowers 



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