100 THE FLORA OF SING AFORE. 



ants, flowers small white, fruits orange juicy. Common 

 Tanglin, Selitar, Sungei Morai, etc. 



Myrmecodia echinata Jack. Much resembles the last, but is 

 covered with spines. Rarer, Bukit Timah, Jurong. 



Poederia foetida L. " Akar Sekuntut." A slender climber 

 with panicles of violet and white flowers. The whole 

 plant has an unpleasant odor. Not common, Chan Chu 

 Kang*, Bukit Timah. 



P. tomentosa Bl. Singapore (Fl. Brit. Ind.) ; not seen. 



Spermacoce hispida L. A common weed with pink flowers. 

 Paths and waste ground, Tanglin, Changi, Selitar, etc. 



S. scaberrima Bl. A rough "scrambling herb, flowers white. 

 Waste ground, Chasseriau estate. 



S. ocymoides Burm. A prostrate herb, flowers white. Road- 

 sides, Choa Chu Kang, Passir Panjang, Gardens. 



Composite. 



This large order is represented hereby four or five native plants 

 and a number of weeds introduced, but now established 

 in waste ground and such places. 



Vernonia arborea Ham. " Merambong." A large tree with 

 lavender colored flowers. There are two forms of it, one 

 a tall straight tree 50 feet high with perfectly glabrous 

 leaves, Cluny Road, etc., and one more stunted and 

 gnarled with pubescent leaves, Changi, Chan Chu Kang, 

 Jurong. Chua Chu Kang. 



F. cinerea Less. A common little weed with purple flowers, 

 grows everywhere. 



V. cliinensi? L. " Ruku Gajah." A larger rough herb, flowers 

 purple. Common in villages, Chan Chu Kang, Tanglin, 

 Bukit Mandai. 



J", scandens De C. " Tombak-Tombak." A climber in thickets, 

 flowers yellow. Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Selitar, Changi. 



