104 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



often bear moss- like masses of abortive branchlets, which 

 are much more elegant than the very insignificant flowers. 

 One of the commonest shrubs in jung-les and secondary 

 forest, everywhere. 



Myrti'ie capitellata Wall. A small tree, with small white flowers 

 and fruits. Sea coasts, not common, Changi, Bajau. 



Embdia Ribes Burm. Very common in woods and thickets, 

 Tanglin, Bukit Timah, etc. 



Var. garcinicefolia. A distinct looking plant with much more 

 coriaceous leaves. Rarer, Changi, Reservoir woods, 

 Bukit Timah. 



E. coriacea A. De C. Thick jungles, Selitar, Bukit Mandai. 



E Limpanii Scheff. Hedges, not common, Changi, Bukit Timah. 



E amentacea Clarke. Hedges, Bukit Timah Road, Bukit Man- 

 dai, 



E. lucida Wall.* Cat 2315. Singapore. I have not met with it. 



Lali&ia pothoina Lindl. " Akar Fatimah." A little shrub with 

 small pink flowers, and scarlet fruit, leaves of young 

 plants crenulate deep green edged with pink, when 

 older lanceolate with long petioles (var. lanceolata) or 

 the petiole winged the whole length, {pothoina proper). 

 Common in dense woods. 



Ardisia. Shrubs, rarely small trees, with or rose pink flowers, 

 often showy, and red or black berries. 



A. crassa Clarke. Rare, Chan Chu Kang (3844). 



A lanceolata Roxb. Very handsome shrub. Selitar, Bukit Timah 



A. colorata Roxb. Flowers very small, pale pink. Common, Bu- 

 kit Timah, Garden jungle, Changi Road. 



A. tubtrculaUi Wall. Common, Bukit Timah, Selitar, Sungei 

 Morai. 



