THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 119 



B. reptans Spr'eng". Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang. 



B. Iracldata Link. Chan Chu Kang. 



Scoparia dulcis L. " Te Macao." A common weed with small 

 white flowers. A tea for fever is made of ir. Whole 

 island. 



Striga lutea Lour. " Rumput Siku-Siku." A little stiff erect 

 herb in grass, flowers pink, or white here. Common, 

 Tanglin, Changi, Chan Chu Kang. 



Lentibularie.e. 



Utricularia fiexuosa Vahl. " Lumut Ekor Kuching." Aquatic 

 with bright yellow flowers. Pools, lakes, and ditches. 

 Common. Garden Lake, Reservoir, Bukit Timah, Changi 

 Road. 



IT. exoleta Br. Much smaller than the last. Garden lake, 

 ditches Tanglin, Ang Mo Kio. 



IT. bifida L. A small erect plant with yellow flowers. Common 

 in shallow ditches and wet sand. Bukit Timah, (man 

 Chu Kang, Reservoir, Bedok. 



IT. ajjiiiis var. Griffithii. A tall slender species with bright blue 

 flowers. In shallow ditches, Changi, Tampenis, Bedok, 

 Choa Chu Kang. 



IT. racemom Wall. Very slender, with very small white flowers. 

 Sandy spots towards Tanah Merah, Changi. 



Gesneraceje. 



sEschtnanthus ^Fotle;|i Clarke. An epiphyte forming large 

 tufts with pendulous branches, leaves pink on the back. 

 Calyx lobes very narrow purple. Corolla green marked 

 in the mouth with brownish red. Woods, not rare, 

 Bukit Mandai, Kranji, Choa Chu Kang, Teban, Selitar. 



JE. Lobbiana Hook. Climbing epiphyte, flowers crimson scarlet 

 showy. Common in damp wo)ds, and mangrove swamps, 

 Kranji, Toas, Chan Chu Kang. 



