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Thuubergia alata Bojer., climber with yellow or orange flowers 

 with or without black eye, and T. fragrans Roxb. with 

 white flowers, are common in hedges, being escapes from 

 cultivation. 



Ebermaiera Griffithiana Anders. Dense jungle, Bukifc Timah. 



E. setigera Nees. Dense jungle, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, 

 ( 1 hua Chu Kang, Jurong. 



Tli/grophila salicifolia Nees. " Chukal." Herb about 2 feet, 

 flowers lilac, ditches, common. Garden lake, Tanglin, 

 Bukit Timah road, Changi. 



//'. quadrivalvis Nees. Changi, Bukit Mandai. 



Ruellia repent L. Erect or creeping in grass, flowers pale lilac 

 with darker marks in the throat. Very common, Tanglin 

 Changi, Bajau, Selitar, etc. 



Acanthus ebracteaius Vahl. ' ; Jeruju." A holly-leaved plant 

 with white or blue flowers. Common in tidal mud. 

 Kandang Kerbau, Tanjong Pagar, Alexandra Road, 

 Changi, etc. 



A. voluhi/is Wall. Twining, leaves not prickly flowers white. 

 Not common, Bajau, Kranji, Chan Chu Kang. 



Asystasia intrusa Bl. Straggling plant 3 feet tall or less, 

 flowers pale violet. Hedges and thickets. Fort Can- 

 ning, Government Hill, Tanglin, Chua Chu Kang. 



Eranthemum album Nees. Flowers white, Jungles, local, Changi, 

 Chan Chu Kang, Ponggol, Selitar, Choa Chu Kang. 



(E, Andersoni Masters, described from a plant obtained in Singa- 

 pore by T. Anderson, is only cultivated here.) 



Justicia andrograpkioides Clarke. A straggling herb, with pale 

 yellow flowers, leaves veined with white when young. 

 Damp woods, Bukit Mandai, Chan Chu Kang. 



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