122 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



J. Gendarussa L. " Ganda Rusa." A common shrub round 

 villages, usually an escape from cultivation. 



Adkatada vasica Nees. " Singapore, Fior. Rrit. Ind." Not 

 seen exen cultivated. 



Peristrophe acuminata Nees. Common herb with pink flowers. 

 Ang Mo Kio, Choa Chu Kang, Tanglin. 



J\ montana Nees. " Noja." Flowers pink, larger than the last. 

 Leaves used for dyeing eggs, cakes, etc., pink. Tanglin, 

 Blakang Mati, Jurong. 



Verbena gem. 



Lanfana Camara L. " Tahi Ayam." All over Singapore, very 

 common. There are several color varieties, the com- 

 monest is orange red color, turning orange yellow when 

 passing over ; another form is pale pink with a yellow eye 

 turning darker pink, and where these two forms grow 

 together there is an intermediate or hybrid form. There 

 is a slight difference in the form of the lower lip in the 

 two forms, in the orange one the lip is shorter and broad- 

 er than in the pink one, where it is nearly quadrate, so 

 that the pink flower appears more irregular than the 

 orange one. The plant is a native of South America. 



L. indica Roxb. A smaller shrub with lilac flowers, and dark 

 pink fruits. Waste ground near town, abundant, Rochore, 

 Kalang, Balestier plain. 



Lippia nodifJora Rich. Prostrate herb, flowers lilac. Waste 

 ground, Rochore. 



Stachytar'pheta indica Vahl. " Selasih Dende." Common shrub, 

 flowers blue. Waste ground, everywhere. 



($. mu. r aiili$, much bigger, with rosy flowers, introduced here 

 and there,) 



peunsia farinosa Bl. (Wallich, No. 1836); not. seen. 



(Callicarpa Meevesii Wall. Singapore, Murton in PI. Brit. Ind- 

 is cultivated only.) 



