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Thottea grandiflora.Tlott\S. "Seburui." A low shrub, 2 feet tall 

 with rough hairy leaves, and bell-shaped (lowers as big" 

 as a tumbler, hairy with raised veins outside, smooth deep 

 purple ins : de. A very curious plant. Common in dry 

 jungles, Bukit Timab, Reservoir woods, Bukit Mandai, 

 Chan Chu Kang, Bajau. 



Th. dependent Klotsch. Rare, Sungei Buluh. 



PirERACE.E. 



Piper (Muldera) Maingayi Hook. til. Climber, rarely flowering'. 

 Common. Jungles, Bukit Timah. Chan Chu Kang. 



P. (Cubeba) sumatrana Cas. Not common, Reservoir woods. 



P. pedicel losum Wall. Rare, Chan Chu Kang. 



P. muricatum Bi. An erect herb. Not very common, Bukit 

 Timah, Chan Chu Kang-, Jurong. 



P. {Chavica) caninum BI. " Lada Hantu." S'ender climber, 

 common in woods. Garden jungle, Selitar, Kranji, Pulau 

 Tekong. 



var. lahata. Less common, in more exposed spots. Siglap, 

 Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin. 



var. angustifolium. Garden jungle, Changi. 



P. chaba L. <; Bakek/' Cultivated. I have also what may be a 

 wild form of this under the name " Bakek hutan " from 

 Bukit Mandai, (5851). 



P. mrmentosum " Chabei." " Kadok." An erect herb with long 

 runners. Common in orchards, villages, etc., all over 

 Singapore. 



(P. Betel L. " Sirih/' and P. nigrum L, " Lada hitam " are often 

 cultivated.) 



P. miniatum Bl. " Sirih Ayer." Climber, fruit-spikes red. Woods, 

 not rare, Reservoir woods, Bukit Mandai, Toas, Chan Chu 

 Kang". 



