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cattle to make the marks permanent. Said to be a 

 native of Africa.) 



Agyneia bacciformis Muell. A little shrubby plant, in grass, sea- 

 shore. Telnk Kurau. 



Biidelia tomentosa Bl. " Kenidai." Shrub or small tree. 

 Garden jungle. 



B. pustnlata Hook. fi]. Shrub. Jurong, Selitar. 

 Cleistanthus Icei'is Hook. fil. Tree, Garden jungle, Changi. 



CI. myrianthas Kurz. Bushy tree with coppery leaves. Kranji 

 road, near Stagmount, Jurong, Chan Chu Kang. 



C. hirsutulus Hook, fil. Rare, Bukit Timah. 

 C. macrophjllus Hook. fil. Rare, Bukit Timah. 



C. nitidus Hook. fil. " Singapore, Lobb" ; doubtless Penang. 



Actephila javanica Miq. Wallich 8016. A shrub with very 

 small greenish white flowers. Common, Garden jungle, 

 Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai. 



Phyllanthits pectinatus Hook. fil. " Laka, Malakka/' A hand- 

 some tree with a trunk like a yew and elegant feathery 

 foliage. The fruit a yellowish green angled drupe, 

 acid, and used for preserves and in curries. The town 

 of Malacca is said to take its name from the tree. 

 Common in woods, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, 

 Mandai. 



P. eoriacew Wall. " Singapore, Wallich 7046." Not seen 

 only known from Wallich's collection. 



P. pulcher Wall. Reidia r/laucescens Miq. Small shrub, some- 

 times cultivated as an ornamental plant, possibly wild, 

 but usually seen about cultivated ground. Tanglin, 



P. maderaspatensis L. A small weed. Changi. 



P. niruri Wall. " Dukong Anak Merah," Common weed, 

 waste ground, Tanglin, Galang, Changi. 



