THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 139 



B. reticulata Hook. HI. Kranji, Selitar. 



B. Kunstleri King. A fair sized tree, fruits ochreous, witb 

 orange pulp. Common, Garden jungle, Selitar, Taujong 

 Gol. 



B. minor Hook. iil. Fruit as big as a cherry, ochreous pulp 

 orange. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah. 



B. symplocoides King. A small tree, fruits orange, aril crimson. 

 Garden jungle, Chan Chu Kang\ 



B. sp. Tree with narrow lanceolate acute leaves, flowers 

 green. Garden Jungle (6263). 



Microdesmis casearifolia Planch. A small tree, fluwers bright 

 yellow, berries re J. Thick woods, common, Garden 

 jungle, Changi. 



Galearia. Low shrubs with long slender spikes of very small 

 flowers, fruits white pulpy. The species are all very 

 much alike and difficult to distinguish. 



(/. ajinis Benn. Woods. Garden jungle, Changi, Bajau, 



G. Wallivhii Br, Changi (Hullett). 



G. sululata Muell. Garden jungle. 



G. phlebocarpa Br. The commonest species. Garden jungle, 

 Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin. 



G. ?p. with the leaves pubescent beneath, shoots and racemes 

 covered with black pubescence. Changi, Siglap. 



(Jatrupha curias L. " Jarak Blanda." Occurs in and near 

 villages.) 



(,/. gosst/pifolia L. A garden escape, occurs here and there). 



(Aleurites Moluccana Willd. Candle nut Singapore nut, 

 Kamiri, Buah Kras, is often cultivated). 



Crotoii argyratus Bl. A shrub, leaves silvery beneath. 

 Local, Batu Putih, Changi. 



