140 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



C. caudatus Geisel. " Tuku Takal." There are two forms, if 

 they are not specifically distinct here, one a long stout 

 woody liana with rough greenish capsules. Common at 

 Tanglin, Chan Chu Kang. The other a scandent or 

 erect shrub with erect racemes of white flowers and hard 

 globose yellow capsules as big as a bullet. 



Common in open country. Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Bajau, 

 Changi. 



C. Griffithii Hook. til. A common shrub in woods. Garden 

 junglp, Bukit Timah, Sungei Buluh, Chan Chu Kang. 



C. olongifoliwH Roxb. Bukit Mandai, Selitar. 



Triyonostemon lom/ifoliu* Baill. A small shrub. Not common, 

 Chan Chu Kang, Kranji Road. 



Ostodes macro phyllus " Kayu Julong." A tree, rare, Bukit 

 Panjang (common in Malacca). 



O. muricata var. minor and Dimorphocalyx capillipes Hook. til. 

 " Singapore Lobb"; evidently an error for Penang. 



Ayrostistachys filipendula Hook. fil. A big stiff shrub. A gum 

 which exudes from the buds was formerly collected for 

 making a resin for polishing sheaths of Krises. Local. 

 Sandy spots near Changi. 



.1, longifolia Benth. var. Ndlayana. "Julong Julong." A 

 low little or unbranched shrub, with large erect stiff 

 leaves, used for thatching and wrappers. The Singapore 

 plant is very different from that of Pahang and Perak, 

 which is a much larger branched shrub. Common in 

 woods. Tanglin, Sungei Bulah, Chan Chu Kang, etc. 



Claoxylou indicum Hassk. A large shrub. Thickets, Grange 

 Road. 



CI. loiifft [folium Muell var. brachystachys. Woods, not rare, Bukit. 

 Timah, Pulau Ubin, Bukit Mandai, Chan Chu Kang. 



Acalypha indica L. A weed, common in waste ground. Bajau, 

 Galang, Pulau Ubin, Teluk Kurau. 



