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Ccelodepas ferrugineum Uook. til. A small tree with long 

 slender yellow flower spikes and capsules covered with 

 brown wool. Garden jungle (5991, 6481), Bukit 

 Timah. 



Alc/tornea villosa Muelf. " Kamin bukil.' A big- shrub, the 

 bark used for string. Common in thickets and edges of 

 w T oods. Bukit Timah Road, Reservoir woods, Chan 

 Ohu Kang, Bukit Maridai, 



A. rugosa Muell. Common, Changi, Serangoon. 



Mallotus macrostachyus Muell. A big shrub. Thickets, Bukit 

 Timah Road at the 9th mile. 



M. Cochinchinensis Lour. " Balik Angin." A small tree, pretty 

 when in flower from its pendent white racemes. The 

 under side of the leaves is white, so that when blown 

 by the wind the whole tree appears white, whence the 

 native name. A fairly good fibre can be obtained from 

 the bark. Common in open country, Tanglin, Kranji, 

 etc. 



M. penangensis Muell. Not common, Bajau, Toas, Sungei 

 Morai. 



M, pkilippinensis Muell, and M. barbatus Muell, given in Flor. 

 Brit. Ind. as from Singapore; (the latter collected by 

 Lobb) are doubtless errors. 



M. verrucosus Hook. fil. " Singapore' Botauical Garden, 

 Cantley " is altogether doubtful. 



Mtwaranga hgpoleuca Muell. A fair sized tree with white 

 stems and white undersides to the leaves. Sticks of its 

 wood are used for setting gambier. Common in dry 

 woods and secondary growth, all over Singapore. 

 11 Mahang putih." 



J7. megalophylla Muell. " ICubin." A fair sized tree with very 

 large leaves. The wood used for making windmills, 

 hence its name. Selitar, Choa Chu Kang. 



