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jungle in rotten leaves, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Tiraah, 

 Bukit Mandai. 



Tliismia Aseroe Becc. A saprophyte, with urn-shaped flowers, 

 the perianth lobes drawn out into tails yellow. Decaying 

 leaves in wet jungles. Fairy point, Changi (Beccari), 

 Bukit Timah, Kranji. 



Th. fuini la Ridl.* Somewhat like the last but smoky. grey. 

 Rare, Chan Chu Kang. 



Gynwosiphon borneense Becc. An exceedingly fragile little plant, 

 with lavender flowers. Dense jungles in rotten leaves 

 Bukit Timah, Chan Chu Kang. 



Orohide.e. 



Oberonia. Small epiphytic orchids with ensiform distichous 

 leaves and slender spikes of very small green, yellow 

 or red flowers. 



0. dissitiflora Ridl. * Mangroves, Kranji. 



0, lunata Lindi. On a high tree, Selifar, Bukit Timah. 



0. anceps Lindl. Galang, Kranji. 



0. miniata Lindl. " Singapore cultivated in Loddiges Garden," 

 has not been seen here of late years, and is probably 

 an error of locality. 



0, ci/iolafa Hook. fil. Mangrove swamps and orchard trees. 

 Kranji, Chan Chu Kang, Changi, Sungei Morai, Bukit 

 Timah. 



Miorostijlis. Terrestrial orchids, with the stems usually swollen 

 at the base, thin-textured leaves, and small red green or 

 yellow flowers. 



M. micrantha Hook. fil. A creeping plant with a rather long 

 cylindric stem, and lanceolate copper colored leaves, 

 which "sparkle like the stone avanturine." Flowers 

 very small red and yellow. On dead leaves, Bukit Man- 

 dai, Changi, Selitar. 



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