172 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



Perak, Sungei Ujong and Malacca. This is a very distinct little 

 species, and one of the smallest known to me. The male plants 

 are very rare. I have only met with one, and have never seen 

 ripe fruit. 



Three other Pandans occur here which I cannot at present 

 identify. 



P. near P. helicopu* Kurz. but with very short styles to the 

 fruit, leaves broad and very thorny at the tip. Woods, 

 Bukit Timah. 



P. sp. Stems slender about 5 feet tall much branched, leaves 

 narrow fruit cylindric 3 inches long- and one inch through. 

 Carpels small narrowed into a single curved spine. 

 Streams, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah. 



P. sp. A tall plant about 10 feet high, with long glaucous leaves 

 IJ inch broad, tips deflexed. Fruits about 5 in a 

 spike subglobo^e on a stout peduncle, each 3 inches long, 

 carpels acuminate into a long spine conic, orange color. 

 Forming large thickets in swamps near Bukit Mandai on 

 the road to Kranji. 



Freycinetia angustifolia Bl. A slender climber with narrow 

 leaves, often covering trees like a mat. Spathes apricot 

 orange, common, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Kranji. 



F. GaudichaucU Cenn. Leaves broader spathes yellow. Com- 

 mon, Bukit Mandai, Bukit Timah, Kranji. 



F. insicjiiis Bl ? A very stout climber much bigger than the 

 others. Thick woods. Garden jungle, Chaii Chu Kang, 

 Chua Chu Kang. 



PALMiE. 



( Areca Catechu L, " Pinang." Betel-nut. Commonly culti- 

 vated, it does not seem to be known wild anywhere.) 



Pinanga coronata Bl. Pare, Selitar. 



P. <U*ticha Bl. A dwarf palm with mottled leaves. Rather 

 rare, Selitar. 



