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P. MaJaiana Scheff. A tall slender palm. Chan Chu Kang 

 woods, 



P. paradoxa Scheff. ? Rare, Chan Chu Rang. The only speci- 

 men 1 have closely resembles this plant which is other- 

 wise a native of our hills at 2,000 feet upwards. 



P. pol/morpha Becc. " Singapore Lobb ; " doubtless an error for 

 Penang. 



Xenga Wendlandiana var. Malaccensis, " Pinang Umu." About 15 

 feet tall fruit black on a red spaiix. Flowers cream 

 colour. Wet woods common, Garden road, Chan Chu 

 Kang. 



Pfi/chbrdphia singaporensis Becc. " Kerintin." A tufted palm 

 about 10 feet tall. Abundant in dry woods, Garden 

 jungle, Bukit Timah. 



Cyrtostachys LakJca Becc. The sealing-wax palm. " Pinang 

 Rajah." Wet places near the sea, common, Kranji, Toas, 

 Chua Chu Kang. 



Onccspeima horrida Scheff. " Bay as." A big thorny palm, 

 common in dense jungle. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah. 



0. figillaria. Areca tiqillaria Griff. *' Nibong." Like the Ba- 

 yas, but with drooping leaves, and smaller fruit. Quite 

 distinct from the Javanese 0. filamentosa Bl. which is 

 made a synonym in Flor. Brit. Ind. The wood is used 

 in building and for many other purposes. Common 

 usually near the sea, Kranji, etc. The Malays distinguish 

 several other species under the names of Lenou, Ibas, and 

 Bayas Padi, but they do not seem to me to be specifically 

 distinct. 



Iguanura geonomceformis Becc. Not common. Streams in thick 

 jungle, Bukit Timah, Bukit Mandai. 



/. Malaccensis Becc. Rare, Chan Chu Kang. 



7. Wallichiana Hook. fil. "Singapore Lobb"; evidently an 

 error for Penan sf. 



