176 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



D. lonyipes Marl. Chan Ohu Kang, Bukit Timah, Man lai 

 Changi. 



D. coch/ea(us Teysm, Rare, Selifar. 



1). crinita Bl. Not rare, but I have never seen flowers or fruits. 

 " Rotan Chinchin," Bukit Timah, Chan Ohu Kang. 



D. accedens Bl. Chan Chu Kang-. 



ZaUcca conferta Griff. il Asam Payoh." " Kelubi." Avery 

 thorny palm, common in water in jungles, forming close 

 thickels, fruit very acid, sold and eaten by Malays. Clu- 

 ny road, Chan Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai. 



Z. Wal/ichiana Mart. Dryer woods. Bukit Timah, Bukit Man- 

 dai. 



Korthalsia echinometra Becc. Climber with very large swollen 

 sheaths inhabited by ants. Flowers and fruits unkn iwn, 

 Rare, Bukit Timah. 



K. scaphigera Mart. " Rotan Semut. 1 ' Common, Garden jungle, 

 Bukit Timah. A good rattan. 



K. flagellaris Miq. Bukit Mandai, Chan Chu Kang. 



K. polystachys Mart. Bukit Timah. 



Ceratolobus Kingianus Becc. Bukit Timah, Selitar. 



Plectocomia G^ijithii Becc. "Rotan Dahan." A very large 

 stout rattan. The flowers produced in an enormous in- 

 florescence of pendulous spikes 8 feet long with close dark 

 brown sheaths enclosing the flowers, each piant is unisex- 

 ual, and the flowering stems die away after flowering. 

 Common in all the woods. 



Mtjviakpis Scoriechini Becc. " Rotan Kertong." Bukit Mandai, 

 iSelitar, Kranji. 



The Sago palms Metroxt/lon Sagas Rottb. and M. lluuphii Mart., 

 the " Lontar, " Borasms Jlabellijer L., and the Coconut, 

 Covos Xucifera L. are cultivated here. 



