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but the leaves are on the whole a little larger. Common 

 above Padang Batu. 



H. buxifolia Bl. On Gunong Merino. This is an erect shrubby 

 plant entirely yellow. It occurs in sandy woods in Sing- 

 apore and elsewhere. 



Phyllanthus frondosus Wall. (Euphorbiacece). A bright green 

 shrub or small tree, Fruit globose or three lobed red. 

 Common all the hill, and also in the low country. 



Ph. gomphocarpus King. Shrub, flowers red Gunong Mering\ and 

 Ledang. 



Cleistanihus Maingayi Hook fil. Mt. Ophir. (Hullett). 



Breynia discigera Muell. By the stream, Gunong Mering. 



Gelonium sp. Shrub with white branches, very narrow lanceo- 

 late leaves and very small white flowers, male only seen. 

 Gunong Mering. 



Croton erythrostachys Hook fil. Shrub on Padang Batu. 



Trema angustifolia Bl. (Urticaceae). Shrub, Padang Batu. Xot 

 rare in the low country. 



Phyllochlaniys Wallichii King. Thorny shrub. All over the hills. 



Ficus divers! folia var. spathulata. Common on the hills. 



Gnetum Brunonianum Griff. A low slender shrub by Padang 

 Batu. In the flora of British India this is classed as a 

 synonym of Gnetum Gnemon, but that (which is only 

 cultivated here) is quite a tall tree. G. Brunonianum 

 occur in Malacca, Pahang, etc. 



Podocarpus neriifolia Don. A tree common on Padang Batu. 

 This form has longer and more acuminate leaves than the 

 one so common in sandy places by the sea. 



Dacrydium elatum var? The tree on Mt. Ophir seems to be en- 

 tirely different from the Dacrydium elatum of Penang hill. 

 It is a dwarfer tree with finer narrow and softer leaves, 



