Excerpt from The Flora of Singapore The ora geographically speaking is typically Malayan, and resembles as might be expected that of Johore, and to a certain extent that of the neighbouring coast of Sumatra. A few plants occurring here are as far as is known endemic, but it is probable that most will be re-discovered in the neighbouring countries. When they are more thoroughly explored. These endemic plants not known to occur elsewhere are marked with a *5. The absence of certain plants common in the peninsula is some what remarkable, such are Eat-ya arumz'nam and Grewz'a umbel' lata, and there are several striking plants to be found on the neighbouring islands, and on the coast of Johore, especially near Tanjong Kupang, which are quite absent from our ora. Of the native ora it will be noticed that the greater number of plants are either trees or shrubs, herbaceous plants being comparative ly scarce in the forests. And chie y to be found in the open country in the sandy district of the coast. Those of the forest region being usually epiphytes, orchids, Piperaceae, or Scita mineae, aroids, grasses and sedges, with a few saprophytes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."