46 THE FLORA OF SINGALVORE. 
P. quadhifida TL. A much smaller plant with tufts of white hair 
on the joints of the stem. Common in and round the 
town, on the wharfs, ete. 
HYPERICINE®. 
Typericum japonicum 1. Small herb with yellow flowers. Pep- 
per plantations, Bukit Mandai, Chua Chu Kang. 
Cratorylon polyanthum Korth. Tree with loose red bark, flow- 
ers pink. Woods, Bukit Timah, Changi, Chan Chu Kane. 
C. formosum Benth. A beautiful tree flowering twice a year. 
The flowers rose-pink, appear abundantly when the tree 
sheds its leaves, The leaves are red when just open, 
gradually becoming green. Common in open country, 
Tanglin, Bukit Mandai, Chua Chu Kane, Bukit Timah. 
C. arborescens Bl.“ Geronggang.” A big tree 50 to 60 feet, 
flowers in ae deep crimson. Woods, Garden jungle, 
3ukit Timah, Selitar. 
GUTTIFERA. 
Garcinia eugeniacfolia Wall. Tree, flowers white, sweet. Woods, 
Sungei Tengeh, Changi, Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin, 
Tanjong Gol. 
G, rostrata Benth. Flowers white or pink. Woods, Sungei 
Morai, Chan Chu Kang, Changi. 
(i. cuspidata King. Rare, Kranji. 
G. Hombroniana Pierre. The  peach-flavoured mangosteen. 
The tree resembles the common mangosteen, but the 
flowers are cream colored, the fruit smaller crimson, with 
a short beak on which is an entire dotted stigma, the 
rind is thin and scented like an apple, the pulp acid and 
scanty but peach-flavoured. Seashores, more rarely inland, 
Blakang Mati, Chan Chu Kang, Changi, Pulau Ubin. 
(G. mangostana L. The mangosteen cultiv ated everywhere. A 
wild or reverted form with smaller more acid fruits, 
occurs near villages. ) 
