T4 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
Ormosia macrodisca Bak. A big tree, flowers pink, pod round 
and Hat reddish pink with a large scarlet and black seed. 
Rare, one tree in Cluny Road. 
O. parvifolia Bak. Not a very large tree, leaves small deep 
ereen, flowers white, pod round, seed red. Not rare. 
Blakang Mati, Changi, Pasir Panjang, Reservoir. 
O, microsperma Bak. Var. Ridleyi. Tree about 50 feet tall, flowers 
white. Rare, Selitar, Tanglin, 
Cassia obtusifulia L. A common weed with yellow flowers. 
Waste ground, Tanglin, Galang. 
C. hirsuta L. A hairy weed with yellow flowers. Common, 
Tanglin, ete. 
(', occidentalis L. A common weed. 
C. alata L. “Gelenggang, Daun Kurap.” Shrub with showy 
yellow flowers. Common round villages. 
C. siamea Lam. ‘Tree, yellow flowers. Occurs near Tanglin, 
but doubtfully wild in Singapore. 
('. Leschenaultiana De C. A pretty shrublet with yellow flowers, 
Common round Tanglin, Bukit Mandal. 
Kumpassia malaccensis Maing. ‘“ Kumpas.” <A gigantic tree 
with hard red wood. Common all over Singapore. 
Dialium laurinum Bak, Kranji, Bukit Timah. 
D, Maingayt Bak. Bukit Timah. 
D. Wallichit Prain, Common, Garden jungle, etc. 
The Dialiums are big trees, which supply the well known 
timber “ Kranji.” The fruit, a velvety black pod filled with a 
sweet pith enclosing a single seed, is eaten by natives and sold 
in the shops. 
Bauhinia purpurea L. is quoted in books for Singapore, but is 
only in cultivation. 
