90 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
A very fine and large tree with white flowers. A good 
timber ; the fruit is large and deep purple. Garden 
jungle. 
M. Grifithti C. B. Clarke. Rare, Sungei Buluh. 
AM. sp.  Kayu Tas.” Rare, Ponggol. 
This tree is supposed to have remarkable powers in driving 
away tigers, and the Malays often wear bits of its wood 
to protect them from these animals. 
Mastivia Junghuhniana C. B. Clarke. Garden jungle. 
CAPRIFOLIACEA. 
Viburnum sambucinum Reinwdt. <A large bush with white flow- 
ers and red drupes. Rare, Road to Kranji near Bukit 
Mandai. 
RUBIACEZ. 
Surcocephalus Junyhuhnii Miq. ‘Chermin Ayer.” A medium 
sized tree with balls of small yellowish white flowers and 
hard brown compact heads of fruits. The timber is pf 
fair quality and used for posts. Woods, Tanglin, Siglap, 
Changi, Selitar. 
S. subditus Mig. Rarer, Kranji. 
S. Maingayt Hav. Bukit Timah Road. 
S. sp. A big tree, Chan Chu Kang (68381). 
Adina rubescens Hemst. “ Berambong.” A tall tree with good 
vellow timber, remarkable for the curious natural holes 
or depressions in the trunk. Common Tanglin, Bukit 
Timah. 
Uncaria. “ Akar Kait-Kait.” There are a number of kinds of 
wild gambiers, all are climbers, and often climb very high 
by the aid of short hook-shaped branches, whence the 
native name (Kait, a hook). Some attain a great size, as 
thick as a man’s leg, and these can be safely depended on 
