46 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE, 
e adni L. A much ae plant with tufts of white hair 
on the joints of the stem. Common in and round the 
hg on the wharfs, M. 
HYPERICINE®. 
Hypericum japonicum L. Small herb with yellow flowers. Pep- 
per plantations, Bukit Mandai, Chua Chu Kang 
Чех polyanthum Korth. Tree with loose red bark, flow- 
nk. Woods, Bukit Timah, Changi, Chan Chu Kang. 
C. formosum Benth. А beautiful tree flowering twice a year. 
The flowers rose-pink, тө abundantly when the tree 
sheds its leaves, The es are red when just open, 
radually becoming и Соттоп іп open country, 
Tanglin, Bukit Mandai, Chua Chu Kang, Bukit Timah. 
C. arborescens Bl. * Geronggang." А big tree 50 to 60 feet, 
vers in panicles deep crimson. Woods, Garden jungle, 
Bukit Timah, Selitar. 
GUTTIFERE. 
Garcinia аа Wall. Tree, flowers white, sweet. Woods, 
engeh, Changi, Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin, 
Tanj Ss Gol. 
G. rostrata Benth. Flowers е; or pink, Woods, Sungei 
Morai, Chan Chu Kang, Chang 
GG. cuspidata King. Кате, Kranji. 
G. Ilombroniana Pierre. Тһе  peach-flav ерен mangosteen. 
The tree but the 
tind 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 cultivated every where. 
wild or reverted form with smaller more acid fruits, 
occurs near villages, ) 
