74 ТНЕ FLORA ОЕ SINGAPORE. 
Ormosia macrodisca Bak. `А big tree, flowers pink, pod round 
and flat reddish pink with a large scarlet and black seed. 
Rare, one tree in Cluny Road. 
0. pu Bak. Not a very large tree, leaves small deep 
, flowers white, pod round, seed red. Not rare 
Blakang Mati, Changi, Pasir Panjang, Reservoir. 
O. microsperma Bak. Var. Ridleyi. ius about 50 feet tall, flowers 
white. Rare, Selitar, Tanglit 
` Cassia obtusifolia L. common weed with yellow flowers. 
Waste ground, Tanglin, Galang, 
C. hirsuta L. A hairy weed with yellow flowers. Common, 
Tanglin, etc. 
C, occidentalis L. А common weed, 
C. alata L. “Gelenggang, Daun Kur ap." Shrub with showy 
yellow flowers. Common round villages. 
C. siamea Lam. Tree, yellow flowers. Occurs near Tanglin, 
but doubtfully wid i in Singapore 
C. —————— De C. A pretty маин with yellow flowers. 
n round Tanglin, Bukit Mandai 
паса malaccensis Maing. “Kumpas.” А gigantic tree 
with hard red wood. "Common all over Singapore.: 
Dialium laurinum Вак. Kranji, Bukit Timah. 
D. Maingayi Bak. Bukit Timah. 
D. Wallichii 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 sol 
in the shops. 
Bauhinia purpurea L. is quoted in books for Singapore, but is 
nly in cultivation. 
