130° ^ THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 
M. Hookeriana Wall. bos about 20 feet tall, witn large 
leaves covered when young with brown wool which peels 
off as the leaves boton coriaceous, fruit covered with 
brown wool. Not rare, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Chan 
Chu Kang, Choa Chu Kang. 
М. Cantleyi Hook. fil. Bukit Timah. 
M. longfolia Wall. Bukit Timah. 
M. ке Hook. The only tree of this species known is in 
> Botanic Gardens, but must have been planted. 
MONIMIACE®. 
Matthea sancta Bl. “Churom.” A large shrub with small yellow 
d steel blue fruits. The Jakuns smoke the 
leaves with tobacco to cure headaches. Common in woods 
and thickets, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu 
Kang, Ang Mo Kio 
LAURINEA 
Trees, more rarely бом with anally viis flowers 
A difficult group, owing to the diff culty of getting flowers of 
both sexes an fruits, - many being imperfectly known. The 
trees are usually called “ Medang” by the Malays. 
Cryptocarya Grifithiana Wt. “ Medang Buaya.” Medium sized 
tree, with hairy yellow flowers. Not " Tete 
Changi, Selitar, river, Changi Teban. 
C. — оң Meissn. * Munjuat." A tall tree. Rare, Garden 
jungle 
C. ferrea Bl. аа Chu нй Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai. 
And two other speci 
Beilschmiedia malaccensis Hook. fil, Rare, Bukit Timah, 
Dehaasia microcarpa ВІ. Sungei Jurong. | 
Cinnamomum javanicum Bl, Not rare in dense woods, but very 
rare 
y flowering. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Ang 
Mo Kio. gra 
