46 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



P. quadrifida L. A much smaller plant with tufts of white hair 

 on the joints of the stem. Common in and round the 

 town, on the wharfs, etc. 



Hypericins^. 



Hypericum japonicum L. Small herb with yellow flowers. Pep- 

 per plantations, Bukit Maridai, Chua Chu Kang. 



Cratoxi/lon polyanthum Kortb. Tree with loose red bark, flow- 

 ers pink. Woods, Bukit Timah, Changi, Chan Chu Kang. 



C. formosum Benth. A beautiful tree flowering' twice a year. 

 The flowers rose-pink, appear abundantly when the tree 

 sheds its leaves. The leaves are red when just open, 

 gradually becoming- green. Common in open country, 

 Tanglin, Bukit Mandai, Chua Chu Kang, Bukit Timah. 



C, arborescent Bl. " Geronggang." A big tree 50 to 60 feet, 

 flowers in panicles deep crimson. Woods, Garden jungle, 

 Bukit Timah, Selitar. 



GUTTIFEEiE. 



Garcinia eugeniaefolia Wall. Tree, flowers white, sweet. Woods, 

 Sungei Tengeh, Changi, Chan Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin, 

 Tanjong Gol. 



G. rostrata Benth. Flowers white or pink. Woods, Sungei 

 Morai, Chan Chu Kang, Changi. 



G. cuspidata King. Rare, Kranji. 



G. Hombromana Pierre. The peach-flavoured mangosteen. 

 The tree resembles the common mangosteen, but the 

 flowers are cream colored, the fruit smaller crimson, with 

 a short beak on which is an entire dotted stigma, the 

 rind 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 everywhere. A 

 wild or reverted form with smaller more acid fruits, 

 occurs near villages.) 



