•74 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



Ormosia mqcrodisca Bak. A big- tree, flowers pink, pod round 

 and fiat reddish pink with a large scarlet and black seed. 

 Rare, one tree in Cluny Road. 



0. parvifolia Bak. Not a very large tree, leaves small deep 

 green, flowers white, pod round, seed red. Not rare. 

 Blakang Mati, Changi, Pasir Panjang, Reservoir. 



0. micro'sperma Bak. Var. Ridleyi. Tree about 50 feet tall, flowers 

 white. Rare, Selitar, Tanglin. 



Cassia obtusifolia L. A common weed with yellow flowers. 

 Waste ground, Tanglin, Galang. 



C. hirsuta L. A hairy weed with yellow flowers. Common, 

 Tanglin, etc. 



C, occide a talis L. A common weed. 



C. alataXj. " Gelenggang, Daun Kurap." Shrub with showy 

 yellow flowers. Common round villages. 



C. siamea Lam. Tree, j^ellow flowers. Occurs near Tanglin, 

 but doubtfully wild in Singapore. 



C. Lescheitaultiana De C. A pretty shrublet with yellow llowers. 



Common round Tanglin, Bukit Mandai. 



Kumpassia malaccensis Maing. " Kumpas." A gigantic tree 

 with hard red wood. Common all over Singapore. 



Dialium laurinum Bak, Kranji, Bukit Timah. 



1). 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 sold 

 in the shops. 



Bauhinia purpurea L. is quoted in books for Siugapore, but is 

 only in cultivation. 



