130 THE FLORA OF SINGAPORE. 



M. Hookeriana Wall. Usually about 20 feet tall, with large 

 leaves covered when young' with brown wool which peels 

 off as the leaves become coriaceous, fruit covered with 

 brown wool. Not rare, Tanglin, Bukit Timah, Chan 

 Chu Kang, Choa Chu Kang\ 



.)/. Cantleyi Hook. fil. Bukit Timah. 



7*1. longifolia Wall. Bukit Timah. 



M. pendulina Hook. The only tree of this species known is in 

 the Botanic Gardens, but must have been planted. 



MONIMIACEJE. 



ftlatthea sancta Bl. " Churom." A large shrub with small yellow 

 flowers and steel blue fruits. The Jakuns smoke the 

 leaves with tobacco to cure headache?. Common in woods 

 and thickets, Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Chan Chu 

 Kang, Ang Mo Kio. 



LAURINEjE. 



Trees, more rarely shrubs, with usually unisexual flowers 

 A difficult group, owing to the difficulty of getting flowers of 

 both sexes and fruits, many being imperfectly known. The 

 trees are usually called '■' Medang" by the Malays. 



Cryptocarya Griffithiana Wt. " Medang Buaya." Medium sized 

 tree, with hairy yellow flowers. Not rare, Tampenis, 

 Changi, Selitar, river, Changi Teban. 



C. impressa Meissn. " Munjuat." A tall tree. Blare, Garden 

 jungle. 



C. ferret* Bl. Chan Chu Kang. Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Mandai. 

 And two other species. 



BeilschmietUa malaccenns Hook. fil. Rare, Bukit Timah. 



Dehaasia microcarpa Bl. Sungei Jurong. 



Cinnamomum javanicum Bl, Not rare in dense woods, but very 

 rarely flowering. Garden jungle, Bukit Timah, Ang 

 Mo Kio. 



