bKOOMPASSIA MAtACCENSIS. 
[Photo by H. £. Holttum, 
japonica of China and Japan; the other is L* macranthaoi 
N,E. India, The curious inverted crimson lily is the Indian 
Gloriosa super ba. The Honeysuckle does not fruit. Very 
conspicuous from the hill, upon its northern side, are large 
rounded bushes of Bon^ainvillsea glabra. 
The Liane Road leaves the Hill close to these. By 
its side are Podocarpus imbricatus^ Gmtavia insignis and 
Gustavia gracillima, an immature tree of Koompassia 
malaccensis— the giant Kempas of the forests of the 
Peninsula — and Canariam rufum. Behind them and rising 
higher is seen the top of a tree of Anisoptera megistocarpa. 
More to the east stand trees of Termmalia subspa- 
thulatUf a worthy landmark, and of the Kenanga or Ilang- 
Tlang, Canangiam odoratum. The rounded tree due east 
is Garcinia riigrolineata, Payena dasyphyUa^ Artoca^as 
lancesefoliaf and a young tree of Dyera are near it, e 
others behind these are wild trees of Singapore, several ol 
them being oaks, Napoleona imperialis is close to the 
Upper Ring Road. Behind it, upon the east of the Lower 
Ring Road, is the beautiful Spathodea campanulata, with 
scarlet flowers, which in its home in Africa are fertilised, 
it seems, by birds. 
Towards the south, near the corner of the Office Gate 
Road, are trees of Adenanthera bicolor and A. pavomna, with 
Peltophorum ferrugineum behind them. Due south is a tree 
of the beautiful Indian Laburnum, Cassia Fistula. 
To the west, Artocarpus rigida and Dyera laxiflora are 
the most conspicuous objects. 
If the visitor will walk round the terraces along the 
path which is near their edge, he will find the Gardens 
collection of Crotons or Codieeam variegatum. Their 
variety is peculiarly interesting because the Polynesians 
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