186 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 
Apii (Hawaii). See Alocasia maerorrhiza. 
Apium petroselinum. Same as Pefroselinun petroselinum, 
Aphloghating or Aplokhating (Guam). See Psychotria mariana. 
Aplog (Guam. ) 
The local name for a small coconut in which water has begun to form, 
Apocynaceae. DoGBANE FAMILY. 
Among the indigenous Apocynaceae growing in Guam are Ochrosia mariannensis, 
atree with glossy leaves, milky sap, and yellow wood, and the Guam ‘nanago”’ 
(Gynopogon torresianus), a plant allied to the “ miile’’ of Hawaii, with fragrant glossy 
leaves and small white flowers. Among the cultivated plants are the common ole- 
ander (Nerium oleander), here called “adelfa,”? and the common pink periwinkle, 
Lochner rosea, It is surprising to note the absence of such common plants as Plumeria 
alba and Cerbera theretia, which occur in tropical gardens all over the world. 
Apson (Guam), See clysom. 
Araceae. See Alocasia and Caladiuin. 
Arachis hypogaea. Peanut. FEartinxut. Grounpnut. 
Family Fabaceae 
Local NAMES.—Kakahuate, Kakaguate (Guam); Cacahuate, Tlaleacdhuatl (Mex- 
ico); Manf (Panama, Peru, Chile, Philippines); Katjang-tana (Java). 
A low plant which bears the well-known peanut. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with 
two pairs of leaflets and no tendril; flowers yellow, 5 to 7 together in the 
axils of the leaves. After the plant has finished flowering and the pods begin to 
lengthen the pedicels force them into the earth, where they ripen their seeds. 
Commonly cultivated in Guam, where it thrives, but never planted on an exten- 
sive scale. Between Agafia, the capital, and Punta Piti, the landing place in the 
harbor of Apra, the road is bordered with small patches of this plant at several 
points, Where it has been planted by the inhabitants of neighboring houses. — It 
grows readily and with little care in the sandy soil, and the nuts are of good quality. 
It could be cultivated more generally and would be a benefit to the soil if planted in 
rotation with maize and sweet potatoes. 
REFERENCES: 
Alrachis hypogaea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 741. 1753. 
Arak. 
Spirits distilled from the fermented sap of the coconut: in Guam called “aquuar- 
diente.’” See Cocos nucifera. 
Aralia guilfoylei. GUILFOYLE’S ARALIA. 
Family Araliaceae. 
A handsome ornamental shrub with variegated pinnate leaves. Leaflets 3. to 7, 
ovate or oblong, irregularly cut on the edges or obscurely lobed, margined with 
white, and sometimes splashed with gray; stem spotted, erect. A native of the New 
Hebrides, but now widely spread throughout the Tropics. In Honolulu beautiful 
hedges are made of it. In the Hope Gardens in the island of Jamaica it is used as ¢ 
wind-break for the nursery.¢ In Guam it is planted near many of the natives’ 
houses, associated with species of Panax, Graptophyllum, Phyllaurea, and a dark 
purple Kranthemum., 
REFERENCES: 
Aralia guilfoylei Cogn. & March. Pl. Ornem, 2: ¢. 58. 1874 (ex Ind. Kew.). 
Aralia tripinnata Blanco. Same as Pana fruticosum. 
Araliaceae. ARALIA FAMILY. 
No indigenous Araliaceae occur in Guam. The family is represented on the island 
by several ornamental shrubs brought from the Philippines and commonly planted 
#See Bull. Botan. Dept. Jamaica, 1895, p. 47. 
