DESCRIPTIVE CATALUGUE. 9()1 
Boerhaavia diffusa. GLUEWEED, 
Family Nyctaginaceae. 
LocaL NAMeES.—Dafau, Dafao (Guam); Mata-pavo, Pega-pollo (Spanish ). 
A troublesome weed widely spread in the Tropics, diffusely branched, with white 
or reddish minute flowers growing in heads, which are arranged in terminal or 
axillary panicles. Leaves linear, ovate, oblong, or rounded, obtuse or acute, the 
base rounded or cordate; flowers jointed on the pedicel; bracteoles small; perianth 
tubular, limb funnel-shaped, 5-lobed; stamens 1 to 5, exserted; ovary oblique, 
stipitate; stigma peltate; fruit 5-ribbed, viscid, top rounded. 
In some parts of India this plant is used as a pot herb. It is fed to hogs and cattle, 
and is thought to increase the supply of milk. The root is used medicinally, and is 
recommended as a remedy for dropsy and asthma.“ The very viscid perianth tube 
containing the fruit readily adheres to other objects and detaches itself from the 
plant. Small insects are caught by the secretion, and young chickens and turkeys 
sometimes die in consequence of their eyes becoming sealed up by the sticky fruits. ? 
REFERENCES: 
Boerhaavia diffusa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 3, 1758. 
Boerhaavia glutinosa, B. mutabilis, B. procumbens, B. repens. Same as 
Boerhaavia diffusa. 
Bokabok (Philippines). See Lobelia koenigii. 
Bollogo (Ilocos). See Anacardium oecidentale, 
Bolobotones (Philippines). See Ayllinga monocephala, 
Bol6t (Philippines). See Dioscorea fasciculata. 
Bombacaceae. BoMBAX FAMILY. 
The only representative of this family in Guam is the silk cotton tree, Ceiba pen- 
tandra. 
Bombax orientale, B. pentandrum. Same as Ceiba pentandra. 
Bonga (Philippines). See Areca cathecu. 
Boraginaceae. BoraGE FAMILY. 
In Guam this family is represented by the kow tree or banalo (Cordia subcordata), 
Tournefortia argentea (called ‘‘hunig’’ by the natives), Hhretia microphylla, and two 
or three species of Heliotropium. 
Borona (Philippines). See Zea mays. 
Borét (Philippines). See Dioseorea fasciculata. 
Bosboéron (Philippines). See Lobelia koenigti. 
Botoncillo (Guam). See Ayllinga monocephala, . 
Botong (Philippines). See Barringtonia speciosa. 
Botor tetragonoloba. FouR-WINGED BEAN. 
Family Fabaceae. 
LocaL NAMEs.—Seguidillas (Guam); Camaluson, Seguidillas, Calamismis, Pal- 
lam, Pallang (Philippines); Goa Bean. 
A twining herbaceous bean bearing edible pods having four longitudinal wings. 
Roots tuberous; leaves 3-foliate, stipellate; stipules attached above the base, lanceolate 
each way from the insertion; leaflets large, broad, ovate, acute, glabrous, the base 
subdeltoid; racemes few-flowered, flowers rather large, lilac; peduncles 7.5 to 15 cm. 
long; pedicels geminate, as long as the calyx; bracteoles ovate, small; calyx 12 min. 
long, glabrous, teeth shorter than the tube, the two upper connate, the side-teeth 
oblong, the lowest shorter, deltoid; corolla much exserted, the petals equal in length; 
« Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 1, p. 485, 1894. 
bTrimen, Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, vol. 3, p. 390, 1895. 
