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pubescent; petals 3, two large, orbicular or transversely oblong, clawed, the third 
smaller, subsessile; stamens 3, hypogynous, filaments slender, naked; anthers oblong, 
one larger than the others; staminodes 2 or 3, like the stamens, but with deformed 
cruciform anthers; ovary 3-celled, 2 cells 2-ovuled, one 1-ovuled; capsule 6 mm. 
long, hidden in the spathe by the decurving of the pedicel after flowering, pyriform, 
membranous, 5-seeded; seeds oblong, closely pitted. 
Common, growing among grass, flowers bright blue, emerging from the spathe 
one by one. Widely spread in tropical Asia and Africa. Called in the Philippines 
by the Spanish name ‘“anagdlide azul.” 
REFERENCES: 
Commelina benghalensis L. Sp. Pl. 1:41.1753. 
Commelina nudiflora. DEWFLOWER. DAYFLOWER. 
LocAL NAMES.—Anagidlide azul (Spanish) ; Aligbafigon (Philippines). 
Similar to the preceding, but with the flower spathes ovate or ovate-lanceolate and 
acute; branches prostrate or subscandent, rooting at the rather distant nodes, tips 
ascending; leaves 3.5 to 7.5 by 1 to 1.5 em.; sessile, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, glabrous or puberulous, ciliate, sheath 1 to 2.5 em. long, loose, 
glabrous; spathes glabrous or pubescent, base cordate, lobes rounded; cymes | to 
few-flowered, shortly pedicelled; flowers 1 to 1.5 em. broad; two larger petals orbicular 
or cordate, third petal smaller subsessile; ovary 3-celled; capsule 6 mun. long, 
broadly oblong, acuminate, coriaceous, 5-seeded; seeds oblong-cylindric, tubercled 
and reticulate brown. 
A low weed growing in damp places among the grass; good forage; flowers of a 
bright cobalt blue. 
REFERENCES: 
Commelina nudiflora L. Sp. Pl. 1: 41. 1758. 
Compositae. See Asteraceae. 
Condol or Condor ((iuam). 
Local name for the wax gourd, Benincasa cerifera. 
Condol (Philippines). 
Name applied to several kinds of squash ( Jucurbita). 
Conferva. See under Algee. 
Convolvulaceae. MOoRNING-GLORY FAMILY. 
Among the Convolvulaceae growing on the island of Guam are the indigenous 
“alalag’”’ (Argyreia tiliaefolia) , the lavender-colored flowers of which, called ‘ abubo,”’ 
are strung into necklaces by children; [pomoea choisiana, a trailing plant with deeply 
cordate, denticulate leaves and purple flowers, growing on the strand and reappearing 
in the upper sabanas; /pomoea pes-caprae, the ‘‘goat’s-foot convolvulus,”’ a plant with 
purple flowers and fleshy leaves notched at the apex growing on sandy beaches; 
Ipomoea mariannensis, with purple flowers; the ‘‘fofgu,” with blue flowers, which 
turn purple in drying (Jpomoea congesta and Pharbitis hederacea), and the white- 
flowered Operculina peltata, Among the introduced species are several varieties of 
the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) from Hawaii and from tropical America, and the 
common cypress vine ((uamoclit quamoclit), called by the natives ‘‘angel’s hair”’ 
(cabello del angel), which has escaped from cultivation and grows in open places. 
Convolvulus batatas L. Same as [pomoed batatas. 
Convolvulus coeruleus Spreng. Same as Pharbitis hederacea. 
Convolvulus congestus Spreng. Same as Tpomoea congesta, 
Convolvulus denticulatus Desr. Same as [pomoea choisiana. 
Convolvulus hederaceus L. Same as Pharbitis hederacea. 
Convolvulus mariannensis Gaud. Same as [pomoea mariannensis. 
