DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 299 
Ipomoea littoralis Thw. Same as [pomoea choisiana. 
Ipomoea mariannensis. MARIANNE MORNING-GLORY. 
LocaL NAMEs.—Fofgu (Guam); Tugui-tuguian ( Philippines). 
Smooth, striate, prostrate-trailing plant. Leaves cordate-acuminate, sometimes 
entire, sometimes 3-lobed or trifid, dark-colored, acutely mucronulate, 12 to 26 
mi. long, the auricles obtuse, entire or lobed; median lobe dilated at the base; 
peduneles 3 or 4-flowered, longer than the petioles; sepals lanceolate, very acute, 
ciliate-hirsute, 4 to 6 mm. long; corolla tubular, scarcely 3 times as long as the calyx; 
capsule hairy, Collected in Guam by Gaudichaud and described from his specimen 
in the herbarium of the Paris Museum by Choisy. 
REFERENCES: 
Tpomoea mariannensis Choisy, Mem, Soe. Phys. Geney. 6: 468. 1833. 
Ipomoea maritima R. Br. Same as Tpomoea pes-caprae. 
Ipomoea pes-caprae. Goat’s-FooT CONVOLVULUS. 
Family Conyolvulaceae. 
Loca. Names. —Alalag-tasi, Alaihai-tasi (Guam); Lambayong, Lagairai, Katang- 
katang (Philippines); Lawere (Fiji); Pohuehue (Hawaii); Pohue (Rarotonga ) ; 
Fuetue-tai (Samoa); Bejuco de vaca (Porto Rico); Boniato de Playa (Cuba). 
A common tropical strand plant, growing on sandy beaches in most warm 
countries, Stem very long, fleshy, smooth, prostrate, not twining nor rooting; 
leaves long-petioled, rounded, notched at the apex or deeply 2-lobed, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous, the venation conspicuous, pellucid, the midrib terminating in a mucro 
between the 2 lobes, the petiole 5 to 10 cm. long, erect, glabrous, with 2 glandular 
spots at the summit; peduncles axillary, erect, | to 3-flowered; flower very large; 
bracts lanceolate, soon falling; sepals broadly oval or oblong, subacute; corolla 
widely funnel-shaped, 7.5 em. in diameter, bright rose-purple, ever-blooming; fila- 
ments dilated and hairy at the base; capsule ?-celled, cells 2-seeded; seeds covered 
with dark-brown pubescence. 
An important sand-binding plant. The root is large, long, and covered with a 
thick brown bark. It contains starch and is used medicinally. The whole plant is 
mucilaginous. In India the leaves are applied externally in rheumatism and colic, 
and the juice is given as a diuretic in dropsy.@ ‘The Fijians use the scorched leaves 
for calking the seams of canoes. 
REFERENCES: 
Ipomoea pes-caprae (LL. ) Roth, Nov. Sp. Pl. 109. 1821. 
Convolvulus pes-caprae L. Sp. Pl. 1: 169, 1753. 
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Ipomoea biloba Forsk. Fl. Aegypt. Arab, 44. 17795. 
Ipomoea quamoclit L. Same as Quamoclit quamochit. 
Ironweed. See Vernonia. 
Ironwood, Polynesian. See Casuarina equisetifolia. 
Isachne minutula. See (rrasses. 
Ischaemum chordatum and I. digitatum polystachyum. See Grasses. 
Ivory-nut Palm of the Caroline Islands. See Cvelococcus amicarum. 
Jacinto (Panama). See Melia azedarach. 
Jack-in-the-box. See Hernandia peltata. 
Jaigiie or Haigiie (Guam). (Pronounced very much like the English word 
‘Chighway.’’) 
A coconut which has begun to grow. 
Jamaica mignonette tree. See Luwsonia inermis. 
« Drury, Useful Plants of India, p. 266, 1858. 
