336 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 
Ochrosia mariannensis. MARIANNE YELLOW-woop, 
Family Apocynaceae. 
LocaL NAMES.—Fago?, Larigiti? (Guam). 
A forest tree of medium size, with glossy coriaceous leaves and milky sap, resem- 
bling Cerbera. Leaves in whorls of three, oblong, narrowing to the base, obtuse at 
the apex, very smooth, venose beneath; calyx 5-parted, lobes elliptical, very obtuse, 
smooth; corolla salver-shaped, 4 lines long, smooth without, pubescent within, 5- 
lobed, the tube without seales at the constricted throat, the lobes turning toward 
the right; stamens 5, inserted at the middle of the tube, included, the lanceolate 
anthers longer than the filaments; disk wanting; ovaries 2, appressed; ovules small, 
2 to 6 in each carpel; drupes 2 (or L by abortion), with woody endocarp; seeds 2, 
large and compressed, with thin. testa, separated by the thin placenta; embryo 
straight, with plane cotyledons and a superior radicle. 
This species was referred by Gaudichaud, who first collected it. in Guam, to the 
genus Rauwolfia. The branches are cylindrical and smooth; leaves 7 to 10 em. long, 
16 to 20 mm. wide, approximate to the apex of the branches, gradually narrowing to 
the petiole, the lateral veins almost at right angles to the midrib. (De Candolle 
Prod. 8: 357). Ochrosia commutata described by K. Schumann from New Guinea 
is possibly identical with this species, 
The wood is fine-grained and of a yellow color. It is sometimes used in Guam for 
making furniture, It does not soon decay and it resists the attacks of insects, but. it 
is not strong. It takes a fine polish and has the advantage of lightness, but the 
natives seem to prefer the ‘‘ifil’’ to it. On being wounded a thick milky juice 
exudes from the branches and green fruits, which coagulates and resembles rubber. 
REFERENCES: 
Ochrosia mariannensis A, DC. in DC. Prod. 8: 357. 1844. 
Ocimum basilicum. SWEET BASIL. 
Family Menthaceae. 
Local NAMES.—Albahaca (Spanish); Athahakat (Guam), 
A cultivated aromatic plant, herbaceous, erect, glabrous or pubescent; leaves 
petiolate, ovate or oblong, narrowed at the base, toothed or entire; petioles ciliate; 
bracts petiolate; flowers in simple raceme; calyces longer than pedicels, ovoid or 
campanulate, deflexed in fruit, upper tooth broadest, decurrent, 2 lower ovate- 
lanceolate, awned, longer than the rounded upper; corolla white, pink, or purplish, 
8 to 12 mm. long; tube short, upper lip subequally 4-tid, lower entire; stamens 4, 
exserted, declinate. 
This plant is found growing in many of the native gardens. It has a pleasant 
odor and is used medicinally and for culinary purposes as a seasoning. In India it 
is used in perfumery and the small black seeds, which become mucilaginous when 
steeped in water, are used by native doctors in the treatment of gonorrhea. 
REFERENCES: 
Ocimum basilicum L. Sp. Pl 2: 597. 1753. 
Ocimum canum. HAIRY BASIL. 
Loca NAmes.—Albahaca (Spanish); Atbahakat (Guam). 
This plant closely resembles the preceding, but is smaller in all its parts; corolla 
white, smaller than that of preceding, half as long as filaments, which are hairy at. 
the knee; nutlets jet black; flowers nearly sessile; bracts ovate, awned, not so large 
as the nearly smooth calyx, ciliate; leaves pubescent, narrowly ovate, 
This plant is used by the natives like the preceding. It was first collected in 
Guam by Gaudichaud, 
REFERENCES: 
Ocimum canum Sims, Bot. Mag. 51: 4. 2452, 18?4. 
