DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 337 
Ocimum sanctum. SACRED BASIL, 
Local NAMEs.—Albahaca morada (Spanish); Tulsi (India). 
Somewhat similar to the preceding, but with very small corolla, which scarcely 
exceeds the calyx in length. Plant hairy, often purplish; leaves oblong, obtuse or 
acute, entire or slightly serrate, floral ovate-lanceolate or cordate; racemes very 
slender; calyx short, 2 lower teeth very long-awned, longer than the broadly 
oblong upper, lateral broadly ovate, shorter than the lower; flowers pale purple, 
fruiting calyx 4 mm. long, on a slender pedicel, broadly campanulate, membranous; 
nutlets nearly globose, slightly compressed, nearly smooth, pale red-brown. 
Sometimes found in waste places in Guam, where it was first collected by Gaudi- 
chaud. In India it is grown in gardens and near pagodas. The juice of the leaves 
is there used by the native doctors in catarrh and bronchial affections. The seeds 
are mucilaginous when steeped in water, and are used as a remedy for disorders of 
the genito-urinary svstem. This plant is held sacred by the Hindus. 
REFERENCES: 
Ocimum sanctum lL. Mant. 1:85. 1767. 
Octoblepharum. See Mosses. 
Odontosoria. See under /vinis. 
Oil-yielding plants. 
Aleurites moluccana.—Recently introduced and not yet well established. 
Anacardium occidentale.—The seeds vield the light-colored acajou oil, which has 
a pleasant flavor and is used for food. 
Arachis hypogaea.—Introduced from Mexico; cultivated. 
Barringtonia speciosa.—On expression the seeds vield a lamp oil. 
Calophyllum inophyllum.—The source of the dark-green fragrant dilo or 
domba oil of commerce. 
Ceiba pentandra.—An introduced tree of American origin. The seeds vield oil 
somewhat like that of cotton seed. 
Cocos nucifera.—(i] used in the island for illuminating and cooking, and for 
anointing the hair and body. 
Guilandina crista.—The seeds yield bonduc-nut oil, used medicinally and for 
burning. 
Jatropha curcas.— Seeds yield curcas oil or ‘Sole (nfernatle,’ 
tive. 
Moringa moringa.—The source of ben-oil. 
Ricinus communis.—The source of castor oil, common in waste places. 
Sesamum indicum.—Seeds yield sesame oil. 
Terminalia catappa.—Seeds yield myrobalan oil, or catappa oil, an excellent food 
oil, which does not easily turn rancid, 
Xylocarpus granatum.—Seeds yield on expression a semisolid fat called carapa 
oil, used for burning and as a hair oil. 
used as a purga- 
Ojo de venado (Xpanisli). See Stizolobim gigantenn. 
Okra. See cAhelimoschus esculentus. 
Olacaceae. NIMENIA FAMILY. 
The only representative of this family in Guam is Viiwenia americana, 
Old Maid. See Lochnern rosea. 
Oldenlandia paniculata. 
Family Rubiaceae. 
An annual glabrous plant of the madder family allied to Houstonia, with panicled 
¢eymes of minute white salver-shaped 4-parted flowers, followed) by capsules borne 
on slender pedicels. Branches erect or ascending, succulent; leaves bright green, 
soft, elliptic-ovate or oblong, acute, narrowed into the short or long petiole; stipules 
truncate, with median points or bristles; eymes in the upper axils, short, 3 to 8-flow- 
ered; calyx teeth short, broadly triangular, very small in fruit; corolla tube short, 
lobes 4, valvate; ovary 2-celled; style filiform; stigmas 2, linear; ovules numerous; 
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