DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 341 
Oxalis corniculata. Woo DSORREL. 
Family Oxalidaceae. 
LocAL NAMES, —Agsom, Apson (Guam); Ii (Samoa); Koki (Rarotonga); Vina- 
vera (Cuba); Vinagrillo (Porto Rico). 
A procumbent, herbaceous plant, usually pubescent with appressed hairs, freely 
branching from the base, often creeping. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets obcordate, 
minutely reticulated; stipules united to base of petals; flowers yellow, growing In 
umbel-like cymes; peduncles | to 5-flowered but mestly 2-flowered, pedicels pubes- 
cent, reflexed; sepals 5, pubescent; petals 5, emarginate; stamens 10, monadel phous 
at base, 5 longer and 5 shorter; ovary 5-celled; ovules several in each cavity; styles 
5, separate, persistent, stigmas terminal; capsule oblong, appressed-pubescent; seeds 
compressed, transversely ridged. 
Common in waste places and fields on the island, The plant is antiscorbutic and 
is used in India as a remedy in dysentery. The Chamorro name signifies “sour”? 
and is also applied to Meihonia triflora (see agsom). It was first collected in Guam 
by Freycinet, who recorded it as Ovalis repens. 
Widely distributed in the warmer regions ot the earth. 
REFERENCES: 
Oxalis corniculata L. Sp. PL 1: 435, 1755. 
Ox-eye bean. See Stizolobinin gigautewmu, 
Pacao or Pakao (Guam). See Guiandiie crista. 
Pachyrhizus bulbosus. Same as Cacara eros. 
Pachyrhizus jicamas. Same as Cacara eros. 
Pacpac or Pakpak (‘iuaim). 
A small tree mentioned by Governor Olive in his list, from which pikes and 
handles of garden implements are made; not identified. 
Paddy (British Mast Indies). See Oryza sativd. 
Padi (Malayan). See Oryza sativa. 
Pago ((iuam). See Pariti tliacewn, 
Pahong or Pahon (Guam). See Pandanis and 2. dubius. 
Paingot (Guam). See Pandanus sp. 
Paipay (Guam). 
A tree included in the list of Don Felipe de la Corte, yielding timbers 4+ meters 
long and 15 em. in diameter, used for the framework of roofs of houses and handles 
for fusifios or thrust hoes. It is subject to the attacks of termites, and therefore not 
so extensively used in Guam as other woods which are immune; not identified. 
Pajon (Spanish). See Pandanus dubius. 
Pajuil (Porto Rico). See Anacardinn occidentale. 
Pakpak langao (Philippines). See Meihomia triflora. 
Palaga-hilitai or Quelitai (Guam). See Meihomia wimbellata, 
Palai or Palay. The Philippine name for uncooked rice. See Oryza sativa. 
Palang-palang (Philippines). See Cancvals ensiforme and C. obtusifolian, 
Palilalia ((iuam). See Schychowskya tmterrupta, 
Pal-lam or Pallang (Philippines). See Botor fetragonoloba, 
Palm, betel-nut. See Areca cathecu. 
Palm, black-fiber. See Suguerus pinnatus. 
Palm, coconut. See Cocus mucifera. 
Palm, date. See Phoeniv dactylifera. 
Palm, gomutu. See Sugueris pirnatus. 
