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Thorny bamboo. See Bainbos blumeana. 
Thousand leagues. See Telosma odoratissina. 
Ti (Samoa). See Tuetsia terminalis. 
Tiaridium indicum. Same as /[eliotropiuin indicum. 
Ticamas (Philippines). See Cacara erosa. 
Tickseed. See Stemmodontia. 
Tick-trefoil. (General name for the species of Meibomia. 
Tick-trefoil, Creeping. See Meihomia triflora; also Agsom, a name improperly 
applied to this plant. 
Tick-trefoil, Ganges. See Meihomia gangetica. 
Tick-trefoil, umbelled or shrubby. See Meibomia wmbellata. 
Tigre (Guam, Philippines). See Cordyline hyacinthoides. 
Tiliaceae. LINDEN FAMILY. 
To this family belong the following Guam plants: 
Grewia guazumaefolia, atigilao; Triumfetta pilosa, masigsig lahe; Triumfetta rhom- 
hoidea, dadangse, or burweed; Triwimfetta procumbens, masigsig hembra. 
Tintan China ((iuam). ° 
“Chinese inky’ a name applied in Guam to a recently introduced Cestram which 
has been spread all over the island, probably by the fruit-eating pigeons, which are 
very fond of its dark purple berries. It is very closely allied to, if not identical with, 
the tropical American Cestrim pallidum. 
Tinta-tinta (Philippines). See Melipta alba. 
Tipolo (Philippines). See Artocarpus communis. 
Tipolo (Samoa). See Citrus hystrix acida. 
Toa (Samoa). See Casuarina equisetifolia, 
Tobacco. See Nicotiana tabacum. 
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Toddy. The fermented sap of the coconut, in Guam called ‘tuba.’ See Cocos nucifera. 
Toguing polo (Philippines). See Dioseorea fasciculata lutescens. 
To’ito’iave’a (Samoa). See Lobelia koenigu. 
Tolo (Samoa). See Saccharum officinarum. 
Tomate (Spanish). See Lycopersicon lycopersicum, 
Tomate chaka (Guam). See Physalis minima. 
Tomato. See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 
Torito (Philippines). A prickly yam. See Dioseorea spinosa, 
Tongo (Samoa). See Rhizophora mucronata, 
Tongo (Philippines). See Dioscorea and D. tiliaefolia. 
Torgo-vao (Samoa). See Dodonaea viscosa. 
Tono (Samoa). See Centella asiatica. 
Torchwood. See Cormigonus mariannensis. . 
Totopo. 
Name of a grass eaten by cattle, with long, narrow leaves and creeping rootstock. 
Tournefortia argentea. VELVETLEAF. PLATE LXVII. 
Family Boraginaceae. 
Loca NAMEs.—Junig (Spanish); Hunig, Hunik (Guam); Tahenu (Tahiti); 
Tauhinu (Rarotonga); Tausunu (Samoa); Diave (Bongainville Straits); Karan 
(Ceylon). 
A small tree, 3 to 4 meters high, growing on the strand, with large silky-pubescent 
leaves and scorpioid branched cymes of small white flowers with black anthers. 
