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This plant varies in the shape of its leaves and the amount of pubescence. It is 
closely allied to Urena lobata, the ‘“mautofu’’ of the Samoans. The stem yields a 
good fiber, of which cordage is made in Japan, but this is not utilized in Guam. 
A common plant in open places; of wide tropical distribution. It blooms the 
latter part of October. 
REFERENCES: 
Urena sinuata L. Sp. Pl. 2: 692. 1753. 
Urticaceae. NETTLE FAMILY. 
Among the indigenous urticaceous plants are the ‘“amahayan,”’ Boehineria tena- 
cissima, Which in cultivation produces the celebated rhea fiber; an allied plant 
with fulyous pubescence called “sayiati’? (not yet identified); Pipturus argenteus, the 
“Queensland grass-cloth plant,’ called in Samoa ‘‘fau-songa;’’ /i/atostema peduncu- 
lata, a plant of the forest, which bears sessile red spherical fruit; the nettle-like 
Schychowskya interrupta, with coarsely toothed acuminate leaves; the glabrous Se/y- 
chowskya ruderalis; and Pellionia divaricata, 
Urtica argentea Forst. Same as Piplurns argeiuteus. 
Urtica interrupta L. Same as Sehychowshkya titerrupta, 
Urtica ruderalis Forst. Same as Sehychowskya ruderalis. 
Urtica tenacissima Roxb. Same as Poehineria tenacissima 
Uto (Fiji). See Artocarpus communis. 
Uto-sori (Fiji). See Artocarpus communis, seeded variety. 
-Uto’uto (Samoa). See Mussaenda frondosa, 
Utud or Utug (Guam). See feacorea sp. 
Uuma or Ououma. A name referred by Gaudichaud to Panicum gaudichaudi; 
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more correctly ‘‘umog. 
Uvi (Fiji). See Dioscorea alata, 
Vallisneriaceae. TAPEGRASS FAMILY. 
The only representative of this family in Guam is [alophila ovatis, 
Vanilla fasciola Gaudich. Same as Tueniophylluin fasetola. 
Velvetleaf. See Tournefortia argentea. 
Verbenaceae. VERBENA FAMILY. 
This family is represented in Guam by the genera Clerodendron, Vitex, and 
Premna. 
Verbesina alba L. Same as Felipta alba. 
Verbesina argentea. 
In the botany of the Voyage de I’ Uranie, Gaudichaud mentions among the plants 
growing on the hills back of Agafia and Umata, in places where the vegetation was 
scant, a‘ Verbesina with silver leaves.’’ This is included in Endlicher’s list of South 
Sea Island plants as “‘ Verbesina? argentea Gaudich. ad Freye, 464,—Guam archipelagi 
Mariannae (Gaudich.).’’@ The plant is not further known. In the locality referred 
to I have collected two species of yellow composites, both of which are allied to 
Verbesina, one of them, Stemmodontia canescens, with silvery canescent leaves. It is 
probable that this is the plant referred to by Gaudichaud as the ‘‘silvery-leaved 
Verbesina.”’ 
REFERENCES: 
Verbesina argentea Gaudich. Bot. Freye. Voy. 463, 1826. 
Verbesina biflora L. Same as Stemmodontia hiflora, 
Verbesina canescens Gaudich. Same as Stemmodontia canescens. 
@Annalen des Wiener Museums, vol. 1, p. 169, 1836. 
