DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 399 
Weeds. See pave 151. 
Weissia. See Mosses, 
Wild elder. See Premna gaudichaudii. 
Wild ginger. See Zinziber zerunibel. 
Wild ipecac (Hawaii). See Aseclepics curassavica. 
Wild mangosteen. See Sandoricuim indicum. 
Wild olive (Jamaica). See Vimenia americana. 
Wild orange. See Citrus aurantium. 
Wild yam (Guam). See Dioscorea spinosa. 
Wire fern. See Lygodium scandens, under Ferns, 
Wire vine. See Cussytha filiformis. 
Witchleaf. See Bryophyllum pinnatum. 
Wollastonia biflora DC. Same as Stemmodontia biflora. 
Wollastonia canescens DC. Same as Stemmodontia canescens, 
Wollastonia scabriuscula DC. Same as Stemmodontia biflora. 
Woodsorrel. See Ovalis corniculata, 
Wormwood. See clrlemisia vulgaris. 
Ximenia americana. FALSE SANDALWOOD, 
Family Olacineae. 
LocaL NAmMes.—Pi’od, Piut (Guam); Moli-tai (Samoa); Somisomi, Tomi-tomi 
(Fiji); Jfa manzanilla, Ciruelo cimarron (Cuba); Wild olive (Jamaica); Hog 
plum, Seaside plum (West Indies). 
A shrub or small tree hearing an edible, spherical, orange-colored drupe, flavored 
like a bitter almond and tasting somewhat like acrabapple. Branches thorny, spread- 
ing, glabrous, covered with a red astringent bark, often ending in aspine; young 
shoots angular; leaves shortly petioled, alternate, simple, 2.5 cm, wide by 3 cm. long 
and upward, coriaceous, glabrous, ovate-oblong or roundish, emarginate, base rounded; 
flowers 2.5 to 7.6 em. long, usually hermaphrodite, sometimes polygamous, white, 
fragrant, in short racemes, which are axillary or on the ends of thickened contracted 
shoots; rachis terete, 4 to 6-flowered; bracts minute; buds oblong, acute; calyx 
minute, 4 or 5-toothed; petals 4 or 5, oblong, hairy within, equal to the stamens in 
length; stamens twice the number of the petals, borne at the base of the ovary; 
anthers linear, 2-celled; ovary sessile, superior, ovoid-oblong, glabrous, surrounded 
at the base by the persistent, ultimately reflexed calyx; style as long as the stamens. 
Of wide distribution throughout the Tropics. In Guam the fruit is much relished 
by the fruit pigeons. The wood is hard and is sometimes used as a substitute for 
sandalwood. 
REFERENCES: 
Nimenia americana L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1198. 1763. 
Ximenia elliptica Forst. Same as Ximenia americana. 
Xiphagrostis floridula. Sworp GRAss. PLATE LXIX. 
Family Poaceae. 
LocaL NAMEs.—Nete, Neti, Tupun-neti (Guam); Neasau, Vitavita (Fiji); Kakao 
(Rarotonga); Fiso (Samoa); Non kai (Kaiser Wilhelmsland ). 
A tall perennial grass with terminal feathery panicles, growing in damp places and 
also covering large tracts on the hills, called ‘‘sabanas.’’ Leaves long and flat, the 
edges armed with minute sharp teeth; spikelets in pairs on the joints of the rachis, 
one pedicelled, the other nearly sessile, awned, with a cluster of silky hairs rising 
from the base of both, giving to the panicle its feathery appearance; glumes 4. This 
grass resembles the ‘‘cogon’’ (Jmperata arundinacea) of the Philippines, which cov- 
