IX, C, 2 Merrill: The Plants of Guam 125 
1.5 mm in diameter, embedded in the soft pulp of the berry. All species 
of Leptospermum and Baeckea have dry, dehiscent capsules. 
The genus is dedicated to Mr. William Edwin Safford, author of the 
eminently useful work entitled “The Useful Plants of the Island of 
Guam.” ® 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
MEDINILLA Gaudichaud 
MEDINILLA ROSEA Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 484, t. 106; Safford 
320. 
McGregor 500, G. E. S. 160. 
This species is the type of the genus Medinilla and is definitely known 
only from Guam. 
MELASTOMA Linnaeus 
MELASTOMA MARIANUM Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat. III 13 (1849) 276; 
Safford 322. 
McGregor 480, G. E. S. 350. 
Known only from Guam. 
OENOTHERACEAE 
JUSSIAEA Linnaeus 
JUSSIAEA LINIFOLIA Vahl Eclog. Amer. 2 (1798) 32. 
G. E. S. 34, locally known as titimo. 
Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
ARALIACEAE 
POLYSCIAS Forster 
POLYSCIAS GRANDIFOLIA Volkens in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 30 (1902) 471. 
McGregor 266, at Agafia. 
A species previously known only from the Island of Yap in the Carolines, 
and exceedingly closely allied to the Philippine Polyscias cumingiana (Presl) 
Harms (Paratrophia cumingiana Presl, Panax cumingiana Rolfe), which 
in turn is possibly not distinct from Polyscias rumphiana Harms (Panax 
pinnatum Lam.), but which can only be determined when extensive collec- 
tions from Amboina are available for study. The species in facies very 
strongly resembles Anompanaz philippinensis Harms, but differs in essential 
floral characters. 
NOTHOPANAX Miquel 
NOTHOPANAX FRUTICOSUM (Linn.) Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 765; 
Safford 333. 
Panax fruticosum Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 (1763) 1513. 
Commonly cultivated, fide Safford, as it is in the entire Indo-Malayan 
and Polynesian regions. 
* Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 9 (1905) 1-416, 
plates 70. 
