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duced species, called here as elsewhere in Spanish speaking countries, 

 "Aroma," or "Aromo," on account of the delightful fragrance of its 

 yellow, fluffy flowers. Accomi)anying it saw another shrub, called 

 " Tangentangan " with foliage somewhat similar, but with globular heads 

 of white flowers, which are odorless. This proved to be Leucaena 

 glauca ; stakes of it readily take root, so that the natives use it exten- 

 sively to form enclosures for their gardens. Another hedge or fence- 

 plant observed by us was the West Indian ^h.y9,\c-\i\\t(Jatrophacurcas), 

 here called " Tuba-tuba," an Euphorbiaceous plant I had before noticed 

 in Samoa. 



Crossed mouths of several streams ; bridges in fairly good condi- 

 tion ; road generally fair, but in places a little muddy, in tAvo places 

 rounded promontories, passing close to sea ; the road here sometimes 

 destroyed when surf is high. On the steep side of one of these pro- 

 montories a species of Alyxia, like the " Maile " so dear to the Hawaii- 

 ans. Among the common shrubs a species of Cestruin with dark purple 

 berries, called " Tintan-China " by the natives, and a plant with pretty 

 flowers like those of a honeysuckle, belonging to the Verbenaceae 

 (Clerodendron inermis), called "Lodugao." In marshy places the widely 

 spread fern Arrosiichum aureum and growing near the beach the sea- 

 daffodil, in great patches ( Hymenocallis littoralis), called " Lirio " by the 

 natives. 



Passed the leper hospital at the entrance of the village of Asan ; 

 near it a fine grove of cocoanuts. Only one leper in the hospital now ; 

 the rest scattered over the island living with their families, who appar- 

 ently have little fear of contagion. Under the eaves of the natives' huts 

 lines of bright colored crotons, variegated Acanthaceae, and other 

 ornamental plants, planted so as to receive the drippings from the roofs ; 

 also tufts of aromatic Andropogo)), or "lemon-grass," said to have 

 been introduced here from the Caroline Islands. 



In the small garden patches near the houses were purple fruited 

 egg plants, scarlet capsicums, peanuts, and various aromatic herbs. 

 Trailing over the fences, balsam pears ( Momordica charantia) and vari- 

 ous Leguminosae, the most striking of which was Fsophocarpus tetra- 

 gonilobus, called " Seguidillas " by the natives, having four longitudinal 

 ruffles, or wings, along the pods ; while among the trees planted by the 

 roadside were Erytlirina Indica ; the silk cotton tree (Ceiba penfandra); 

 Terminalia catappa; Moringa pterygosperma (here called " Marunggai"); 

 and a slender leguminous tree, having very large flowers and long pods 

 (Sesbania grandiflora), called here by its Philippine name "Katiiray." 



At the village of Aniguag a number of introduced trees, including 

 the candlenut (Aleurites moluccana), the Cabo-negro palm (Arenga saC' 

 rharifera), and the Pangium edide, called by the Caroline Island name 



