60 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



arniod with hooked prickles aiul ciitches upon the clothing of men and 

 the fur of animals, so that these plants are common along roadsides. 

 Other \vaysi(l(> plants are the species of Sida, already mentioned, which 

 the natives call '' escobilla""' (l)room) and gather fresh each day for 

 swcej)ing out their houses. 



The commonest grasses are Andropogon acicidatus^ Capriola dac- 

 tylon^ CerdotJieea IdpiMieea^ Chaetocldoa (jlauca aurm. Dactyl octenimn 

 (wgyptiacam^ Kleusine i/id/'cd, Dimeria cJdoi'ldlfonnis^ Kchinocldoa 

 coUma^ Eragvoxt'iH pilosa^ Eragrosth tenella^ hacJme mlniduhi^ Iscluie- 

 muiii digitatain j)olystachyum ^ Ischnfiinum chordatmii^ Panicum di- 

 stachyuiii, Paf<p<du)ti scrohicidatuiii^ and Stenotaphrum suhidatniH. 

 Associated with grasses are often found the creeping CmnineUna 

 henglialeiuiH and Conunelina nudijioi'a, and Zygoinenes (yt'Lstata, with 

 scorpioid cymes of blue flowers inclosed in large falcate, inbricating 

 bracts. 



Among the sedges are Carex densiflora^ Carex fuirenoides^ Cladium 

 gai(d'tc/iaudn., Cyperus rotandus^ CyperuH diJfoDiiis^ several species of 

 Fiinhristylis, Fulrena ainhellata^ Eleocharis cupitata^ E. planta- 

 ginoidea^ Kyll'mga inonocephala^ Mariscus albescens^ and Rynch)8pora 

 corymhosa. 



VILLAGE ENVIRONS. 



Besides the trees mentioned above as growing on the sites of aban- 

 doned gardens many others are planted about the villages. Oranges, 

 lemons, limes, citrons, shaddocks, and bergamots are common. In 

 many gardens grow the pomegranate, atis, or sugar apple {Amuma 

 s<piamosa)\ laguana or soursop {Aniioiia muricata); papaya (Ca/'ica 

 papaya); BixaoreUana, with burs resembling beechnuts and seed sur- 

 rounded by a red coloring matter; coffee which yields abundant crops; 

 bananas and plantains of several varieties; vines of betel pepper {Pipe)' 

 hetle) covering trees and walls; bushes of the fragrant henna, or " cina- 

 momo" {Lawsonia iyiefmis)^ which in flamaica is called the mignonette 

 tree; the oleander, crape myrtle, and scarlet hibiscus, planted for the 

 sake of their flowers, and ornamental species of Ph3dlaurea, and of 

 Acanthaceae and Araliaceae, planted for the sake of their foliage. 

 Along the roadsides are fine mango trees; Mdia asedarach, the "pride 

 of India," bearing clusters of lavender flowers with dark violet stamens; 

 the horse-radish tree {Moringa moringa) (PI. LVIII), here called 

 "marunggai;" the silk-cotton tree {Ceiba pentandrct)^ called "algodon 

 de Manila;" the leguminous Agati grandifiora, called "katurai" (PI. 

 VI), with edible flowers and seed pods; Poinciana pidcherrima^ called 

 "flower fence" in the British West Indies, bearing racemes of beau- 

 tiful red and yellow flowers; the Indian almond [Termmalia catappa)^ 

 here called "talisai,"a handsome tree with a straight trunk, whorls of 

 horizontal branches, and large, glossy, deciduous leaves, which turn 

 red before falling off'. 



