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marking their foreheads. It has long been growing in Guam, and is pretty well 

 distrilnited over the island. Its vernacular name is an imitation of the Spanish 

 "corales" (coral beads), and is likewise applied to the smaller-seeded Abrus abrus. 

 References: 

 Adenanthera pavonina L. Sp. PI. 1: 384. 1753. 



Adenostemma viscosum. 



Family Asteraceae. 



Local names. — Bulak maniik (Philippines); Vaianu (Tahiti). 

 A herbaceous pubescent composite resembling a white-flowered Ageratum, often 

 viscous, with heads of flowers in panicles or corymbs. Leaves opposite, or the upper 

 alternate, varying in shape from linear to broadly ovate, serrate; involucre cam- 

 panulate, bracts many, narrow, herbaceous, receptacle flat; corollas all equal, tubu- 

 lar, regular; tube short, limb campanulate, 5-toothed; anthers truncate with a 

 glandular tip, base obtuse; style l)ranches elongate, dilated above; achenes obtuse, 

 5-ribbed, glandular. A cosmopolitan herbaceous weed. It was collected on the 

 island of Guam by Chamisso. 



References: 

 Adenostemma viscosum Forst. Char. Gen. 90. t. 45. 1776. 



Aeschynomene indica. Indian joint vetch. 



Family Faljaceae. 

 A plant growing in marshy places, with papilionaceous flowers and pinnately com- 

 pound leaves. Stems herbaceous, erect; leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets sensitive, small, 

 linear, 15 to 20 pairs, smooth; stipules semisagittate; racemes axillary, the pedicels 

 with 2 bracteoles below the calyx; peduncles few-flowered; pods smooth, linear, 

 compressed, transversely jointed, one seed in each joint. 



This plant is closely allied to Indian " shola " {Aeschynomene aspera), the stems of 

 which yield the i>ith used in making helmets. From it are also made artificial 

 flowers, models of temples, and various toys. In Guam there are a number of small 

 images of saints very cleverly carved from pith, evidently obtainetl from this or an 

 allieil plant. 



References: 

 Aeschynomene indica L. Sp. PI. 2: 713. 1753. 



Afzelia bijuga. Same as Intsia bijuga. 



Ag-a (Guam). The ripe fruit of plantains and bananas. 



Agaliya (Guam). See Ricintis communis. 



Agar-agar (Ceylon). See Algw: Gracilaria confervoides. 



Agatelang or Agatilon (Guam). See Eugenia spp. 



Agati grandifl.ora. Plate vi. 



Family Fal)aceae. 



Local names. — Katiirai (Guam); Caturai, Katudai, Gauay-gauay (Philippines). 



A small introduced tree, bearing large edible, white, papilionaceous flowers and 



long sickle-shaped pods. Leaves long, narrow, and abruptly pinnate, with very 



numerous, linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronate leaflets; calyx shallowly 2-lipped; corolla 



7.5 to 10 cm. in length; pod 30 cm. or more long, with thickened sutures. 



Frequently planted near the liouses of the natives and along the roadsides. The 

 flowers and green pods are eaten as a salad or potherb. They are said to l)e laxative. 

 The bark is astringent and is used in India as a remedy in smallpox. The leaves 

 and young shoots are sometimes gathered as fodder for cattle. 

 References : 

 Agati grundiflora (L.) Desv. Journ. Bot. 1:120. ^^./.6M813. 

 Robinia grandiflora L. Sp. PI. 2: 722. 1753. 

 Aeschynomene granditiora L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 2:1060. 1763. 

 Sesban grandijiorus Poir. Encyc. 7; 127, 1806, 



