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sort of food of Bread kind. I did never see of this Fruit any wheie l)ut here. The 

 Natives told us, that tliere is plenty of this Fruit growing on the rest of the Ladrone 

 Islands; and J did never hear of any of it any where else." 



References: 



Artocarpus communis Forst. Char. Gen. 102. 177(5. 

 Artocarpus incisa L. f. Suppl. 411. 1781. 

 Artocarpus incisa. Same as Artocdrnns commvniK. 



Arum, Egyptian (Italy). See Caladium culocasid; in (Uiani called "suni." 

 Arundo bambos. See under Bamhos. 

 Arundo tecta. Same as Trichoon roxburgitli. 

 Arungay (Philippines). See Moringa rnoringa. 

 Arurii (Guam). See Marania arundinacea . 

 Asaua (Samoa). See Gleichenia dichotoma. 



Asclepiadaceae. Milkweed family. 



This family is represented in Guam by Dischldia pvhervla, a clind)er peculiar to 

 the island, the widely diffused Asdcjnas curasmriai, and the fragrant " mil leguas" 

 {Telosma odoratisnma) , a garden climber of Chinese origin. 



Asclepias curassavica. Curacao milkweed. 



Family Asclepiadaceae. 



Local names.— Asuncion (Guam); Rosa de Francia (Philippines); Algodoncillo 



(Porto Rico); Wild ipecac (Hawaii) Blood Hower (Jamaica); Chocholloxin 



(Maya of Mexico). 



A handsome milkweed, with orange-scarlet flowers, growing erect in solitary, lateral 



umbels. Leaves ojiposite, oblong-lanceolate, tapering at both ends; stem somewhat 



downy, simple, sometimes a little branched, growing from 30 to 90 cm. high. 



The plant is of American origin, but has found its way to almost all tropical coun- 

 tries. It is very common in Guam, growing in open fields which were formerly 

 cultivated. Its root possesses emetic i)roperties, and the expressed juice of its leaves 

 is used as a remedy for intestinal worms. 

 References: 



Asclepias curasnavica L. Sp. PI. 1: 215. 1753. 



Ash Pumpkin (Ceylon). See Benincasa cerifera. 



Asisio (Philippines). See Physaiis angulata and P. ininima. 



Asngod (Guam). See Ziriziber zingiber. 



Asngod halom-tano (Guam) . See Zinziber zerumbet. 



Aspidium. See Ferns. 



Aspidium dissectum and A. parasiticum. Same as Dryoptcris dissecla and D. 



parasitica. See Fernx. 

 Asplenium. See Ferns. 



Asplenium cultratum (4aud. Same as Asplenium falcatum. See Ferns. 

 Asplenium nidus. Same as Xeottopteris nidus. See Ferns. 

 Asteraceae. Aster family. 



Among the representatives of this family are Vernonia villosa and V. cinerea, Ele- 

 phantopns sc(d)er and E. spicatus, Adcnoslcmma riscosnm, Ageralum conyzoides, Eclipta 

 alba, Steminodonlia canescens, Siemmodontia biflora, Artemisia vulgaris ("hierba de 

 Santa Maria"), Synedrella nodijiora, Glossogyne tenuifoUa, and Chrysanthemum indicum 

 (" manzanilla"). 



«See also Baum, The Breadfruit, reprinted from The Pla^it World, vols. 6 and 7. 

 Washington, 1904. 



