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A second species growing on the hillside above San Ramon on the left-hand side 

 of the road leading to Sinahana is of very recent introduction. It has large ill- 

 smelling flowers of pale sulphur-yellow which resemble the tigure of Bauhinia blancol 

 in Blanco's Flora de Filipinas. 



Baumea mariscoides ({audich. Same as Cladium gaudichaudii. 

 Bayabas (Philippines). See Psidium guajara. 

 Bayag cambing (Tagalog). See Guilandina crista. 

 Bayog: or Bayogo (Guam; Philippines). 



The seeds of Jjns phaiteoloidcx. 

 Bayog cabayo (Phihppines). See Dioscorea sativa. 

 Bead tree, Syrian. See Melia azedarach. 

 Beak rush. See Rynchospora corymbosa. 

 Bean family. See Fabaceae. 



Beans: 



Chinese asparagus. See Vigna sinensis. 



Coral. See Adeitduthera pavonlna. 



Egyptian kidney. See Dolichos lablub. 



Goa. See Botor tetragonoloba. 



Horse. See Canarali ensiforme. 



Horse-eye. See Stizolobium pruriens and S. giganteum. 



Hyacinth. See Dolichos lablab. 



Xiima. See Gardens. 



Match-box. See Lens pjhaseoloides. 



Molucca. See (juilandina crista. 



Ox-eye. See Stizolobium pruriens and »S'. giganteum. 



Queensland. See Lens phaseoloides. 



Sea. See Stizolobium pruriens, S. giganteum, Lens phaseoloides, and Guilandina 

 crista. 



Seaside. See Canavali obtusifoliiini and Vigna lutea. 



Snuffbox. See Lens phaseoloides. 



Sword. See Canavali ensiforme. 



Turnip. See Cacara erosa. 



Yam, See Cacara erosa. 

 Beardgrass, awned. See Andropogon aciculatus. 

 Beefwood (Australia). See Casiiarlna e<iaisettfoHa. 

 Beet. See Gardens. 

 Behuko halom-tano (Guam). See CaUunus up. 



Bejuco (Spanish). 



General name for climbing or twining plant. In the Philippines and in Guam it 

 is specially applied to species of clind)ing palms (Calamus). 

 Bejuco Cimarron (Spanish). See Calamus sp. 

 Bejuco de vaca (Poito Rico). See Tpomoea pes-caprae. 

 Bell pepper. See Capsicum annuum grossum. 

 Belvisia spicata. See under Ferns. 

 Ben oil. See Moringa moringa. 



Benincasa cerifera. Wax gourd. 



Family Cucurbitaceae. 



Local names. — Kondot, Condor (Guam); Kondol (Philippines); Calabaza 

 blanca (Spanish); Ash pumpkin (Ceylon). 

 A gourd with oblong, white, waxy fruit, growing on a vine, like a muskmelon; 



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