1.MI4 TTSKKl'T. PLANTS OK OTTAM. 



Bugos (Pliilippint's). See Acdh/jilKt imlicd. 



Bukike iiinain). See Clitoric tertialiii; also called the " (jueen's cloak " (capa de la 



rciiia). 

 Bulak ( riiiiiiipincs). Veniaciilar lor all c<)tt(jiis ((t'oxKi/jilinii spp.). 

 Bulakan ( I'liilippines) . See Hiespesia pvpulnett. 

 Bullock's heart. See Annona reticulata. 

 Bululacao (Philippines). See Argj/reia tUiaefolia. 

 Bung-a ( I'liilippines). See Areca catheca. 

 Buntot capon (Philippines). A fern, Asplenium falcatum. 

 Burgrass. See Centotheca lappacea. 



Burweed. See the species of Triumfetta; also Urena sinuata. 

 Butabuta (I'liilippines). See Excoecaria (irjaUorha. 

 Button sedge. See KtjlUnga monocephala. 

 Buyo ( Philippines). See Piper belle. 

 Caballero ((iuam). See Poinciana pulcherrima. 

 Cabbage. See Gardens. 

 Cabello del angel (Spanish). 



A name applied in Guam to the cypress vine, Quarnoclit quamoclit. 

 Cabinet ■woods. 



Among the trees furnishing wood suitable for cabinetwork may be mentioned the 

 following: Adenunthera pavonina, Artocarpus communis, Barringtonia speciosa, Bru- 

 guieru gynmorhiza, Calophyllum inophyllum, Eugenia sp. ("aiibang"), Ileritiera lit- 

 tnndis, Litsia hijiiga, Melia azedaracJi, Oc/irocarpus oboralis, Ochrosia mariannensis, 

 J'rciinia gaudichdndli, Terminalia calappa, Thespesiu poptdnea. 



Cabo negro (Spanish). Hee Saguerus pinnatus. 

 Cacahuate or Cacaguate (Guam). 



Local name for the peanut, Arachis hypogaea. 

 Cacao (Spanisli). See Theolironia cacao. 



Cacara erosa. . Yam-bean. Turnip-bean. 



Family Fabaceae. 



Local NAMES. — Hikamas (Guam); Jieama, Cazotl (Mexico); Kamas, Ticamas, 

 Hfcamas, Sfncamas (Philippines); Jieama dulce (Cuba); Ahipa, Ashipa (South 

 America); Fan ko (China). 



A climbing herbaceous i)lant, with trifoliolate leaves and a turnip-like root. Leaf- 

 lets large, stipellate, membranous, deltoid-ovate, angular, toothed, pubescent beneath 

 or glal)rescent; flowers bluish or purplish, in long lax racemes with fascicled pedi- 

 cels, the lower nodes often prolonged into short branches; bracts and bracteoles 

 bristle-like, caducous; calyx 2-lipj)ed, the upper lip emarginate, the lower deeply 

 3-toothed; corolla much exserted, wings semilunate with a long i)rojection at the 

 base, the petals suhequal; keel obtuse; stamens diadelphous (1 and 9), tilaments 

 alternately shorter; style with a crenulate nectarial ring around the base, spirally 

 incurved at the apex, almost as in the Phaseoli; stigma large, round, oblique; legume 

 linear, turgid, compressed, laterally contracted between the seeds, of a dark-brown 

 color, spansely hairy; seeds nearly circular, flat, smooth. 



This plant, which both in Guam and the Philippines bears its Mexican name, was 

 ]>robably brought from Mexico. It is how common in the woods, climbing among 

 the bushes and trees and twining about everything with which it comes in contact. 

 The young root is much like a turnip in shape and consistency, and is easily peeled 

 like a turnip. It is usually eaten raw, and may be prepared with oil and vinegar 

 in the form of a salad. According to Dr. Edward Palmer it is extensively cultivated 



