1>0('> USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Cag-uios ( riiilippiiu'x). See ('iijati cajun. 



Cahel (Mexico, I'liilippiiK's). See Citrus (tnrantinm and C. nurmithim aincvm. 



Cdhet, Kahet ((liiaiii)- ^^I'e Citrus auranliiun ninensix. 



Cahuas ( Mrxico). i^ee Capsicum anntium. 



Cajan cajan. Pigeon pea. 



Family Fabaceae. 



Lot'Ai, NAMKs. — Lentelia fransesa (Guam); Cadios, Kad-yos, Cadius, Caguios 

 (Philippines); Dhal, Dhol (India); (iandul (Porto Rico). 

 An erect shrub with 3-foliolate leaves on slender gray silky branchlets; leaflets 

 oblong-lanceolate, entire, subcoriaceous, thinly silky above, densely so beneath; stip- 

 ules iiiinute, lanceolate; flowers yellow, or the standard veined with red, growing in 

 sp.irsely flowered racemes, often forming a terminal j>anicle; pod 5 to 7.5 cm. long, 

 flnely downy, tipped with the lower half of the style. 



This ])lant grows spontaneously in the Sudan, and is cultivated in India, Mada- 

 gascar, New South Wales, Jamaica, Malabar, Brazil, and other warm countries. 

 The seeds are nutritious and are eaten either green or dry, like peas. The plant will 

 live several years, and in good soil begins bearing the first year. It was introduced 

 into (Jnam in 1771' by the French ship Castrief!, whence its local name, which signi- 

 fies " French lentil." It is planted at the beginning of the rainy season. 

 Rekekences: 



Cajan cajan (L.) Millsp. Field Col. Mus. Bot. Ser. 2: 53. 1900. 

 Cijihus cajan L. Sp. PI. 2: 7:^9. 1753. 

 CajnniiK i)](iiriis Spreng. Syst. 3: 248. 1826. 

 Cajanus indicus Spreng. See Cajan cajan. 



Cajel, Kahel (Philippines) or Kahet (Guam). See Citrus aurantium and C. auran- 

 tiinn sinensis. 



Calabash tree. See Crescentia alata. 



Calabaza amarilla (Spanish). See Cucurbita maxima. 



Calabaza blanca (Spanish). Hee Benincasa cerifrra. 



Calabaza vinatera (Spanish). See Lafjenaria lar/enaria. 



Caladium colocasia. T.viio. Pl.\te xxvi. 



Family Araceae. 



Local names. — Suni, Sune (Guam); Songe ( Madagascar, Reunion); Gabi, Gave, 

 Dagmai (Philippines); Talas, Taloes (Sunda) ; Talo, Taro, Kalo (Polynesia); 

 Tao (Marquesas); Chaua (Carolines); Yautia (Porto Rico); Quequeste (Mex- 

 ico); Oto (Panama); Eddo, Tania, Coco (British West Indies); Tadala, Gahala 

 (Singapore); Kachu (India, Bengal); Culcas, Kolkus, Qolkas (Egypt); Egyp- 

 tian Arum (Italy); To-no-imo, Aka-imo, Midsu-imo (Japan). 

 A suci'ulent plant with edilile, starchy, tuberous rootstock, cultivated in nearly all 

 tropical countries of the world. Leaves large, very stoutly peltately petioled, ovate- 

 cordate or hastate, with a triangular basal sinus; spathe stoutly pedinicled, persistent, 

 mouth constricted, lind) long, narrow, lanceolate; spadix shorter than the spathe, 

 stipitate, terminal ai)pendage variable, cylindric or subulate, or lacking; male and 

 female inflorescences distant, male above the female with interposed flat neuters, male 

 of densely packed cubical anthers or groups of anthers, with immersed cells opening 

 by terminal slits; female of crowded, globose, 1-celled ovaries; stigma pulvinate; 

 ovules many, orthotropous; berries obconic or oblong; seeds oblong, furrowed, endo- 

 sperm copious, embryo axile. 



Several varieties of taro are cultivated in Guam, some of which were grow'ing on 

 the island before its discovery. The petioles are stout, 90 to 120 cm. long, green or 

 violet; peduncles solitary or clustered and connate, much shorter than the petioles; 

 spathe 20 to 45 cm. long, caudate-acuminate, erect, pale yellow; female inflorescence 



