274 rSEBTTL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



haiifj; in graceful tufts from the limbs of forest trees, the curious climbing Humata 

 heterophi/lla (Sm.) .1. Sui. (I'l. LIII), with simple sterile frond.s and prettily lohed 

 and erenated fertile ones, and the glossy, divided Ddval.lin gulida Swartz (known as 

 pugua machciia) (PI. Ill), which also climbs the trunks of forest trees and ])erches 

 upon the limbs, associated with the species of Nephrolepis and with Phijmatodes 

 phijmatodes (L. ) Maxon. 



No Hymenophyllaceae have been observed in the Marianne Islands. 



Fern allies. 



The ( )phioglossales ar(> represented in (iuani by Opiiioderma pcndula (L.) Presl, an 

 epiphytal species which hangs from the limbs of forest trees like broad green rib])ons, 

 by the natives called "leston." The only representative of the Marattiales recorded 

 from the island is Amjioptrrix evecta Iloffm. (PI. XXXIII), which grows in the 

 woods in ilamp ])laces, usually on the margins of streams. 



The Lycopofliales are represented by the epiphytal Lycopodium phlegmaria and the 

 terrestrial L. cemuum. No Selaginella has been collected nor have any Equisetales 

 or Salviniales been found on the island. 



Fetau (Samoa). See Calophyllum inopJiyllum. 



Fever-nut. See Guilandina crista. 



Fiafiatuli (Samoa). See Portulaca quadrifida. 



Fianiti ((Tuam). 



A climbing plant with slender, jiliable stems, used for lashing together the frame- 

 work of houses; not identified. 



Fiber plants. 



Among the fiber-yielding plants growing in Guam ai-e the following; those 

 marked with an asterisk (*) are the most important: 



Abutilon indicum. — Stem yields a tiber suitable for cordage; not utilized in 

 Guam. 



Agave vivipara?. — Called by the natives "lirio de palo" or "tree-lily;" leaf 

 fiber used to wrap cigars and for thread. 



*Ananas ananas. — The pineapple; leaf fiber, twisted by hand, used for fine fish- 

 ing nets. 



Annona spp. — Custard-apples; bark of young twigs tough, resembling that of the 

 allied "papaw" of North America (Asimi)ia triloba); fiber utilized in the West 

 Indies, but not in Guam. The strii)S of l)ark of Annona reticulata, which grows 

 wild on the island, are useil for temporary lashings. 



*Artocarpus communis. — The breadfruit; bark tough and leathery; inner bark 

 utilized in several islands of Polynesia, and probabl}' by the aborigines of Guam, 

 for making bark cloth. 



Areca cathecu. — Betel-nut palm; in some countries the flower sheath used for 

 caps and dishes and the leaf sheath for cups and bags; in Ceylon strong and 

 durable water vessels made of it; not utilized for these purposes in Guam. 



Bambusa spp. — The shoots yield a fiber of which the Chinese make paper; in .sev- 

 eral countries matting is made of the split stems; not utilized in Guam for fiber. 



*Boelinieria tenacissima. — The rhea plant, called "amahadyan" by the natives 

 of (iuam; grows wild in rocky places; not utilized by the natives for fiber. 



Ceiba pentandra. — Kapok tree; the flossy down surrounding the seeds used for 

 stuliing jiillows and cusliions. 



*Cocos nucifera. — The liber of the husk, called "coir" in commerce, so much 

 used for sennit and cordage by the Samoans and other Pacific Islanders, is little 

 used in Guam, enormous quantities which could be utilized going to waste each 

 year. 



Erythrina indica. —Called "gabgab" by the natives; bark yields a fiber suitable 

 for cordage: not utilized in Guaiu. 



Gossypium spp. — Cotton was introduced about 1866 by the Sociedad Agricola de 

 la Coiicepcion, and laborers were brought from Japan to cultivate it, but the proj- 

 ect proved a failure. It is now found in places by the wayside growing as a weed. 



