t2S4 USKFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



iiaca " ai'.il afU'rwards in Flora,'' where he placed the genus under Phyllanthus and 

 (•lian;rt'il tlu' iianu' of tlic \)\iint to Plnjllanthus gaudichaudii, so as not to confuse it 

 with /'. uiaridiniK,'' 11 valid species. 



I follow Hooker in recofjrnizinfi the validity of the genus ( Jlochidion.'' 

 Kkkkukncks: 



(Uochidion mariminm Muell. Arg. Linnaea 32: 65. 1863 



Glossog-yne tenuifolia. Spanish needles. 



l'"aiuily Astcraccai'. 

 A perennial, glai>roiis coniiiositf closely resembling Bidens, l)ut having i)istillute 

 ray flowers instead of sterile ones. Stock tufted, sometimes almost woody, with erect 

 dichotomous stems, lo to 30 cm. high and often almost leafless, or sometimes elongated 

 decumbent, and leafy at the base; leaves alternate, chiefly radical, or nearly so, the 

 lowest sometimes cnneati' and 3-lol)ed, all the others pinnately dividetl into 5 or 7 

 stiff linear segments, either entire or L' or :>-lobed; flower heads small, on long slen- 

 der terminal jiednncles; involucre campannlati', not 2 lines long, the bracts few, in 

 about 2 rows, narrow and nearly ecjual; receptacle chaffy; ray florets pistillate, small, 

 yellow, spreading, ligulate, fertile, or sometimes wanting; disk florets tubular, her- 

 maphrodite, 4 or 5 toothed; anthers obtuse at the base; style branches ending in 

 subulate points; achenes linear, flattened, striate, with 3 or more ribs on each face, 

 crownetl by 2 erect or slightly diverging awns. 



This plant is common along the roadsides. A preparation made from the root of 

 the very closely allied Glossogyne pinnatifida is used in India as an application for 

 scorpion stings. 



References: 



GloHsogyne tenuifolia (Labill.) Cass. Diet. Sc. Nat. 51:475. 1827. 

 Bidens tenuifolia Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 44. t. 45. 1824. 



Glueweed. See Boerhaavia diffusa. 



Goat's-foot convolvulus. See Jpomoea pes-caprae. 



Goatweed. See Ageratum conyzoides. 



Goat's-rue. See Cracca mariana. 



Gogo ( Guam) . See Lens phaseoloides. 



Gog-ong- bakai (Visaya). See Lens phaseoloides. 



Golae (Uuam) . 



The vernacular name for greens or leafy esculents (Spanish "verdura"). See 

 J'lit herbs. 



Golden shower (Hawaii). See Cassia fistula. 

 Golondrina (Guam). See Euphorbia hirta. 



Gomphrena globosa. Globe amaranth. 



Family Amaranthaceae. 

 Local names. — Amor seco (Spanish). 

 In general cultivation; occasionally found in waste places, escaped from cultivation. 

 References: 



Gomphrena globosa L. Sp. PI. 1: 224. 1753. 



Gomuto palm. See Saguerus pinnatu^. 



Goodeniaceae. Goodenia family. 



1 he only representative of this family in Guam is Lobelia koenigii. 

 Goosefoot, white. See Chenopodium album. 

 Goose grass. See Dactylocteniuin aegyptiacum. 



«Vol. 32, p. 65, 1863. cLinna;a, vol. 32, p. 17, 1863. 



^ Vol. 48, p. 379, 1865. d Flora of British India, vol. 5, p. 306, 1890. 



