2\)4 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Hialoa (Hawaii). Poo ]Vtillht'ria amcricano. 

 Hibiscus esculentus. Saiuo as Abdinosclnis esculentus. 



Hibiscus mutabilis. Changeable rose-mallow. 



Family Malvaooao. 



Local names. — Mapola (Guam); Amistad (Mexico); Maravi 11a (Porto Rico). 

 A shrub or small treo wliicli has flowers that chan<i:e in color, almost white in the 

 morning an<l rod at nifi;lit. Ivoavos downy, cordate, .'vangled, 10 cm. in <liamotor, 

 petiole 7.5 cm.; peduncles axillary, nearly as lonj^ as tiie leaf, jointed near the top; 

 bracts shorter than the calyx; flowers 7.5 to 10 cm. in diameter; sepals ovate-lance- 

 olate, connate below tlie middle; capsule depressed-globose, hairy; seeds reniform, 

 hispid. 



Planted in many gardens in Guam. The bark yields a strong fiber, but this has 

 never been used for cordage. 

 References: 



Ilihm-ns mutahiUs L. Sp. PI. 2: 694. 1753. 



Hibiscus populneus. Same as Thespesia populnea. 



Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Scarlet rose-mallow. 



Local names. — Gumamela (Guam); Tapuranga (Philippines); Kaute (Raro- 

 tonga); Ante (Samoa); Shoe-flower (India); Fu-sang (China). 



An ornamental shrub planted by the natives near their houses. In Guam only 

 the crimson-flowered varieties, single and double, are found. Leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nate, entire at the base, coarsely toothed at the apex, nearly glabrous; stipules 

 sword-shaped; peduncles axillary, as long as or longer than the adjoining leaf; 

 bracteoles 6 or 7, linear, half the length of the bell-shaped calyx; sepals lanceolate, 

 connate below the middle; staminal tube exceeding the corolla; capsule rounded; 

 many-seeded. Seldom seeds in cultivation. 



In India the flowers are used to black shoes, and paper colored with the petals is 

 used in the place of litmus for testing. The plant is easily propagated by cuttings. 

 These should be removed with a piece of the old wood adhering, placed in water 

 until roots begin to make their appearance, and then planted. In this way it is pos- 

 sible to have a fine hedge under way in a very short time, which begins to bloom 

 immediately if flowering twigs have been selected for cuttings. 

 References: 

 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. Sp. PI. 2: 694. 1753. 

 Hibiscus tiliaceus. Same as Pariti tiliaceum. 

 Hierba buena (Spanish), ^ee Mentha arvensis. 

 Hierba de polio (Spanish). See Portulaca quadrifida. 

 Hierba de Santa Rosa (Mexico). See Antigono)i hptopus. 

 Higo (Spanish). Hee Finis carica. 

 Hikamas (Guam). See Cacara erosa. 

 Hikara (Guam). See Crescentia alata. 

 Hiuaxamai (Philippines). See under Piptnrus argenieus. 

 Hineg'sa (Guam). See under Oryza sativa. 

 Hoda or Hodda (Guam). See Ficus spp. 

 Hog'weed. See Boerhaavia diffusa. 

 Hoja de bouja (Cuba). See Bryophyllum pinnotum. 

 Hombronia edulis. Same as Pundanus duhius. 

 Horse bean. See f'anarali ensiforme. 

 Horse-radish, tree. See Moringa moringa. 

 Huamachil (Mexico). See PIthecolobimn dulce. 



