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Naunau (Sauiua). Heo t'ariida herbuccu. 



Neckera. See Musses. 



Negro coffee. See C((ssia orcidnitaHs. 



Nephrodium dissectum. S;iiih* as J>ii/t>//li'ris dixsccld. See Ferns. 



Nephrodium parasiticum. Same as l>ri/i>j)ti'rls jmrdsiticd. See Frriis. 



Nephrolepis. See Ferns. 



Nerium oleander. 



The well-known oleantler, an introduced plant cultivated by the natives lor the 

 sake of its flowers and called in Guam "adeli'a" or "rosa laurel." 

 References: 



Xerium oleander !.. Sp. PI. 1: '_'()!l. 175.']. 



Nervilia aragoana. Water-root 



Family Orchidaceae. 



Local names. — Seyaihagon or Sedyaihagon, Maisaulu, "single head," (Guam). 

 An orchid closely allied to Pogonia, collected by (iaudichaud in Guam and named 

 by him for Arago, the draftsman of Freycinet's expedition. Leave.s suljrotund- 

 cordate, repand, of uniform color, many-nerved, smooth, plicate when young, with 

 deep basal sinus and acute apex, usually solitary, sometimes in pairs, rising from a 

 sph;eroid tuber about 12 mm. or more in diameter; flowers arranged in form of a 

 raceme on an erect leafless scape 17 to 30 cm. high, greenish, shortly i)edicelled, at 

 first erect, afterwards nodding; perigonium half-open, persistent, divisions lanceolate- 

 linear, acuminate, subequal; median lobe of the three-lobed lip broader than the 

 lateral, obtusely crenulate, slightly villous within: stigma broader and lower than in 

 Pogonia, column elongated. 



The natives of Guam frequently chew the firm, fleshy, juicy tuber as they walk 

 through the woods, to quench their thirst, especially in the northern part of the 

 island, where there are no springs nor streams. This species is figured in the Botany 

 of the Uranie. A detailed description is given by Blume in Flora Juvie, Orchidaceae, 

 p. 130, tal). 56, under the name of Pogonia nervilia. 



Nervilia ovata Gaudich. is a species collected by Gaudichaud on the adjacent island 

 of Rota, or Luta. 



References: 

 Nerrilia aragoana Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 422. t. So. 1826 



Nervilia ovata. See under NereiUa aragoami. 



Nete or Neti (Guam). See J^y3/wi^ro.s</.s_//o/'((/«?(j.- also undei brasses. 



Nettle family. See Urticaceae. 



Ngatae (Samoa). See Fri/tlrrina indica. 



Nickemut. See Guikoidina crista. 



Nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco. 



Family Solanaceae. 

 Local names. — Chupa (Guam); Tabaco (Spanish). 



Tobacco was introduced into Ciuam by the Jesuit missionaries very shortly after 

 their arrival. The natives soon became very fond of it, learning to smoke the leaves in 

 the form of cigars, and some of them chewing it either alone or in combination with 

 their areca nut and l)etel i)e23per. So jiopular was its use that the wages of the natives 

 working for the missioiiaries and for the government were i)aid in tobacco leaves, as 

 the archives at Agana will show. 



Though it is cultivated in a variety of situations, on the lowlands, on the coral plat- 

 form or mesa, and in alluvial valleys, yet the natives recognize that the best results 

 are obtained from tobacco planted on recently cleared land. The regions known as 

 Santa Rosa, Yigo, Yona, Mataguag, Finaguayog, and Magd are all celebrated for their 



