.'U() USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Tliis jrrass is (mIcn hy r;iiilr. It was lirst collcclfii in (iuaiii hy Cliainisso. 

 Rkkkuk.ncks: 



I'lmifiiiii (lisldcliiiinii ].. Mant. 1; is:!. 17()7. 



Panicum gaudichaudii. 



l''aiiiily I'naccaf. 



l.(K\i. NA.MKs. — Umog, Uuma (Guam). 

 A grass witli (lij^itatc spikes. Sinoolli; <'ulnis firowintr in tufts, u]iriirlit, undivided; 

 leaves Mat; spikes iL'to KJ, fasciculate, crowded, ascend inj:; spikelcts solitai y, Mseri- 

 ate, hi.spidulo-scabrous. This species was described from a plant collected on the 

 island of Guam by Gaudichaud. 

 References: 



I'diiicinn fjaudicJiatiilii Kunth, Rev. (iiani. 2: ^IS."). /. Wl. 1S.'>0. 

 Digitana xlnda (iand\r]\. Hot. Freyc. Voy. 4()!i. 1,sl'(), not Roth, 182], 



Panoche ( Guam), 'r^ve nmhn- Sacdiaruin officinariim. 



Papau or Papao ((iuani). 



("aulescent aroids {Alocasia -s;;;). ) with cordate leave? growing: along the borders of 

 streams on the island of Guam. The natives distinguish two varieties, papau :ipaka 

 or " white i)apau," and papau jiinto. Their stems, which are very acrid, grow to a 

 height of 1 to 2 meters. In early times they were eaten by the natives during the 

 l)eriods of famine which followed hunicanes. 

 Papaw. See Carica papayd. 



Papaya (Spanish, Philiiipincs). See Carica p((j)tn/ii. 

 Papiia (Guam, Philippines). See NotJiopana.r fntlifusiun. 

 Paraiso (Spanish, Guam). Bee Melia azeddi-'uli. 



Parasites. 



Among the parasitic ])lantp are Ot.^sijf ha filiform 1», a leafless, wiry plant growing in 

 thickets, and adhering to the branches by root-like tubercles by which they derive 

 their nourishment; and a species of Balanophora, a low, fleshy, leafless, red plant 

 growing on the roots of other plants, common in thickets, especially on the hill 

 above San Ramon. 



Pariti tiliaceum. " Corkwood. Plate lxi. 



Local names. — Pago (Guam); Balibago (Philippines); Baro, Yiiro (Madagascar); 



Fan (Samoa, Tahiti, Fiji); An (Rarotonga); Hau (Hawaii); Mahagua, Mahoe 



( W. Indies); Emajagua (Porto'Rico); Mahagua, Masagua, Masahua (Mexico); 



Majagua (Panama); Kalau, Kala-hau (Ponape); Gili-fau (Mortlocks); Kal 



(Yap). 



A common seacoast tree with spreading branches, yellow flowers with dark centers, 



and })ark which yields a fiber valuable for cordage. Leaves on long petioles, orbic- 



ular-c:ordate, shortly acuminate, entire or crenulate, white or hoary underneath with 



a close, short tomentum, nearly glal)rous above, 7 to 13 cm. in diameter; midrib 



with an elongated vaginate nectar gland near its base on the lower surface; stipules 



large, broadly oblong, deciduous; flowers on short jieduncles in the upjier axils or 



at the ends of the branches; involucre campanulate, divided to about the middle 



into 10 to 12 lobes, about half the length of the calyx; calyx 5-lobed, nearly 2.5 cm. 



long, with lanceolate 1-nerved lobes; staminal column bearing numerous filaments 



on the outside below the summit; ovary 5-celled, with 3 or more ovules in each cell; 



style branches 5, spreading, with terminal capitate stigmas; capsule membranous or 



coriaceous; seeds nearly globular, with granular surface. 



In Guam this species is abundant. The natives make cordage of its inner bark, 

 nearly every family being provided with rope-making appliances. The ropes are 

 used for halters and lines for tethering cattle and carabaos, for harness, and for 

 cables for ferrying the bamboo balsas, or rafts, across the mouths of the rivers on the 



