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leaflets; stipules spinose, the spines minute, pointing upward; leaflets approximate, 

 obli(]ue, very unequal-sided, ovate-oblong, rigidly subcoriaceous, ol)tuse, 12 mm. long; 

 petiole shorter than the leaflets; flowers sessile in heads; heads dense, with short 

 peduncles, on elongated branches; calyx 5-parted, funnel-shaped, gray-downy, very 

 small; corolla funnel-shaped, the petals united below the middle; stamens mona- 

 delphous, much exserted; style filiform; stigma minute, capitate; pod irregularly 

 swollen and curled at the end, 10 to 12.5 cm. long by 12 mm. wide, 6 to 8-seeded, 

 both sutures indented between the seeds, which are half embedded in the aril. 



In many tropical countries the pulp of the pod is eaten by the poorer classes, 

 and tlie pods are good fodiler for animals. The tree, which lias now spread all 

 over the island of Guam, was probably introduced for the sake of its bark, which 

 contains 25 per cent of tannin." In Mexico it is one of the principal sources of tan 

 bark. Though widely cultivated in India, it is apparently not used in that country 

 for tanning, as no mention is made of it as a tan bark in Watt's Dictionary of the 

 Economic Products of India. Its wood is used in India for making carts, paneling 

 of doors, and packing boxes. In Guam it is used only for fuel. 

 References: 



Pithecolobiam dulce (Roxb.) Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3: 199. 1844. 



Mimosa dulcis Roxb. PI. Corom. 1 : 67. t. 99. 1795. 

 Pithecolobium saman. Rain tree. 



Local names. — Monkey-pod (Hawaiian Islands); Zamang (Venezuela). 

 A handsome tree with spreading branches and bipinnate leaves. Pinnae 2 to 6 

 pairs; leaflets 2 to 7 pairs, obliquely ovate or obovate-oblong; corolla yellowish; 

 stamens light crimson; flowers growing in globose clusters like crimson pompons. 

 Its pods contain a sweetish \m\\) and are relished by cattle and horses. In Honolulu 

 it is one of the favorite shade trees. A number of plants obtained from Mr. David 

 Haughs were taken by me from Honolulu and planted in Guam. When I left the 

 island they were in a thriving condition. 

 References: 



Pithecolobium saman (Jacq. ) Benth. Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3: 216. 1844. 



Mimosa saman J acq. Fragm. 15. t. 9. 1800-1809 (ex Ind. Kew.). 



Inga saman Willd. Sp. PL 4: 1024. 1805. 



Plantain. See Musa paradisiaca. 



Plantain-leaf Fern. See Antrophyum j^lantagineum under Ferns. 



Platano (Spanish). See Miisa paradisiaca. 



Platitos (Guam, Philippines). 



An ornamental shrub. See Nothopanax cocldeatum. 



Plum, seaside. See Ximenia americana. 

 Poaceae. See Grasses. 

 Podpod. (Guam). See Piper sp. 



Pog'onia flabelliformis. Same as Nervilia aragoana'. 

 Pog'onia nervilia. See Nervilia aragoana. 

 Poinciana regia. See Delonix regia. 



Poinciana pulcherrima. Flower-fence. 



Family Caesalpiniaceae. 



Local names.— Caballero (Guam); Clavelina (Porto Rico); Gallito (Panama); 



Flor de Camaron, Chacalxochitl (Mexico); Peacock flower (India, Ceylon); 



Barbadoes Pride (West Indies). 



A shrub 2.5 to 3 meters high, often used as a hedge plant, with terminal racemes 



of showy orange and crimson flowers. Branches with a few scattered prickles; 



" See Reichel, Gerbstoffrinde aus Saipan, Tropenpflanzer, vol. 8, p. 687, 1904. 



