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root-bark as a specific for intestinal worms. The powdered rind is an excellent 

 remedy in chronic diarrhea and dysentery. 

 Cultivated in many of the gardens of the natives. 

 References: 



Punica granatum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 472. 1753. 



Pupulo, Pupulu (Guam). See Piper betle. 



Pursaetha scandens. Same as Lem^ pliaseoloifles. 



Purslane. See J'urtiilaat oleracea and /'. qumlrifida. 



Purslane, sea or seaside. See Semvium jwrtulacastrum. 



Putat ( Malay). See Barringlonia racemosa and B. speciosa. 



Puting (Guam). See Barringionia speciosa. 



Pyrethrum indicum and P. sinense. Same as Chrysanthemum indicum. 



Pyrrhanthus littoreus. Same as Luinnilzera littorea. 



auamoclit quamoclit. Cypress vine. 



Fami 1 y C< :)n vol \' u laceae. 



Loc.\L NAMES.— Cabello del angel (Guam); Cambustera (Cuba). 

 This pretty scarlet-flowered twining plant has escaped from cultivation and grows 

 in many places on the island far from human habitations. It is also planted by the 

 natives in their gardens and allowed to run along the fences of their inclosures. 



References: 



Quamoclit quamoclit (L.) Britton in Britton & Brown, 111. Fl. 3 : 22. 1898. 

 Tponioea quamoclit L. Sp. PI. 1: 159. 1753. 

 Q,uelites, Quiletes (^Mexico, Guam). Same as kelites, kiletes, kuletes. 

 Quilulu (Guam). ^a.me as, k'didu; see Thespesia populnea. 

 Rag'uar (Guam, Caroline Islands). Hee Aleurites moluccana. 

 Rain tree. See Pithecolobimn saman. 

 Ranialina. See LicJienes. 

 Ramie. See under Boehmeria tenadssima. 

 Rattan. See Calamus sp. 

 Rattlebox or Rattlepod. See Crotalaria. 



Raual (ir Rauwel (Yap, Caroline Islands). See Pangium edule. 

 Rauwolfia. See Orhrnsla mariannensis. 



Red-flowered Mangrove. See Lumnitzera litlorea and L. pedicellata. 

 Red pepper. See Capsicum, annuum. 



Redwood, Red sandalwood (India). See Adenanthera pavonina. 

 Reed. See Trichoon roxburghii. 

 Reseda (Central America). See Latvsonia inermis. 



Resin. 



The principal resin-yielding tree on the island is the daog, or tacmahac tree 

 [CalophyUum inophyllum). See last name. 



Rhamnaceae. Buckthorn family. 



This family is represented in Guam by the indigenous gasoso {Colubrina asiatica) 

 and tlu' introduced jujube tree or manzanas {Zizyphus jujuba) . 

 Rhizoclonium. See under Algie. 



Rhizophora mucronata. Four-petaled mangrove. Plate lxiv. 



Family Rhizophoraceae. 



Local names. — Mangle hembra (Guam); Tongo (Samoa); Dongo (Fiji); Bakao, 

 Bakauan, Bakawan (Philippines). 



