872 USKKUL I'LANTS <»K «UAM. 



Colli'cU'd ill (inaiii by (tau'licliainl. This plant is also found in Java, Celebes, New 

 (iuiiu'a, KaisiT Wiiheliuslan-l ami the Marshall Islands. 

 Ri:ri:ui:N< i>: 

 .^-lii/clioird-i/a niiUrdlis (Forst.) End!. Ann. Wicii. .Mus. 1:187. I. iJ. 1836. 

 Urtica rudcralis Forst. f. Prod. 66. 1786. 

 Fleurya ruderaUs (Jaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 497. 1826. 



Scimitar pod. See Lais plmseoloides. 

 Sciophila torresiana. Same as Elotostema peduncidatum. 

 Scorpion weed. See I leHotroiniim indicum. 



Screw^pine or screw^palm. General name for the species of I'andanus. 

 Scrophulariaceae. Foxglove family. 



This family is represented in Guam by three low, herbaceous, water-loving plants, 

 the fragrant Ainhulm r/ralioloides and A. fragrant, called "guegue" or "gege" (pro- 

 nounced "gaygay"), and the fleshy creeping, blue-flowered water-hyssop, Bacupa 

 7nonniera (H(r})estis vionniera). 



Sea-beans. " 



Those found in Guan are: Lens phaseoloides, the scimetar-pod bean called "gaye," 

 "l(3dason," or "bayog;" Stizolobinm gigantenm, the ox-eye bean of the Pacific; 

 Canavali ohtusifolium, a succulent, glabrous creeper growing on the strand; and 

 Guilandina crista, the gray uicker-nut, or " pakao " of the natives. See the scientific 

 names. 



Sea-coast laburnum. See Sophora tomentosa. 

 Sea daffodil. See Pancratium littorale. 

 Sea-grass. See Ruppia maritima. 

 Sea-island cotton. See Gossijphtm barbadense. 

 Sea purslane. See Sesuvium jwrtulacastrum. 

 Seaside bean. See Canavali obiusifoUum. 

 Seaside plum. See Xinicnia americana. 



Seaweeds. 



See Algx and Halophila ovalis, the latter a flowering plant collected in Guam and 

 figured by Gaudichaud. 



Seboyas (Guam). See Allium cepa and Gardens. 

 Sedges. See Ciiperaceae. 

 Sedyiafi, Seyafi, or Sedyafo. 



Improper spelling of the name of an urticaceous plant, "Saj^afi," or "Sayiafl." 

 Sedyaihagon or Seyaihagon (Guam). See Nervilia aragoana. 

 Seguidillas (Spanish). See Botor tetragonoloba. 

 Senna. See Cassia. 



Sensitive joint vetch, Indian. See Aeschynomene indica. 

 Sensitive plants. 



The only plant remarkable for its irritability is Averrhoa carambola, a tree belong- 

 ing to the Oxalidaceae, called "bilimbines" by the natives. 

 Sesame. See Sesamum orientale. 

 Sesamum indicum. Same as Sesamum orientale. 



Sesamum orientale. Sesame. Bexne. 



Family Petlaliaceae. 



Local names. — Ajonjoli (Spanish); Ahonholi (Guam); Liriga, Lorigii, Laiigis, 

 Leiigiiga (Philippines); Gingili, {lingelly (E. Indies); Til (Bengal). 



An annual plant which has been introduced into Guam, and is cultivated in some 



