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"Thorny bamboo. See Bambos hlumeana. 



Thousand leagues. See Telo.vna odoraiissima. 



Ti (Samoa). See Taetsiu terniinalis. 



Tiaridium indicum. Same as HeUotropium indicum.. 



Ticamas (Philippines). See Cacaru erosci . 



Tickseed. See Siemmodontia. 



Tick-trefoil. General name for the species of Meibomia. 



Tick-trefoil, Creeping. See Meibomia Irifiora; also Affsoin, a name improperly 



uiiplied to this plant. 

 Tick-trefoil, Ganges. See Meibomia gangetica. 

 Tick-trefoil, umbelled or shrubby. See Meibomia umbellata. 

 Tigre (Gnam, Philippines). See C'ordyline hyarinthoides. 

 Tiliaceae. Linden family. 



To this family belong the following Guam plants: 



Grevda guazumaefolia, afigilao; Triumfetta jnlosa, masigsig lahe; Triumfetta rhom- 

 boidea, dadangse, or burweed; Triumfetta prociunbevs, masigsig heinbra. 



Tintan China ((Tuam). 



"Chinese ink;" a name applied in Guam to a recently introduced Oestrum which 

 has been spread all over the island, probably by the fruit-eating pigeons, which are 

 very fond of its dark purple berries. It is very closely allied to, if not identical with, 

 the tropical American Cestrum 2>aUidum. 



Tinta-tinta (Philippines). See Eclipta alba. 



Tipolo (Philii^pines). See Artocarpus coynmunis. 



Tipolo (Samoa). See Citrus hystrix acida. 



Toa (Samoa). See Casuarina equisetifolia. 



Tobacco. See Nicotiana tabacum. 



Toddy. Thefermentedsapof the coconut, in Guam called "tuba." SeeCocosnucifera. 



Toguing polo (Philippines). See Dioscorea fasciculata lutescens. 



To'ito'iave'a (Samoa). See Lobelia koenigii. 



Tolo (Samoa). See Saccharum officinarum. 



Tomate (Spanish) . See Lycopersicon ly coper sicum. 



Toniate chaka (Guam). See Physalis minima. 



Tomato. See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 



Tongo (Philippines). A prickly yam. See Dioscorea spinosd. 



Tongo (Sainoa). See Rhizophora mucronata. 



ToiTgo (Philijipines). See Dioscorea and D. tiliaefolia. 



Tofgo-vao (Samoa). See Dodonaea. liscosa. 



Tono (Samoa). See Centella asiatica. 



Torchwood. See Cormigonus mariannensis. 



Totopo. 



Name of a grass eaten by cattle, with long, narrow leaves and creeping rootstock. 

 Tournefortia argentea. Velvetleaf. Plate lxvii. 



Family Boraginaceae. 



Local names.— Junig (Spanish); Hunig, Hunik (Guam); Tahenu (Tahiti); 



Tauhinu(Rarotonga); Tausunu (Samoa); Diave (Bougainville Straits); Karan 



(Ceylon). 



A small tree, 3 to 4 meters high, growing on the strand, with large silky-pubescent 



leaves and scorpioid branched cymes of small white flowers with black anthers. 



