31KS USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



(■riislif(L Tlu' spi'cicH is of wide (iistrihiition, nwurriii<i in tropioal Asia, the East 

 Iriiiii's, tliu islands of i-astLTii Africa, and I'olynesia. Of tlie xarwty mi Ijolidta, which 

 jrrows on the si-acoast of Japan, the small, round, fragrant seeds are gathered and 

 used nu'dicinally. 



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Vitcc trifolia L. K]). IM. 2: (i3S. 1753. 

 Vitis. Grape. 



Family Vitaceae. 

 Local names. — Parra (Spanish). 

 Grapes are cultivated by a few of the natives, )>ut tiiey are of inferior (juality and 

 thus far have not jiroved successful. 



Vittaria elongata. Ribbon fern. 



Family Poly pod iaceae. 

 An epiphytal fern with grass-like fronds, having its sori in a continuous line in a 

 furrow along tiie margin. 

 References: 



Vittaria elongata Sw. Syn. Fil. 106. 1806. 



Vittaria ensiformis Llanos. Same as Vittaria elongata. 



Volkameria inermis L. Same as Clerodendron inernie. 



Waltheria americana. Matico. 



Family Sterculiaceae. 



Local names. — Hialoa (Hawaii); Malva blanca (Cuba); Malvabisco, Basora 

 prieta (Porto Rico); Matico, Hierlia del Soldado (Trop. America). 

 A perennial weed with a woody base, 30 to 60 cm. high, densely tomentose or 

 softly hairy in every j^art. Leaves ovate-oblong, 1.5 cm. by 2 to 3 cm., on petioles 

 12 mm. long, obtuse, dentate, feather- veined; down stellate mixed with simple hairs; 

 stipules narrow, deciduous; flowers small, sessile in close clusters along axillary 

 peduncles 4 cm. long; ))racts linear; calyx 5-lobed, downy, lobes acute; petals little 

 longer, unguiculate or clawed, orange-colored; stamens 5, opposite the petals, united 

 at the base, with 2 parallel anther cells; ovary downy, sessile, of a single carpel with 

 2 erect ovules, style excentrical, with fringed stigma; capsule opening at the back 

 into 2 valves; seeds usually solitary. 



A common weed of wide distribution in the Tropica and occuring on many Pacific 

 islands. 



References: 



Waltheria americana L. Sp. PI. 2: 673. 1753. 

 Waltheria indica L. Sp. PI. 2: 673. 1753. 

 Waltherin elllptica Cav. Diss. 6: 316. t. 171. f. 2. 1788. 

 Waltheria elliptica Cav. Same as Waltheria americana. 



Waltheria indica L. Same as Waltheria americana. 



Walwalisan (Philippines). See Sida carpinifolia. 



Water fern. See Ceratopteris thalictroides. 



Water hyssop. See Bacopa monniera. 



Watermelon. See Gardens. 



Water-root. See Nervilia arragoana. 



Wax-gourd. See Benincasa ccrifera. 



Weather plant. See Abrus abrus. 



Wedelia biflora. Same as Stemmodontia hiflora. 



Wedelia canescens. Same as Stemmodontia canescens. 



Wedelia chamissonis Less. Same as Stemmodontia canescem. 



