412 



tTSEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Papc. 



New Zealand language 113 



XickiT nuts T3,74,2>i>i 



Nipa leavi's used for thateh 150,334 



N'ipii imliii, )ial>itnt 72 



Nobles, position 104 



Noddies (sea-birds) 80 



Nucstra Seiiora de Giiadelupe ^vessfl) 22 



Nnestra Sefiora de In Incarnacion (vessel). 22 



Nulton. Lieut. L. N 4 



Nunienius, migratory shore birds 80 



Numeral system, adopted from the Spanish. 118 



Numeral system of the aborigines 102, 113 



Ocean bottom near Guam 44 



currents as a means of dispersing plants. 72 



Orhrosia imuidiinrnsis, buoyant fruits 75 



Oil, coconut 240 



Oil plants 147,337 



Ophicthns, snake-fish, or sea-eel 82 



Oratory of aliorigines 110 



Origin of natives of Guam IIC 



of modern inhabitants 117, 13.S 



Orkney Islands, West Indian seeds cast 



upon 73 



Ornaments of aborigines 96 



Orote Peninsula 47 



geological structure of 48 



Orthoptera 94 



Ostracion, trunk fish 84, 89 



Oustalet, ornithologist 158 



Ovens, ancient 99 



modern 189 



Owls 79 



Oxymnnacanthus longirosiris, a flle-fish 85 



Paa, an ancient village of Guam 14 



Pacific, early navigation 12, 13 



Agaiia, the first European settlement in. . 24 



contour of bottom 45 



currents 46 



Pacific islands, botany 158 



Padina (seaweeds) 52 



Pagan Island, population 138 



Pago Bay 47 



Paint made of turmeric 252 



mixed with breadfnnt latex 190 



Palmer, Edward, Mexican plant names col- 

 lected 170 



Palo Maria wood 97 



Palomo, Rev. Jose 4,10,122 



Panama Canal, importance to Guam 50 



Panama plant names 170 



Pandanns fruit not a food staple 98 



Pandanus leaves, use 124, 150 



Pandanns seeds sometimes eaten 98 



Pandanus, species confused 64, 343 



Panulirus, a spiny lobster 90 



Pa paw ferments 215 



Paper mulberry absent from Guam 117, 189 



origin 154 



Papuans compared with Chamorros IIG 



Paradi.se, aborigines' idea 109 



Parasites, animal. 122 



Parasitic plants 194, 219 



Parental authority recognized by adults... 129 



Parents and cliildren, relations 106, 129, 130 



Parexocoetus (flying fishes) 84 



Pariti Uliaceum, extratloral nectaries 67 



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Parrot-fishes (Gomphosus and Scartis) 86 



Paulaua River 49 



Peanuts 143, 151, 186 



Peiiiphrris otdilrnsix, a fish 88 



Peonage abolished by Americans 133 



Perez, Atanasio T lO 



Perez, Don Pablo, Spanish governor 36 



Pern's ceplialnpumtntuK, a fish 87 



Perfume, ilangilaug 210 



jasmine 200 



Periophthnlmus kodreuteri, an air-brealluiig 



fish 82 



Pests, animal 152 



Pests in gardens 280 



Phacthon k'pturus, the boatswain bird 80 



Phaseohis momjo, the green gram 151 , 3.50 



Philippine languages compared with the 



Chamorro 115,116 



Philippine plant names 170 



Phlcgoenas xanthonura, a fruit dove 78 



Physic nut oil 147 



Phy.sical characteristics of aborigines 95 



Physical conditions of the island 41 



Physical geography 46, 52 



Picul, a measure of weight 139 



Pigafetta 12 



Pigafetta's description of canoes 100 



Pigeons 78 



Pigments 190 



Pigs 77 



Pillars, ancient stone 97 



Pimentel, Spanish governor, trial of 19, 20 



Pineapple fiber 124, 183 



Piper betel leaves used as a narcotic 99 



Piper methystinim absent from Guam 99 



Pirates, English 16 



Pith plants 175, 310 



Pithecolobium dulce for forage 151 



for tan bark 126 



Piti, landing place of harbor 50 



Pittier, Profes.sor H 159,160 



Placuna shells for window panes 123 



Plantains and bananas 63, 145 



Plant names 152, 154 



Plant World, articles on Guam 167 



Plants absent from Guam 56 



introduced by the Jesuits "22 



not well known 62 



of special interest 61 



origin indicated by vernacular names... 152 



unidentified 61 



Platophrys pavo, a flounder 88 



Ploteres (aquatic insects) 94 



Plovers called dulili 80 



Plow points made of musket barrels 143 



Poetrj', natives' regard for 103 



Poisoned weapons 107 



Poisons, fish 103 



Poisonous nuts used for food 98, 253 



plants 358 



PolioUmnas cinercus, a rail 79 



Polistes, a wasp 91 



Polydactylus srxfllas, a thread-fin fish 83 



Polygamy unusual 104 



Polynesia 113 



botanical works 158 



