60 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



armed with hooked prickles and catches upon the clothing of men and 

 the fur of animals, so that these plants are common along roadsides. 

 Other wayside plants are the species of Sida, already mentioned, which 

 the natives call " escobilla" (broom) and gather fresh each day for 

 sweeping out their houses. 



The commonest grasses are Andropogon aciculatus, Capriola dac- 

 tylon, Centotheca lappaeea, Chaetochloa glauca aurea, Dactyloctenium 

 aegyptiacum, Eleusine indica, Dimeria chloridiformis, Echinocldoa 

 colona, Eragrostis pilosa, Eragrostis tenella, Isachne minutula, hchae- 

 mum digitatum poly st achy um, Ischaemum chordatum, Panicum di- 

 stachyum, Paspalum scrobiculatum, and Stenotaphrum sulmlatum. 

 Associated with grasses are often found the creeping Comanelina 

 benghalensis and Commelina nudiflora, and Zygomenes cristata, with 

 scorpioid cymes of blue flowers inclosed in large falcate, inbricating 

 bracts. 



Among the sedges are Carex densiflora, Carex fuirenoides, Cladium 

 gaudichaudii, Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus difformis, several species of 

 FiinbristyliS) Fairena umbellata, Eleocharis capitata, E. planta- 

 ginoidea, Kyllinga monocephala, Mariscus albescens, and Hynchospora 

 corymbosa. 



VILLAGE ENVIRONS. 



Besides the trees mentioned above as growing on the sites of aban- 

 doned gardens many others are planted about the villages. Oranges, 

 lemons, limes, citrons, shaddocks, and bergamots are common. In 

 many gardens grow the pomegranate, atis, or sugar apple (Annona 

 squamosd)', laguana or soursop (Annona muricata), papaya (Garica 

 papaya} ; Bixa orellana, with burs resembling beechnuts and seed sur- 

 rounded by a red coloring matter; coffee which yields abundant crops; 

 bananas and plantains of several varieties; vines of betel pepper (Piper 

 fietle) covering trees and walls; bushes of the fragrant henna, or " cina- 

 momo " (Lawsonia inermis), which in Jamaica is called the mignonette 

 tree; the oleander, crape myrtle, and scarlet hibiscus, planted for the 

 sake of their flowers, and ornamental species of Phyllaurea, and of 

 Acanthaceae and Araliaceae, planted for the sake of their foliage. 

 Along the roadsides are fine mango trees; Melia .azedarach, the "pride 

 of India," bearing clusters of lavender flowers with dark violet stamens; 

 the horse-radish tree (Moringa moringa) (PL LVIII), here called 

 "marunggai;" the silk-cotton tree (C&iba pentandra), called u algodon 

 de Manila;" the leguminous Agati grandiflora, called "katurai" (PL 

 VI), with edible flowers and seed pods; Poinciana pulcherrima, called 

 "flower fence" in the British West Indies, bearing racemes' of beau- 

 tiful red and yellow flowers; the Indian almond (Terminalia catappa), 

 here called "talisai," a handsome tree with a straight trunk, whorls of 

 horizontal branches, and large, glossy, deciduous leaves, which turn 

 red before falling off. 



