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Ipomoea littoralis Thw. Same as Ipomoea choisiana. 



Ipomoea mariannensis. MARIANNE MORNING-GLORY. 



LOCAL NAMES. Fofgu (Guam); Tugui-tuguian (Philippines). 

 Smooth, striate, prostrate-trailing plant. Leaves cordate-acuminate, sometimes 

 entire, sometimes 3-lobed or trifid, dark-colored, acutely mucronulate, 12 to 25 

 mm. long, the auricles obtuse, entire or lobed; median lobe dilated at the base; 

 peduncles 3 or 4-flowered, longer than the petioles; sepals lanceolate, very acute, 

 ciliate-hirsute, 4 to 6 mm. long; corolla tubular, scarcely 3 times as long as the calyx; 

 capsule hairy. Collected in Guam by Gaudichaud and described from his specimen 

 in the herbarium of the Paris Museum by Choisy. 

 REFERENCES: 



Ipomoea mariannensis Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 6: 468. 1833. 

 Ipomoea maritima R. Br. Same as Ipomoea pes-caprae. 



Ipomoea pes-caprae. GOAT'S-FOOT CONVOLVULUS. 



Family Convolvulaceae. 



LOCAL NAMES. Alalag-tasi, Alaihai-tasi (Guam); Lambayong, Lagairai, Katang- 

 katang (Philippines); Lawere (Fiji); Pohuehue (Hawaii); Pohue ( Rarotonga ) ; 

 Fuefue-tai (Samoa); Bejuco de vaca (Porto Rico); Boniato de Playa (Cuba). 

 A common tropical strand plant, growing on sandy beaches in most warm 

 countries. Stem very long, fleshy, smooth, prostrate, not twining nor rooting; 

 leaves long-petioled, rounded, notched at the apex or deeply 2-lobed, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, the venation conspicuous, pellucid, the midrib terminating in a mucro 

 between the 2 lobes, the petiole 5 to 10 cm. long, erect, glabrous, with 2 glandular 

 spots at the summit; peduncles axillary, erect, 1 to 3-flowered; flower very large; 

 bracts lanceolate, soon falling; sepals broadly oval or oblong, subacute; corolla 

 widely funnel-shaped, 7.5 cm. in diameter, bright rose-purple, ever-blooming; fila- 

 ments dilated and hairy at the base; capsule 2-celled, cells 2-seeded; seeds covered 

 with dark-brown pubescence. 



An important sand-binding plant. The root is large, long, and covered with a 

 thick brown bark. It contains starch and is used medicinally. The whole plant is 

 mucilaginous. In India the leaves are applied externally in rheumatism and colic, 

 and the juice is given as a diuretic in dropsy. a The Fijians use the scorched leaves 

 for calking the seams of canoes. 

 REFERENCES: 



Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Roth, Nov. Sp. PI. 109. 1821. 

 Convolvulus pes-caprae L. Sp. PI. 1: 159. 1753. 

 Ipomoea biloba Forsk. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 44. 1775. 

 Ipomoea quamoclit L. Same as Quamoclit quamoclit. 

 Ironweed. See Vernonia. 



Ironwood, Polynesian. See Casuarina equisetifolia. 

 Isachne minutula. See Grasses. 



Ischaemum chordatum and I. digitatum polystachyum. See Grasses. 

 Ivory-nut Palm of the Caroline Islands. See Coelococcus amicarum. 

 Jacinto (Panama). See Melia azedarach. 

 Jack-in-the-box. See Hernandia peltata. 

 Jaigtte or Haigue (Guam). (Pronounced very much like the English word 



"highway.") 



A coconut which has begun to grow. 

 Jamaica mignonette tree. See Lawsonia inermis. 



Drury, Useful Plants of India, p. 266, 1858. 



