DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 889 



Thorny bamboo. See Bambos blumeana. 



Thousand leagues. See Telosma odoratissima. 



Ti (Samoa). See Taetsia terminal-is. 



Tiaridium indicum. Same as Heliotropium indicum. 



Ticamas (Philippines). See Cacara erosa. 



Tickseed. See Stemmodontia. 



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



Tick-trefoil, Creeping 1 . See Meibomia triflora; also Agsom, a name improperly 



applied to this plant. 



Tick-trefoil, Ganges. See Meibomia gangetica. 

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

 Tigre (Guam, Philippines). See Cordyline hyacinthoides. 

 Tiliaceae. LINDEN FAMILY. 



To this family belong the following Guam plants: 



Grewia guazumaefolia, afigilao; Triumfetta pilosa, masigsig lahe; Triumfetta rhom- 

 boidea, dadangse, or burweed; Triumfetta procumbens, masigsig hembra. 

 Tintan China (Guam). 



"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 w r ith, 

 the tropical American Oestrum pallidum. 

 Tinta-tinta (Philippines). See Eclipta alba. 

 Tipolo (Philippines). See Artocarpus communis. 

 Tipolo (Sanioa). See Citrus hystrix acida. 

 Toa (Samoa). See Casuarina equisetifolia. 

 Tobacco. See Nicotiana tabacum. 



Toddy. The fermented sap of the coconut, in Guam called ' ' tuba. ' ' See Cocos nuci/era. 

 Toguing polo (Philippines). See Dioscorea fasciculata lutescens. 

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

 Tolo (Samoa). See Saccharum officinarum. 

 Tomate (Spanish) . See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 

 Tomate chaka (Guam). See Phy sails minima. 

 Tomato. See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 



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

 Tongo (Samoa). See Rhizophora mucronata. 

 Tongo (Philippines). See Dioscorea and D. tiliaefolia. 

 Tor^go-vao (Samoa). See Dodonaea viscosa. 

 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 (Bongainville 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. 



