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 aciculotm. Capi-iol-a dac- 

 tylon, Centotheca lappac^a, Oha^>foc/doa glaiica aitrea, Dactyloctenlum 

 (U'(/t/pfiaou//u Eleusine indica, Dimeria c/dondifonnis, Echinocltloa 

 colona, Eragrostis pilosa, Eragrosft'g fcneUa, Isachne minutuJa, IscKae- 

 mum digitatum polystachyum, Ischnemum chordatunu Panicum di- 

 stachyum, Pa-spalum scrobwidatum, and StenoUiphrum subnlaiwm. 

 Associated with grasses are often found the creeping Comm'elina 

 benghaleims and Coi/uiwlina nuditfora. and Zygomeims crii:tata, with 

 scorpioid cymes of blue flowere inclosed in large falcate, inbi'icating 

 bracts. 



Among the sedges are Carex densiflora, Oarex fulremndes, Cladium 

 gaudlchaudii, Oy penis rotund us^ Cypei'us diffarmtg, several species of 

 Fimbristylis. Fuirena umhellata, Eleocharis capitafa, E. planta- 

 ginoidea, KylUnga monocephcda, 2lariscus albescens^ and Rynchospora 

 corymhosa. 



TILLAGE ENTIKOXS. 



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 {A7inona 

 squamosa); laguana or soursop {Annona muricafa); papaya {Ca)^ica 

 papaya); Blxa orellana, with burs resembling beechnuts and seed sur- 

 rounded b}' a red coloring matter; coffee which yields abundant crops; 

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

 hetle) 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; Mtlia azedarach, the "pride 

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

 the horse-i^adish tree {2[vringa moringa) (PI. LVIII), here called 

 "marunggai;" the silk-cotton tree {Ceiha pentandra), called "algodon 

 de ManUa;" the leguminous Agati grandifl(yra, called "katurai" (PI. 

 VI), with edible flowers and seed pods; Poinc'mna pulchen-ima^ called 

 "flower fence" in the British T\'est Indies, bearing racemes of beau- 

 tiful red and yellow flowers; the Indian almond {Tetnuinalia 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 ofl". 



