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sort of food of Bread kind. I did never see of this Fruit any where but here. The 

 Natives told us, that there is plenty of this Fruit growing on the rest of the Ladroue 

 Islands; and I did never hear of any of it any where else." 



References: 

 Artocarpus communis Forst. Char. Gen. 102. 1776. 

 Artocarpus incisa L. f. Suppl. 411. 1781. 

 Artocarpus incisa. Same as Artocarpus communis. 



Arum, Egyptian (Italy). See Caladium colocasia; in Guam called "suni." 

 Arundo bambos. See under Bamhos. 

 Arundo tecta. Same as Trichoon roxburghii. 

 Aruilgay (Philippines). See Moringa moringa. 

 Aruru (Guam). See Maranta arundinacea. 

 Asaua (Samoa). See Gleichenia dichoioma. 



Asclepiadaceae. Milkweed family. 



This family is represented in Guai-i by Dischidia puberula, a climber peculiar to 

 the island, the widely diffused Asclepias curassavica, and the fragrant " mil leguas" 

 {Telosma odoraiissima) , a garden climber of Chinese origin. 



Asclepias curassavica. Cdka(,:ao milkweed. 



Family Asclepiadaceae. 



Local NAMES. — Asuncion (Guam); Rosa de Francia (Philippines); Algodoncillo 



(Porto Rico); Wild ipecac (Hawaii) Blood flower (Jamaica); Chocholloxin 



(Maya of Mexico). 



A handsome milkweed, with orange-scarlet flowers, growing erect in solitary, lateral 



umbels. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, tapering at both ends ; stem somewhat 



downy, simple, sometimes a little branched, growing from 30 to 90 cm. high. 



The plant is of American origin, but has found its way to almost all tropical coun- 

 tries. It is very common in Guam, growing in open fields which were formerly 

 cultivated. Its root possesses emetic properties, and the expressed juice of its leaves 

 is used as a remedy for intestinal worms. 

 Eefekences: 

 Asclepias cixrassavica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 215. 1753. 

 Ash. Pumpkin (Ceylon). See Benincasa cerifera. 

 Asisio (Philippines). See Physalis angulata and P. minima. 

 Asngod (Guam). See Zinziber zingiber. 

 Asng'od halom-tano (Guam) . See Zinziber zerumbet. 

 Aspidium. See Ferns. 

 Aspidium dissectum and A. parasiticum. Same as Dryopteris dissecta and D. 



parasitica. See Ferns. 

 Aspleuium. See Ferns. 



Asplenium cultratum Gaud. Same as Aspleuium falcatum. See Ferns. 

 Aspleuium nidus. Same as Neottopteris nidus. See Ferns. 



Asteraceae. Aster fa.mily. 



Among the representatives of this family are Vernonia villosa and V. cinerea, Ele- 

 phantopus scitber and E. spicalus, Adenostemma viscosum, Ageratum conyzoides, Eclipla 

 alba, Stemmodontia canescens, Stemmodontia biflora, Artemisia vulgaris ("hierba de 

 Santa Maria"), Synedrella nodifiora, Glossogyne tenuifolia, and Chrysanthemum indicum 

 (" manzanilla"). 



"See also Baum, The Breadfruit, reprinted from The Plant World, vols. 6 and 7. 

 Washington, 1904. 



