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A second species growing on the hillside above San Ramon on the left-hand side 

 of the road leading to Sinahana is of very recent introduction. It has large ill- 

 smelling flowers of pale sulphur-yellow which resemble the figure of Bauhinia btancoi 

 in Blanco's Flora de Filipinas. 



Baumea mariscoides Gaudich. Same as Cladium gaudichaudii. 

 Bayabas (Philippines). See Psidium guajava. 

 Bayag cambing (Tagdlog). See Ouilandina crista. 

 Bayog or Bayogo (Guam; Philippines). 



The seeds of Lens phaseoloides. 

 Bayog cabayo (Philippines). See Dioscorea sativa. 

 Bead tree, Syrian. See Melia azedarach. 

 Beak rush.. See Rynchospora corymbosa. 

 Bean family. See Fabaceae. 

 Beans: 



Chinese asparagus. See Vk/na sinensis. 



Coral. See Adenanthera pavonina. 



Egyptian kidney. See DolicTios lablab. 



6oa. See Boior tetragonoloba. 



Horse. See Canavali ermforme. 



Horse-eye. See Stizolobium pruruns and S. gigantewm. 



Hyacinth.. See Dolichos lablab. 



Iiima. See Gardens. 



Hatch-box. See Lens phaseoloides. 



Slolucca. See Guilandina crista. 



Ox-eye. See Stizolobium pruriens and S. gigantewm. 



Queensland. See Lens phaseoloides. 



Sea. See Stizolobium pruriens, 8. giganteum, Lens phaseoloides, and Guilandina 

 crista. 



Seaside. See Canavali obtusifolium and Vigna lutea. 



Snuffbox. See Lens phaseoloides. 



Sword. See Canavali ensiforme. 



Turnip. See Cacara erosa. 



yam. See Cacara erosa. 

 Beardgrass, awned. See Andropogon aciculatus. 

 Beefwood (Australia). See Casuarina equisetifolia. 

 Beet. See Gardens. 



Behuko halom-tauo (Guam). See Calarmissp. 

 Bejuco (Spanish). 



General name for climbing or twining plant. In the Philippines and in Guam it 

 is specially applied to species of climbing palms (Calamus). 

 Bejuco cimarron (Spanish). See Calamus sp. 

 Bejuco de vaca (Porto Rico). See Ipomoea pes-caprae. 

 Bell pepper. See Capsicum annuum grosmim. 

 Belvisia spicata. See under Ferns. 

 Ben oil. See Moringa moringa. 



Benincasa cerifera. Wax qoued. 



Family Cucurbitaceae. 



Local names. — Kondot, Condor (Guam); Kondol (Philippines); Calabaza 

 blanca (Spanish); Ash pumpkin (Ceylon). 

 A gourd with oblong, white, waxy fruit, growing oij a vine, like a muskmelon; 



