294 USEFUL PLANTS OF QUAM. 



Hialoa (Hawaii). See Walthena americana. 

 Hibiscus esculentus. Same as Abelmoschm esculentus. 



Hibiscus mutabilis. Changeable rose-mallow. 



Family Malvaceae. 

 Local names. — Mapola (Guam); Amistad (Mexico); Maravi 11a (Porto Rico). 



A shrub or small tree which has flowers that change in color, almost white in the 

 morning and red at night. Leaves downy, cordate, 5-angled, 10 cm. in diameter, 

 petiole 7.5 cm.; peduncles axillary, nearly as long as the leaf, jointed near the top; 

 bracts shorter than the calyx; flowers 7.5 to 10 cm. in diameter; sepals ovate-lance- 

 olate, connate below the middle; capsule depressed-globose, hairy; seeds reniform, 

 hispid. 



Planted in many gardens in Guam. The bark yields a strong fiber, but this has 

 never been used for cordage. 

 References: 

 Hibiscus mutabilis L. Sp. PI. 2: 694. 1753. 

 Hibiscus populueus. Same as Thespesia populnea. 



Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. Scarlet rose-mallow. 



Local names. — Gumamela (Guam); Tapuranga (Philippines); Kaute (Raro- 

 tonga); Ante (Samoa); Shoe-flower (India); Fu-sang (China). 



An ornamental shrub planted by the natives near their houses. In Guam only 

 the crimson-flowered varieties, single and double, are found. Leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nate, entire at the base, coarsely toothed at the apex, nearly glabrous; stipules 

 sword-shaped; peduncles axillary, as long as or longer than the adjoining leaf; 

 bracteoles 6 or 7, linear, half the length of the bell-shaped calyx; sepals lanceolate, 

 connate below the middle; staminal tube exceeding the corolla; capsule rounded; 

 many-seeded. Seldom seeds in cultivation. 



In India the flowers are used to black shoes, and paper colored with the petals is 

 used in the place of litmus for testing. The plant is easily propagated by cuttings. 

 These should be removed with a piece of the old wood adhering, placed in water 

 until roots begin to make their appearance, and then planted. In this way it is pos- 

 sible to have a fine hedge under way in a very short time, which begins to bloom 

 immediately if flowering twigs have been selected for cuttings. 

 Reperences: 

 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. Sp. PI. 2: 694. 1753. 

 Hibiscus tiliaceus. Same as Pariti tUiaceum. 

 Hierba bueua (Spanish). See MeiUlia arvensis. 

 Hierba de polio (Spanish). See Portulaca quadrifida. 

 Hierba de Santa Bosa (Mexico). See Antigonon lepiopus. 

 Higo (Spanish). See Mcus carica. 

 Hikamas (Guam). See Cacara erosa. 

 Hikara (Guam). See Orescentia alata. 

 Hinaxamai (Philippines). See under Piptarm argenteus. 

 Hineg:sa (Guam). See under Orym saliva. 

 Hoda or Hodda (Guam). See i^ois spp. 

 Hog-weed. See Boerhaavia diffusa. 

 Hoja de bouja (Cuba). See Bryophyllum pinnatum. 

 Hombroiua edulis. Same as Pandanus dubius. 

 Horse bean. See Canavali ensiforme. 

 HoTse-radisli tree. See Moringa moringa. 

 Huamachil (Mexico). See Pithecolobium dvlce. 



