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Ninayag (Guam). 



Local name of a tree mentioned in a list sent by Governor Pablo Perez to the cap- 

 tain-general of the Philippines. He describerl it as having soft wood and growing 

 near the beach. It is sometimes used for furniture. Not identified. 

 Nino (Philippines). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Niog (Philippines). See Cocos nucifera. 

 Nipa (Guam, Philippines). See Nypa fruticans. 

 Nipay (Philippines). See Stizolobium giganteum and S. pniriens. 

 Niphobolus aduascens Kaulf. Same as Cydophorus adnascens. 

 Nito (Philippines). See Lygodium scandens. 

 NivL (Samoa, Hawaii). See Cocos nucifera. 

 Niyog (Guam). See Cocos nucifera. 

 S'olon (Guam). 



Name of a tree not identified, included by Gbvernor Olive in a list sent by him 

 to the captain-general of the Phihppines. 

 Nona (Malay Archipelago). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nonag or Nonak (Guam). See Hernandia peltata. 

 Noni (Hawaii). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 None ( Rarotonga, Tahiti) . See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nonok (Philippines) . See Ficus sp. 

 Nonu (Samoa). See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nonu-fi'afi'a (Samoa). See Caryophyllus malaccensis. 

 Nostoc. See Algee. 



Nuna ( Southern India) . See Morinda citrifolia. 

 Nunu (Guam). A large banyan tree. See Ji"icus sp. 



Nothopanax cochleatum. Sauceb-leai?. Shell-leaf. 



Family Araliaceae. 



Local names. — Platitos (Guam, Philippines) ; Eauparoro (Ternate) ; Daun papeda 

 (Java). 

 An introduced ornamental shrub, growing in many of the gardens of Guam, with 

 saucer-like or shell-lilie concave leaves, which are petioled, simple, round-cordate, 

 and spinulose-ciliate and dentate. Flowers small, growing in dense paniculate 

 umbels; calyx-tube obconical, with adherent ovary, the limb minutely 5-toothed, 

 persistent; petals 5, valvate; stamens 5, alternating with the petals; ovary 2-celled; 

 styles 2; fruit 2-seeded. 



This plant is a native of the Malay Archipelago. In Java it is much planted about 

 dwellings and in the villages. It has been introduced into South America. The 

 leaves serve as dishes, also as greens. Together with the root, according to Rumphius, 

 they are mixed with parsley and act as a diuretic. « 

 References: 

 Nothopanax cochleatum (Lam.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1' : 766. 1855. 

 Aralia cochleata Lam. Encyc. 1: 224. 1783. 

 Panax cochleatum DC. Prod. 4: 253. 1830. 

 Nothopanax fruticosum. Out-leaved panax. 



Local names. — Papua (Guam, Philippines); Daun papeda papoea (Java) ; Tane- 

 tane (Samoa); Danidani (Fiji). 

 An introduced ornamental shrub with tripinnate leaves. Leaflets lanceolate, bristly- 



a Miquel, Flora Indise Batavise, vol. 1, p. 766, 1855. 



