372 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Collected in Guam hy Gaudichaud. This plant is also found in Java, Celebes, New 

 Guinea, Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the JIarshall Islands. 

 References: 



Schychowskya ruderalis ( Forst. ) Endl. Ann. Wien. ilus. 1 : 187. t. 13. 1S36. 



Uriica ntderalis Forst. f. Prod. 66. 1786. 



Fleurya ruderalis Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 497. 1826. 

 Scimitaj: pod. See Lens phaseoloides. 

 Seiophila torresiana. Same as Elatostema pedunculatum. 

 Scorpion tveed. See Hdiotropium indicum. 



Screwpine or screwpalm. General name for the species of Pandanns. 

 Scrophulariaceae. Foxglove family. 



This family is represented in Guam by three low, herbaceous, water-loving plants, 

 the trSigraiit Ambulia gratioloides and A. fragrans, called "gu^rie" or "g^ge" (pro- 

 nounced "gaygay"), and the fleshy creeping, blue-flowered water-hyssop, Bacopa 

 monniera {Herpestis monniera). 

 Sea-beans. 



Those found in Guan are: Lens phaseoloides, the scimetar-pod bean called "gay^," 

 "loduson," or "bayog;" Stizfilobium giganteum, the ox-eye bean of the Pacific; 

 Canavali obtusifolium, a succulent, glabrous creeper growing on the strand; and 

 Guttandina crista, the gray nicker-nut, or " pakao " of the natives. See the scientific 

 names. 



Sea-coast laburnum. See Sophora tomentosa. 

 Sea daffodil. See Pancratium littorale. 

 Sea-grass. See Euppia inaritima. 

 Sea-island cotton. See Gossypivm barbadense. 

 Sea purslane. See Sesuvium portidacastrum. 

 Seaside bean. See (yaiwiali obtusifolium. 

 Seaside plum. See Ximenia americana. 

 Seaw^eeds. , 



See Algs and Halophxla ovalis, the latter a flowering plant collected in Guam and 

 figured by Gaudichaud. 



Seboyas (Guam). See Allium cepa and Gardens. 

 Sedges. See Cyperaceae. 

 Sedyiafi, Seyafi, or Sedyafo. 



Improper spelling of the name of an urticaceous plant, "Sayafi," or "Sayiafi." 

 Sedyaihagon or Seyaihagon (Guam). See Xervilia aragoana. 

 Seguidillas (Spanish). See Botor tetragonoloba. 

 Senna. See Cn^a. 



Sensitive joint vetch., Indian. See Aeschytiomene indica. 

 Sensitive plants. 



The only plant remarkable tor its irritability is Averrhoa carambola, a tree belong- 

 ing to the Oxalidaceae, called " biUmbines " by the natives. 

 Sesame. See Sesainum orientale. 

 Sesamum indicum. Same as Sesamum orientale. 



Sesamum orientale. Sesame. Bexxe. 



Family Pedaliaceae. 



Local xames. — Ajunjoli (Spanish); Ahonholi (Guam); Lirigd, Loiigii, Larigis, 

 Lerigriga (Philippines); Gingili, Gingelly (E. Indies); Til (Bengal). 



An annual plant which has been introduced into Guam, and is cultivated in some 



