BESOEIPTIVE CATALOGITE. f^'i b 



ida rhomljifolia. Beoomweed. 



Local names. — Escobilla (Guam, Panama); Escoba (Spanish Central America); 



Malva de cochino (Cuba); Mautofu (Samoa); Ilima (Hawaii); Burume 



(Tahiti); Silhigon, Escobang-habd, Bdseng-bdseng (PhiUppines); Svet-berela 



(India); Kotikan-b^vila (Ceylon). 



A half-shrubby weed growing by the roadsides and in open places, having yellow 

 owers which open at about half-past 10 o'clock in the morning and soon fade to a 

 hitish color. Branches rough with stellate hairs; leaves 2.5 to 5 cm. long, rhomboid- 

 mceolate, obtuse at the base, acute, entire below, dentate-serrate above, glabrous 

 bove, more or leas densely stellate-hairy beneath, petioles 6 mm. long, stellate- 

 airy, stipules setaceous, longer than petioles; flowers 2 cm. long, peduncles axillary, 

 ■flowered, 1.5 to 4 cm. long, stellate-hairy; calyx-segments broadly triangular, very 

 cute or apiculate; ripe carpels 8 to 10, with or without beaks. 



This plant varies greatly with its environment, and it may be that forms described 

 g distinct species may be nothing more than varieties caused by differences of light, 

 loisture, soil, etc. 



It yields a good fiber, which in Australia is known as Queensland hemp. This is 

 ne, strong, white, and lustrous, and is easily extracted. It is softer and finer than 

 ite, but shorter. Experiments made with this fiber show that a cord 12.5 mm. in 

 ircumference will sustain a weight of 400 pounds. In Guam fresh plants are gath- 

 red each morning and made into bundles which serve as brooms. 

 References: 

 Sida rhombifolia L. Sp. PI. 2: 684. 1753. 

 liempre-viva (Spanish). 



Local name for Bryophyllum pinnatum, which grows in Guam as a common roadside 



weed. 

 lilhigon (Philippines). See Sida rhombifolia. 

 ilisili (Philippines). 8ee Jasminuin marianum. 

 lilk-cotton tree. See Ceiba peniandra. 

 lilk leaf. See Toumeforlia argent m. 

 lincamas (Philippines). See Cacara erosa. 

 lin§^le bead. See Nervilia arragoana. 

 lisio (Philippines). See Phy sails angulaia and P. minima. 

 litae (Philippines). See Yig)ia sinensis. 

 loap orange. See ( 'itrus uurantium sap>onacea. 

 iolanaceae. Nightshade family. 



This family is represented in Guam by the following species: 



Capsicum annuum.. — Doni, Cayenne pepper. 



Capsicum, frutescens. — Doni, spur pepper. 



Cestrum noctumum. — Dama de noche, night-blooming Cestrum. 



Oestrum pallidum. — Tintan China, "Chinese inkberry." 



Datura fastuosa, Purple-flowered thornapple. 



Lycopersicon lycopersicum. — Tomato. 



STicotiana tabacum. — Chupa, tobacco. 



Fhysalis angulata. — Tomates de brihuega, ground-cherry. 



Fhysalis minima. — Tomates de brihuega, ground-cherry. 



Solauum melongena. — Berengenas, eggplant. 



olanum melongena. Eggplant. 



Family Solanaceae. 



Local names. — Berenghenas (Guam); Berengena (Spanish); T^long (Philip- 

 pines). 

 The eggplant is one of the principal vegetables cultivated in Guam gardens. It 

 irives best in sandy soil. The fruit is large, oval in shape, and purple. A favorite 

 lethod of cooking it is to stuff it with minced meat and bake it. 

 Beperence^: 

 Solanurn melongena L. Sp. PI. 1 : 186. 1753. 



