DESOtHMtVl! CATALOG tJE. S89 



lOl^ny bamboo. See Bambos blumeana. 



lousand leagues. See Telosma odoratissima. 



. (Samoa). See Taetsia terminalis. 



aridium indicum. Same as Heliotropium indicum. 



.camas (Philippines). See Cacara erosa. 



.ckseed. See Stemmodontia. 



ck-trefoil. General name for the species of Meibomia. 



.ck-trefoil, Creeping. See Meibomia triflora; also Agsom, a name improperly 



applied to this plant. 



ck-trefoil, Ganges. See Meibomia gangetica. 



^ck-trefoil, umbelled or sbrubby. See Meibomia umbellata. 



.gre (Guam, Philippines). See Cordyline hyacinthoides. 



.liaceae. Linden family. 



To this family belong the following Guam plants: 



Greida guazumaefolia, ailgilao; Triumfelta pilosa, masigsig lahe; Tnuiiifetta rhom- 



idea, dadangse, or burweed; Triumfelta proemnbens, masigsig hembra. 



^ntan Cbina (Guam). 



" Chinese ink;" a name applied in Guam to a recently introduced Oestrum which 



IS been spread all over the island, probably by the fruit-eating pigeons, which are 



ry fond of its dark purple berries. It is very closely allied to, if not identical with, 



e tropical American Oestrum pallidum. 



^uta-tinta (Philippines). See Eclipta alba. 



.polo (Philippines). See Ariocarpus communis. 



.polo (Samoa). See OUrua hystrix acida. 



)a (Samoa). See Casuarina equisetifolia. 



)bacco. See Nicotiana tabacum. 



)ddy. The fermented sap of the coconut, in Guam called ' ' tuba. ' ' See Cocos nudfera. 



>guing polo (Philippines). See Dioscorea fasciculata lutescens. 



)'ito'iave'a (Samoa). See Lobelia koenigii. 



)lo (Samoa). See Saccharum offidnarum. 



>niate (Spanish) . See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 



)mate cliaka (Guam). See Physalis minima. 



>niato. See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 



)n|fo (Philippines),. A prickly yam. See Dioscorea spinosd: 



)ngo (Samoa). See Rhizophora mucronata. 



)Sgo (Philippines). See tHoscorea and D. tiliaefolia. 



)rgo.^ao (Samoa). See Dodonaea viscosa. 



)no (Samoa). See Centella asiaiica. 



wchwood. See Cormigonus mariannensis.. 



ttopo. 



Name of a grass eaten by cattle, with long, narrow leaves and creeping rootstock. 



lurnefortia argentea. Velvetleaf. Plate lxvii. 



Family Boraginaceae. 



Local names. — Junig (Spanish); Hunig, Hunik (Guam); Tahenu (Tahiti); 



Tauhinu(Earotonga); Tausunu (Samoa) ; Diave (Bougainville Straits); Karan 



(Ceylon). 



A. small tree, 3 to 4 meters high, growing on the strand, with large silky-pubescent 



ivea and scorpioid branched cymes of small white flowers with black anthers. 



