390 rsEFrL plants op gcam. 



Trnnk short, bark deeply- furrowed, pale; branchlets thii-k, marked with scars o: 

 fallen leaves; twigs densely silky-pubescent; leaves closely placed at the end o: 

 branches, 10 to 20 cm. long, oval or obovate-oval, much-tapering to base, roundec 

 or obtuse at apex, fleshy, densely covered with close silky, white, appressed hair 

 petiole stout, short and obscure; flowers numerous, se^le, cj-mes ped uncled, spread 

 ing, with long branches, silky; buds globose; sepals ovate-rotund, imbricate, denselj 

 silky-hairy; corolla rotate, over 6 mm. in diameter, lobes rotundate, spreading 

 anthers sessile, large, at throat of corolla; ovary glabrous; stigma subsessile, obscurelj 

 2-lobed; fruit the size of a small pea, depressed-globose, minutely apiculate, smooth, 

 brown: nutlets corky. 



The tree is of little economic value. Shoe lasts are sometimes made of the wood. 

 It is widely distributed in the Malay archipelago, the Indian and Pacific oceans. 

 The Polynesian names, signifying "scorched leaf," are applied to it on account ol 

 the shriveled appearance of the dead leaves. 

 References: 



Tmimeforlia argenlea L. f. Suppl. 13:5. 1781. 

 Tree-cotton. See Gossypium arboreum. 

 Tree ferns. 



The only tree fern thus far known in Guam is Alsophiht haenkei Presl, a species 

 srrowing on the banks of streams, first collected by Haenke in 1702, and afterwards 

 by Gaudichaud, who called it Ci/athea mariana." 

 rree mignonette. See Lauvania alba. 

 rrefoil, tick. General name for the species of Miihomm. 



Tribulus cistoides. Cu-trops. 



Family Zygophyllaceae 



A trailing strand plant with yellow flowers resembling those of Cistus. Branches 

 procumbent or ascending; leaves silky, stipulate, abruptly pinnate; leaflets about i 

 pairs, oblong, subequal; stipules falcate, acuminate; flowers solitary; sepals 5, 

 mducous, acuminate, silky; petals 5, obovate; disk annular, 10-lobed; stamens 10, 

 inserted on the base of the disk, 5 longer opposite the petals, 5 sliorter with a little 

 ;land outside; filaments filiform, naked; ovary sessile, hirsute; style short, stigmaf 

 j ; cocci almost woody, tubercled and hairy, usually 2-horned, partitioned intemallj 

 nto several 1-seeded compartments. 



A widely spread strand plant, easily identified by its conspicuous yellow flowers 

 md horned woody cocci. Xot common in Guam, where, according to the natives, it 

 s of recent introduction. A few plants observed on the sandy beach on the east 

 ■hore of the island between Pago and Tal6f6f6. 

 Eeferexces: 



Tribidus cistoides L. Sp. PI. 1: 387. 1"=3. 



Trichoon roxbtLTghii. Reed. Marsh reed. 



Family Poaceae. 



Local names. — Karriso (Guam): Caiia, Carrizo (Spanish); Tambo, Tabnnak 



(Philippines); Yoshigo, Yoshi-dsuno (Japan); JCal, Nar, Karka (India); 



Nalagas (Ceylon); Lu, Tih, Wei (China). 



A tall perennial grass with stems 2 to 4 meters high, common in marshes and 



ilong the banks of streams. The inflorescence forms large spreading lax panicles, 



vith the flowers enveloped with long silky hairs. The plant is gregarious, having 



Teeping, stoloniferous rootstocks: stems stout, hollow, smooth, covered with the 



eaf sheaths; leaves close together, growing in 2 vertical ranks, sword-shaped, with- 



)ut ligule, but with a ridge of short hairs instead; panicle decompound, erect, more 



« Presl, Reliquiae Haenkeanae, vol. 1, p. 68, 1825. Gaudichaud, Freycinet's Voyage 

 Jotany, p. 365, 1826. 



