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marking their foreheads. It has long been growing in Guam, and is pretty well 

 distributed over the island. Its vernacular name is an imitation of the Spanish 

 "corales" (coral beads), and is likewise applied to the smaller-seeded Abrus abrus. 

 References: 

 Adenanthera pavonina L. Sp. PI. 1: 384. 1753. 



Adenosternma viscosum. 

 Family Asteraceae. 



Local names. — Bulak manuk (Philippines); Vaianu (Tahiti). 

 ■ A herbaceous pubescent composite resembling a white-flowered Ageratum, often 

 viscous, with heads of flowers in panicles or corymbs. Leaves opposite, or the upper 

 alternate, varying in shape from linear to broadly ovate, serrate; involucre cam- 

 panulate, bracts many, narrow, herbaceous, receptacle flat; corollas all equal, tubu- 

 lar, regular; tube short, limb campanulate, 5-toothed; anthers truncate with a 

 glandular tip, base obtuse; style branches elongate, dilated above; achenes obtuse, 

 5-ribbed, glandular. A cosmopolitan herbaceous weed. It was collected on the 

 island of Guam by Chamisso. 

 References: 

 Adenosternma viscosum Forst. Char. Gen. 90. t. 45. 1776. 

 Aeschynomene indica. Indian joint vetch. 



Family Fabaceae. 

 A plant growing in marshy places, with papilionaceous flowers and pinnately com- 

 pound leaves. Stems herbaceous, erect; leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets sensitive, small, 

 linear, 15 to 20 pairs, smooth; stipules semisagittate; racemes axillary, the pedicels 

 with 2 bracteoles below the calyx; peduncles few-flowered; pods smooth, linear, 

 compressed, transversely jointed, one seed in each joint. 



This plant is closely allied to Indian "shola" (Aeschynomene aspera), the stems of 

 which yield the pith used in making helmets. From it are also made artificial 

 flowers, models of temples, and various toys. In Guam there are a number of small 

 images of saints very cleverly carved from pith, evidently obtained from this or an 

 allied plant. 



References: 

 Aeschynomene indica L. Sp. PI. 2 : 713. 1753. 

 Afzelia bijuga. Same as Intsia bijuga. 

 Aga ( Guam ) . The ripe fruit of plantains and bananas. 

 Agaliya (Guam). See Ricinus communis. 

 Agar-agar (Ceylon). See Algae: Gracilaria confer voides. 

 Agatelang or Agatilon (Guam). See Eugenia spp. 



Agati grandiflora. Plate vi. 



Family Fabaceae. 



Local names. — Katurai (Guam); Caturai, Katudai, Gauay-gauay (Philippines). 



A small introduced tree, bearing large edible, white, papilionaceous flowers and 



long sickle-shaped pods. Leaves long, narrow, and abruptly pinnate, with very 



numerous, linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronate leaflets; calyx shallowly 2-lipped; corolla 



7.5 to 10 cm. in length; pod 30 cm. or more long, with thickened sutures. 



Frequently planted near the houses of the natives and along the roadsides. The 

 flowers and green pods are eaten as a salad or potherb. They are said to be laxative. 

 The bark is astringent and is used in India as a remedy in smallpox. The leaves 

 and young shoots are sometimes gathered as fodder for cattle. 

 References: 

 Agati grandiflora (L.) Desv. Journ. Bot. 1:120. L4./.6. 1813. 

 Robinia grandiflora L. Sp. PL 2: 722. 1753. 

 Aeschynomene grandiflora L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 2:1060.1763, 

 Hesban grandiflorus Poir. Encyc. 7: 127. 1806, 



