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sort of food of Bread kind. I did never see of this Fruit any where hut here. The 

 Natives told us, that there is plenty of this Fruit growing on the rest of the Ladrone 

 Islands; and I did never hear of any of it any where else. a 



References: 

 Artocarpus communis Forst. Char. Gen. 102. 1776. 

 Artocarpus incisa L. f. Suppl. 411. 1781. 

 Artocarpus incisa. Same as Artocarpus communis. 



Arum, Egyptian (Italy). See Caladium colocasia; in Guam called "suni." 

 Arundo bambos. See under Bambos. 

 Arundo tecta. Same as Trichoon roxburglui. 

 Arungay (Philippines). See Moringa moringa. 

 Aruru. (Guam). See Maranta arundinacea. 

 Asaua (Samoa). See Gleichenia dichotoma. 



Asclepiadaceae. Milkweed family. 



This family is represented in Guam by Dischidia puberida, a climber peculiar to 

 the island, the widely diffused Asclepias curassavica, and the fragrant " mil leguas" 

 (Telosma odoratissima) , a garden climber of Chinese origin. 



Asclepias curassavica. Curasao milkweed. 



Family Asclepiadaceae. 



Local names. — -'Asuncion (Guam); Rosa de Francia (Philippines); Algodoncillo 



(Porto Rico); Wild ipecac (Hawaii) Blood flower (Jamaica); Chocholloxin 



(Maya of Mexico). 



A handsome milkweed, with orange-scarlet flowers, growing erect in solitary, lateral 



umbels. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, tapering at both ends; stem somewhat 



downy, simple, sometimes a little branched, growing from 30 to 90 cm. high. 



The plant is of American origin, but has found its way to almost all tropical coun- 

 tries. It is very common in Guam, growing in open fields which were formerly 

 cultivated. Its root possesses emetic properties, and the expressed juice of its leaves 

 is used as a remedy for intestinal worms. 

 References: 

 Asclepias curassavica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 215. 1753. 

 Ash. Pumpkin (Ceylon). See Benincasa cerifera. 

 Asisio (Philippines). See Physalis angulata and P. minima. 

 Asngod (Guam). See Zinziber zingiber. 

 Asngod halom-tano (Guam) . See Zinziber zerumbet. 

 Aspidium. See Ferns. 



Aspidium dissectum and A. parasiticum. Same as Dryopteris dissecta and D. 

 parasitica. See Ferns. 



Asplenium. See Ferns. 



Asplenium cultratum Gaud. Same as Asplenium falcalum. See Ferns. 

 Asplenium nidus. Same as Neottopteris nidus. See Ferns. 



Asteraceae. Aster family. 



Among the representatives, of this family are Vemonia villosa and V. cinerea, Ele- 

 phantopus scaber and E. spicatus, Adenostemrna viscosum, Ageratum conyzoides, Eclipla 

 "///", Sternmodonlia canescens, Stemmodontia biflora, Artemisia vulgaris ("hierba de 

 Santa Maria"), Synedrella nodijiora, Glossogyne tenuifolia, and Chrysanthemum indicum 

 ("manzanilla"). 



«See also Baum, The Breadfruit, reprinted from The Plant World, vols. 6 and 7. 

 Washington, 1904. 



