342 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Palm, Ivory-nut. See Coelococcus amicarum. 

 Palm-lily. See Taetsia terminalis. 

 Palm, Nip a. See Nypa fruticans. 

 Palm, Rattan. 



A species of climbing Calamus, not identified, called " behuko halom-tano" by 

 the natives. 



Palm, sago. See Coelococcus amicarum. 

 Palm, screw. 



General name for the species of Pandah.ua. (More commonly known as screw- 

 pines, but allied to the palms. ) 

 Palm, sugar. See Saguerus pinnatus. 

 Palma. 



This name is applied generically by many Spanish writers to the various species of 

 Pandanus growing on the island. 

 Palma brava (Guam). 



A small, graceful, pinnate-leaved palm with a strong, slender, elastic trunk, of 

 which carrying sticks and shafts of carts are made. Introduced, but now widely 

 spread on the island; not identified. 

 Palma de Marfil (Spanish). See Coelococcus amicarum. 

 Palmeae. See Arecaceae. 



Palo de jagueca (Porto Rico). See Thespesia populnea. 

 Palo del Brazil. See Biancaea sappan. 

 Palo Maria (Spanish). 



. See Cdlophyllum inophyUum. 

 Panabolong ( Philippines ) . See Lobelia koenigii. 

 Panago or Banago ( Guam ) . See Jasminum marianum. 

 Panao (Guam). 



A tree mentioned by Governor Olive which furnishes boards for construction. 

 Unidentified; referred by Gaudichaud to the genus Claoxylon. In the Philippines 

 this name is applied to Dipterocarpus hispidus. 

 Panax cochleatum. Same as Nothopdnax cochleatum. 

 Panax conchifolium Roxb. Same as Noihopanax cochleatum. 

 Panax, cut-leaved. See Noihopanax fruticosum. 

 Panax fruticosum. Same as Nothopanax fruticosum. 



Pancratium littorale. Spider lily. 



Family Amaryllidaceae. 



Local names. — Lirio (Guam); Ahos-ahos nga mapoti (Philippines); Seaside 

 daffodil (English). 



A bulbous plant growing along the seashore and in moist sandy places, with 

 umbels of fragrant white flowers. Perianth with a cylindrical tube and 6 linear 

 segments; stamens 6, the filaments free above, but webbed and united into a funnel- 

 shaped cup below; anthers narrow, versatile; ovary 3-celled with 2 ovules in each 

 cell, bearing a long slender style and capitate stigma; leaves star-shaped. 



This plant is of comparatively recent introduction into Guam. It has spread 

 rapidly and covers acres of coast near Agana. The flowers burst into bloom at about 

 half past 4 o'clock in the afternoon. 

 References : 



Pancratium littorale Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. 99. 1763. 

 Hymenocallis littoralis Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1:338. 1812. 



The genus Pancratium as established by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum 1: 290. 

 1753, and Genera Plantarum ed. 5. 141. 1754, was adopted from the Pancratium of 



