372 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Collected in Guam by Gaudicliaud. This plant is also found in Java, Celebes, New 

 Guinea, Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the Marshall Islands. 

 References: 

 Schychowskya ruderalis (Forst.) Endl. Ann. Wien. Mus. 1:187. t. 13. 1836. 

 Urtica ruderalis Forst. f. Prod. 66. 1786. 

 Fleurya ruderalis Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 497. 1826. 

 Scimitar pod. See Lens phaseoloides. 

 Sciophila torresiana. Same as Elatostema pedunculatum. 

 Scorpion weed. See Heliotropium indicum. 



Screwpine or screwpalm. General name for the species of Pandanus. 

 Scrophulariaceae. Foxglove family. 



This family is represented in Guam by three low, herbaceous, water-loving plants, 

 the fragrant Ambulia gratioloides and A. fragrans, called "guegue" or "gege" (pro- 

 nounced "gaygay"), and the fleshy creeping, blue-flowered water-hyssop, Bacopa 

 monniera (Herpestis monniera). 

 Sea-beans. 



Those found in Guan are: Lens pliaseoloides, the scimetar-pod bean called "gaye," 

 "loduson," or "bayog;" Stizolobium giganteum, the ox-eye bean of the Pacific; 

 CanavaU obtusifolium, a succulent, glabrous creeper growing on the strand; and 

 Guilandina crista, the gray nicker-nut, or " pakao" of the natives. See the scientific 

 names. 



Sea-coast laburnum. See Sophora tomenlosa. 

 Sea daffodil. See Pancratium littorale. 

 Sea-grass. See Ruppia maritima. 

 Sea-island cotton. See Gossypium barbadense. 

 Sea purslane. See Sesuvium portulacastrum. 

 Seaside bean. See CanavaU obtusifolium. 

 Seaside plum. See Ximenia americana. 



Seaweeds. 



See Algsc and Halophila ovalis, the latter a flowering plant collected in Guam and 

 figured by Gaudichaud. 



Seboyas (Guam). See Allium cepa and Gardens. 

 Sedges. See Cyperaceae. 

 Sedyiafi, Seyafi, or Sedyafo. 



Improper spelling of the name of an urticaceous plant, "Sayafi," or "Sayiafi." 

 Sedyaihagon or Seyaihagon (Guam). See Nervilia aragoana. 

 Seguidillas (Spanish). See Botor tetragonoloba. 

 Senna. See Cassia. 



Sensitive joint vetch, Indian. See Aeschynomene indica. 

 Sensitive plants. 



The only plant remarkable for its irritability is Averrhoa carambola, a tree belong- 

 ing to the Oxalidaceae, called " bilimbines" by the natives. 

 Sesame. See Sesamum orientate. 

 Sesamum indicum. Same as Sesamum orientale. 



Sesamum orientale. Sesame. Benne. 



Family Pedaliaceae. 



Local names. — Ajonjoli (Spanish); Ahonholi (Guam); Liriga, Longd, Langis, 

 Leiignga (Philippines); Gingili, Gingelly (E. Indies); Til (Bengal). 



An annual plant which has been introduced into Guam, and is cultivated in some 



