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Thorny bamboo. See Bambos blumeana. 



Thousand leagues. See Telosma odoratissima. 



Ti (Samoa). See Taetsia terminal-is. 



Tiaridium indicum. Same as Heliotropiwm indicum. 



Ticamas (Philippines). See Cacara erosa. 



Tickseed. See Stemmodontia. 



Tick-trefoil. General name for the species of Meibomia. 



Tick-trefoil, Creeping-. See Meibomia triflora; also Agsom, a name improperly 



applied to this plant. 

 Tick-trefoil, Ganges. See Meibomia gangetica. 

 Tick-trefoil, umbelled or shrubby. See Meibomia umbellata. 

 Tig-re (Guam, Philippines). See Cordyline hyacinthoides. 

 Tiliaceae. Linden family. 



To this family belong the following Guam plants: 



Greuia guazumaefolia, afigilao; Triumfetta pilosa, masigsig lahe; Triumfetta rhom- 

 boidea, dadangse, or burweed; Triumfetta procumbens, masigsig hembra. 

 Tintan China (Guam). 



" Chinese ink;" a name applied in Guam to a recently introduced Cestrum which 

 has been spread all over the island, probably by the fruit-eating pigeons, which are 

 very fond of its dark purple berries. It is very closely allied to, if not identical with, 

 the tropical American Cestrum pallidum. 

 Tinta-tinta (Philippines). See Eclipta alba. 

 Tipolo ( Philippines ) . See Artocarpus communis. 

 Tipolo (Samoa). See Citrus hystrix acida. 

 Toa (Samoa). See Casuarina equisetifolia. 

 Tobacco. See Nicotiana tabacum. 



Toddy. The fermented sap of the coconut, in Guam called ' ' tuba. ' ' See Cocos nucifera. 

 Toguing polo (Philippines). See Dioscorea fasciculata lutescens. 

 To'ito'iave'a (Samoa). See Lobelia koenigii. 

 Tolo (Samoa). See Saccharum officinarum. 

 Tomate (Spanish) . See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 

 T ornate chaka (Guam). See Physalis minima. 

 Tomato. See Lycopersicon lycopersicum. 



Tongo (Philippines). A prickly yam. See Dioscorea spinosd: 

 Tongo (Samoa). See Rhizophora mucronata. 

 Tongo (Philippines). See Dioscorea and D. tiliaefolia. 

 Torgo-vao (Samoa). See Dodonaea viscosa. 

 Tono (Samoa). See Centella asiatica. 

 Torchwood. See Cormigonus mariannensis. ., * J 



TotOpO. JL ^j^y-Jnl^- t&MJ^t 



Name of a grass eaten by cattle, with long, narrow leaves and creeping rootstock. 

 Tournefortia argentea. Velvetleaf. Plate lxvii. 



Family Boraginaceae. 



Local names. — Junig (Spanish); Hunig, Hunik (Guam); Tahenu (Tahiti); 



Tauhinu (Rarotonga); Tausunu (Samoa); Diave (Bongainville Straits); Karan 



(Ceylon). 



A small tree, 3 to 4 meters high, growing on the strand, with large silky-pubescent 



leaves and scorpioid branched cymes of small white flowers with black anthers. 



