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This plant varies in the shape of its leaves and the amount of pubescence. It is 

 closely allied to Urena lobata, the " mautofu " of the Samoans. The stem yields a 

 good fiber, of which cordage is made in Japan, but this is not utilized in Guam. 



A common plant in open places; of wide tropical distribution. It blooms the 

 latter part of October. 

 References: 



Urena sinuata L. Sp. PI. 2: 692. 1753. 

 Urticaceae. - Nettle family. 



Among the indigenous urticaceous plants are the "amahayan," Boehmeria tena- 

 cissima, which in cultivation produces the celebated rhea fiber; an allied plant 

 with fulvous pubescence called "sayiafi" (not yet identified); Pipturus argenteus, the 

 "Queensland grass-cloth plant," called in Samoa "fau-soriga;" Elatostema peduncu- 

 lata, a plant of the forest, which bears sessile red spherical fruit; the nettle-like 

 Schychoivskya interrupta, with coarsely toothed acuminate leaves; the glabrous Schy- 

 choivskya ruderalis; and Pellionia divaricate/,. 

 XJrtica argentea Forst. Same as Pipturus argenteus. 

 TJrtica interrupta L. Same as Schychoivskya interrupta. 

 Urtica ruderalis Forst. Same as Schychoivskya ruderalis. 

 TJrtica tenacissima Roxb. Same as Boehmeria tenacissima 

 Uto (Fiji). See Artocmpus communis. 

 TJto-sori (Fiji). See Arlocar pus communis; seeded variety. 

 'TJto'uto (Samoa). See Mussaenda frondosa. 

 TJtud or TJtug- (Guam). See Icacorea sp. 

 Uuina or Ououma. A name referred by Gaudichaud to Panicum gaudichaudii; 



more correctly "umog." 

 Uvi (Fiji). See Dioscorea alcda. 

 Vallisneriaceae. Tapegrass family. 



The only representative of this family in Guam is Halophila ovalis. 

 Vanilla fasciola Gaudich. Same as Taeniophyllum fasciola. 

 Velvetleaf. See Tournefortia argentea. 

 Verbenaceae. Verbena family. 



This family is represented in Guam by the genera Clerodendron, Vitex, and 

 Premna. 



Verbesina alba L. Same as Eclipta alba. 

 Verbesina argentea. 



In the botany of the Voyage de l'Uranie, Gaudichaud mentions among the plants 

 growing on the hills back of Agaila and TJmata, in places where the vegetation was 

 scant, a " Verbesina with silver leaves." This is included in Endlicher's list of South 

 Sea Island plants as " Verbesina? argentea Gaudich. ad Freyc. 464. — Guam archipelagi 

 Mariannae (Gaudich. )."« The plant is not further known. In the locality referred 

 to I have collected two species of yellow composites, both of which are allied to 

 Verbesina, one of them, Stemmodonlia canescens, with silvery canescent leaves. It is 

 probable that this is the plant referred to by Gaudichaud as the "silvery-leaved 

 Verbesina." 



References: 



Verbesina argentea Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. 463. 1826. 

 Verbesina biflora L. Same as Stemmodonlia biflora. 

 Verbesina canescens Gaudich. Same as Stemmodonlia canescens. 



a Annalen des Wiener Museums, vol. 1, p. 169, 1836. 



