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Glateado. See Coccolobis laurifolia. 
Gnaphalium americanum. See Gnaphalium purpureum. 
Gnaphalium purpureum. YERBA LANUDA. 
An erect, herbaceous, annual composite on the borders of cane fields and in 
ditches; 25 centimeters high. (Stahl, 5: 147.) 
Goat weed. See Capraria biflora. 
Gomatu palm. See Arenga saccharifera. 
Gomidesia lindeniana. CIENEGUILLO. 
An indigenous, myrtaceous shrub or small tree 30 feet (9 meters) high, reported 
from forests between Bayamon and Aguas Buenas; also from Aibonito, Barran- 
quitas, Adjuntas, and Lares. 
_ Gomphya nitida. See Ouratea nitida. 
Gonfia lustrosa. See Ouratea nitida. 
Gongoli. 
A tree from all parts of the island; height, 35 to 40 feet (11 to 12 meters); 
diameter, 10 to 12 inches. Specific gravity, 1.088. (Exp. 1857.) 
Furnishes a strong, compact, flesh-colored wood that breaks with an oblique 
fracture. Its common use is for the framework of houses and for fences. 
(Grosourdy, 2: 384.) 
Gonolobus. See Vincetoxicum. 
Gonzalagunia spicata. RaBo DE RATON. 
Family Rubiaceae; an erect or somewhat trailing woedy annual or biennial, 1 
meter high, common in fence rows and in waste places partially shaded. The 
white or slightly pinkish flowers are all turned to the upper side of the long 
curved raceme. The fruit is a whitish berry, but turns black on drying and 
appears capsular. (Stahl, 5: 43, as Gonzalea spicata.) 
Gonzalea spicata. -See Gonzalagunia spicata. 
Gossypium barbadense. CoTron. ALGODON. 
Cotton is not raised in Porto Rico as a commercial crop, and indeed none is to 
be seen about the country except now and then a shrub in a dooryard. 
The cotton plant is also one of many, of tropical origin, which have been 
selected and improved in subtropical or temperate regions and which tend to 
return to their original habits when taken back to the more humid tropics. The 
cottons of tropical countries, of which there are several species, are perennials, 
and scarcely begin to bear during a period sufficient for ripening a crop in the 
Southern States. There is, accordingly, little fear that any tropical country will 
successfully compete with warm temperate regions like Egypt and our Southern 
States, where the crop can be brought to early and even maturity so that the 
the necessary labor can be applied with advantage and economy. 
The name ‘‘algodon rojo”’ (red cotton) is said to be the variety described 
botanically as Gossypium purpurascens. 
Gossypium janiphaefolium. ALGODON DE YUCA. 
A species of cotton described by Bello from the vicinity of Cabo Rojo, called 
“algodon de yuca”’ or ‘‘cassava cotton.’’ on account of the similarity of the 
leaves to those of Manihot. Stahl reduces the species to Gossypium herbaceum. 
(Stahl, 2: 96.) 
Gossypium purpurascens. See Gossypium barbadense. 
Gouania domingensis. 
Family Rhamnaceae; a shrubby vine, growing also in Jamaica, where it is 
called **chaw stick’? and used for toothbrushes, etc. It yields a valuable sto- 
machic drug, according to Grisebach. <A variety aptera is reported by Urban 
from Coamo and Aibonito. 
