202 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES GUAVA 



the pulp red. They are highly esteemed, and come to this country 

 as a preserve under the name of Guava jelly and cheese. 



Guava Berry {Eugenia lineata), a small tree of the Myrtle 

 family (Myrtace^e), native of the island of Tortola. Its fruit is 

 small, and is excellent for dessert. It is likewise used as a 

 preserve, and forms a favourite cordial. 



Guava Real, the name in ISTev^ Grenada and Panama for 

 Inga spectabilis, a tree of the Mimosa section of the Bean 

 family (Leguminos^). It is a large, showy tree, with simple, 

 winged leaves. It is cultivated for the sake of its pods, which 

 are two or more feet long and three inches broad, and pendulous. 

 The seeds are embedded in a sweet pulp, which is eaten by 

 the natives. Different species of Inga are common throughout 

 the whole of tropical America and the West Indies. The pods 

 of aU contain a sweet, mucilaginous, edible pulp. Some kinds 

 are purgative. 



Guelder Rose ( Vihcrnum Opulus), a stout branching shrub of 

 the Woodbine family (Gaprifoliacese), native of this country, 

 growing generally in hedges. The flowers are produced in flat 

 umbels, the outer series of florets being abortive, and the 

 petals large and white ; but in the cultivated variety the whole 

 of the petals are abortive, and form the well-known snowball 

 flower. 



Guinea Corn (Sorghum vulgare). — There are many varieties 

 cultivated throughout the tropics. {See Millet.) 



Guinea Grass, a name in Dominica for Fanicum jicmentoru^n, 

 a strong-growing perennial fodder grass. 



Guinea Pepper {Xylopia aromatica), a tall tree of the 

 Custard Apple family (Anonaceas), native of Western tropical 

 Africa. It has pointed, egg-shaped leaves, woolly underneath ; 

 the fruit consists of a number of dry carpels, about two inches 

 in length, which are aromatic and used as pepper, being some- 

 times called "Negro Pepper," and by old authors ''Piper 

 mMopicum." 



Gulfweed, a common name for Sargassum hacci/encm, a sea- 

 weed of the Fucus family (Algse). Its cord-like stems rise from 



