ix. c, i Merrill: Plants of Guam 65 
CYRTOSPERMA Griffith 
CYRTOSPERMA CH AM I8SON IS (Schott) comb. nov. 
Arisacontis chamissonis Schott in Bonplandia 5 (1857) 129. 
Cyrtosperma edule Schott in Bonplandia 9 (1861) 267; Engl. Pflanzen- 
reich 48 (1911) 17. 
G. E. S. 66, in wet places, Agana, locally known as baba. 
New Guinea to the Caroline and Marianne Islands southward and east- 
ward to Fiji, in cultivation. 
The Marianne Islands specimen collected by Gaudichaud and cited by 
Engler was probably from Guam; Safford records the species under its 
native name, baba, thinking it probably a species of Alocasia. 
As to its proper specific name, if, as Engler intimates, the use of 
Apereoa esculenta Moerenhout (1837) does not constitute a valid publica- 
tion, then there is no reason why the specific name chamissonis should not 
be adopted. 
CALADIUM Ventanat 
CLADIUM BICOLOR Vent. Jard. Cels. (1800) t. 30. 
Costenoble 1182, locally known as corazon de Santa Maria; cultivated. 
A native of tropical America, now cultivated in most tropical countries. 
TYPHONIUM Schott 
TYPHONIUM CUSPIDATUM (Bl.) Decne. Herb. Timor. (1835) 39. 
Arum cuspidatum Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenz. (1823) 101. 
Costenoble 1183, from behind the Government House, Agana, locally 
known as pantaki. 
India to the Philippines and Malaya, probably introduced into Guam 
from Manila. 
FLAGELLARIACEAE 
FLAGELLARIA Linnaeus 
FLAGELLARI A INDICA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 333. 
G. E. S. 8, local name bejuco halom-tana. 
Tropical Asia to Malaya. 
BROMELIACEAE 
ANANAS Adanson 
ANANAS SATIVUS Schult. Syst. V (1830) 1283. 
Bromelia ananas Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 285. 
Ananas ananas Karst Deutsch. FI. (1880-83) 446; Safford 183. 
Cultivated, fide Safford; a native of tropical America, now cultivated 
in all tropical countries. 
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