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LAURACEAE . 
CASSYTHA Linnaeus 
CA8SYTHA FILIFORMIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 35; Safford 219. 
McGregor m, G. E. S. U52. 
Tropics of both hemispheres, especially near the sea. 
PERSE A Plunder 
PERSEA AMERICANA Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768). 
Persea gratissima Gaertn. Fruct. 3 (1805) 222. 
G. E. S. 259, in flower, February, 1912. 
The avocado, recently introduced, a native of tropical America. 
HERNANDIACEAE 
HERNANDIA Linnaeus 
HERNANDIA PELTATA Meisn. in DC. Prodr. 15 1 (1864) 263; Safford 
293. 
G. E. S. 65, 398, locally known as nonag or nonac. 
Widely distributed along the shores of the Indian and Pacific oceans. 
CRUCIFERAE 
BRASSICA Linnaeus 
BRASSICA JUNCEA (Linn.) Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 6 (1859) 609; 
Safford 202. 
Sinapis juncea Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 668. 
G. E. S. 178 , in gardens, local name mostaza. 
A native of Asia, now widely distributed in all warm countries, wild 
or cultivated. 
Safford enumerates also Brassica napa Linn., the turnip, and B. oleracea 
Linn., the cabbage, but states that neither thrives in Guam. 
RAPHANUS Linnaeus 
RAPHANUS SATIVUS Linn. Sp. PI. (1763) 669. 
G. E. S. 315, cultivated. 
Cultivated in all warm countries. 
CAPPARIDACEAE 
CAPPARIS Linnaeus 
CAPPARIS CORDIFOLIA Lam. Encycl. 1 (1785) 609; Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 235. 
Capparis mariana Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 1 (1797) 109; Safford 212. 
G. E. S. 280, native name acaparas (corruption of Spanish alcaparro). 
An endemic form, considered by K. Schumann to be only a variety of 
the European Capparis spinosa Linn. 
