IX, C, 1 
Merrill: Plants of Guam 
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CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA (Linn.) Sw. Obs. (1791) 166. 
Poinciana pulcherrima Linn. Sp. PI. (1763) 380; Safford 368. 
G. E. S. 29, 4 11, locally known as caballero. 
A native of tropical America, now in all tropical countries, cultivated 
or wild. 
CAESALPINIA SAPPAN Linn. Sp. PI. (1763) 381. 
Biancaea sappan Todaro Hort. Bot. Pan. 1 (1876) 3; Safford 198. 
McGregor 365, G. E. S. 863. 
Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region and in other tropical 
countries. 
PELTOPHORUM Vogel 
PELTOPHORUM INERME (Roxb.) Naves in Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 3, 
pi. 335, ex F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 69. 
Caesalpinia inermis Roxb. FI. Ind. 2 (1832) 367. 
Peltophorum ferrugineum Benth. FI. Austral. 2 (1864) 279. 
G. E. S. 413, origin not indicated, but probably from cultivated specimens. 
Widely distributed in the Malayan region, frequently cultivated for 
ornamental purposes. 
PAPI LION ATAE 
SOPHORA Linnaeus 
SOPHORA TOWIENTOSA Linn. Sp. PI. (1763) 373; Safford 376. 
G. E. S. 81, 225, along the seashore. 
Tropics of both hemispheres near the sea. 
CROTALARIA Linnaeus 
CROTALAR1A QUSNQUEFOLIA Linn. Sp. PI. (1763) 716; Safford 261. 
McGregor 557, local name cascabeles or cascanetas. 
Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region. 
CROTALARIA SALTI ANA Andr. Bot. Rep. (1811) t. 648. 
Crotalaria striata DC. Prodr. 2 (1826) 131. 
G. E. S. 296, 419. 
Widely distributed in the tropics of both hemispheres, probably a native 
of tropical America. 
MEDICAGO Linnaeus 
MEDICAGO DENTICULATA Willd. Sp. PI. 3 (1803) 1414. 
G. E. S. 229, in meadows. 
A native of Europe, now widely distributed in the north temperate zone 
and apparently of recent introduction in Guam. 
(Mr. Safford records alfalfa, Medicago sativa Linn., with the statement 
that attempts to introduce it have been unssuccessful.) 
INDIGOFERA Linnaeus 
INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) No. 2. 
Indigofera anil Linn. Mant. 2 (1771) 272; Safford 296. 
McGregor 436, hills back of Piti. 
A native of tropical America, now in the tropics of both hemispheres. 
