Merrill: The Plants of Guam 
ix, c, 2 
117 
rotundatis vel apice acutis, ramulis adpresse fulvo-hirsutis, haud 
glabris. 
A shrub, glabrous except the deciduously pubescent branch- 
lets which are distinctly appressed-hirsute with fulvous hairs 
when young. Branches terete, reddish-brown, wrinkled when 
dry, the internodes rather short. Leaves opposite, elliptic or 
ovate-elliptic, chartaceous, dark-olivaceous when dry, lower sur- 
face a little paler, glabrous, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, 
rounded at both ends or the apex somewhat acute; primary 
lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct, 
the reticulations lax, rather distinct on the lower surface; pe- 
tioles 2 mm long or less. Fruit ovoid, fleshy, red, about 8 mm 
long. 
R. C. McGregor 437, October, 1911, hills back of Piti, altitude about 
100 meters. 
A species resembling in appearance Wikslroemia indica Mey., but distin- 
guished by the characters indicated in the diagnosis. It seems to be even 
more closely allied to W. rotundifolia Decne., but its branchlets are hirsute, 
not puberulent. 
LYTHRACEAE 
AMMANNIA Linnaeus 
AMMANNIA COCCINEA Rottb. PI. Hort. Univ. Havn. Progr. Descr. (1773) 
7. 
G. E. S. 67, 360, 462, along small streams, locally known astetema. 
Introduced from Mexico; widely distributed in North and South America. 
LAGERSTROEM I A Linnaeus 
LAGERSTROEM I A INDICA Linn. Syst. ed. 10 (1759) 1076; Safford 305. 
G. E. S. 436, locally known as melindres. 
A native of tropical Asia, now cultivated in all warm countries. 
LAWSON I A Linnaeus 
LAWSONIA INERMIS Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 349; Safford 306. 
G. E. S. 340, locally known as cinnamomo. 
A native of Africa or south-western Asia, now cultivated in all warm 
countries. 
PEM PH IS Forster 
PEMPHIS ACIDULA Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 68, t. 34; Safford 348. 
McGregor 563, G. E. S. 59, 448, along the seashore, local name nigas. 
Eastern Africa, through tropical Asia and Malaya to Polynesia. 
