Flora of Namonuito — Stone 
101 
NYCTAGINACEAE 
Bougainvillea spectahilis Willd., Sp. PL 2: 348, 
1799. 
MURILO: Ruo Islet, cultivated in village. 
Native of Madagascar. 
Mirabilis jalapa L., Sp. PL 177, 1753. 
NAMONUITO: Magur Islet, observed in vil- 
lage. Native of Mexico. 
Pisonia grandis R. Br., Prodr. 422, 1810. 
NAMONUITO: Magur Islet, in Pisonia- 
Eugenia-Artocarpus forest, June 29, 1957, 
Stone 2098. N.v. ’'mahk.” 
PORTULACACEAE 
Portulaca oleracea L., Sp. PL 445, 1753. 
NAMONUITO: Pisarach Islet, in sand near 
shore, July 2, 1957, Stone 2149. 
Portulaca samoensis v.Poelln., Eedde Rep. Sp. 
Nov. 33: 163, 1933. 
NAMONUITO: Pisarach Islet, in sand near 
shore, July 2, 1957, Stone 2150. 
LAURACEAE 
Cassytha filiformis L., Sp. PL 35, 1753. 
Observed on all islets, in savannahs and 
outer strand forest, climbing parasitically on 
various species. 
HERNANDIACEAE 
Hernandia Sonora E., Sp. PL 981, 1753. 
NAMONUITO: Ulul Islet, observed. Present 
on most islets. N.v. "ojal.” 
CAPPARIDACEAE 
Crataeva speciosa Volkens, Engler’s Bot. Jahrb. 
31: 463, 1902. 
NAMONUITO: Magur Islet, in Pisonia- 
Eugenia forest, small tree with ternate leaves, 
June 29, 1957, Stone 2095. 
MURILO: Ruo Islet, observed. A small tree 
with ternate leaves, white clawed petals, and 
pendent, long ovoid, brownish-green and 
white-flecked fruits which are edible when 
cooked. Native to Caroline Islands, occa- 
sionally cultivated. N.v. "afuch.” 
LEGUMINOSAE 
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw., Obs. Bot. 
166, 1791. 
MURILO: Ruo Islet, cultivated in village. 
Native of Tropical America. 
Canavalia maritima (Aublet) Thouars, Desv. 
Jour. Bot. 1: 80, 1813. 
NAMONUITO: Magur Islet, observed. Pisa- 
rach Islet, lagoon shores, climbing on Scaevola, 
flowers pink, July 2, 1957, Stone 2147. Ob- 
served on most islets. 
Derris elliptica (Roxb.) Bentham, Linn. Soc. 
Bot., Jour., Suppl. 4: 111, I860. 
NAMONUITO: Ulul Islet, observed in clear- 
ings and open woods. N.v. "up.” 
Sophora tomentosa L., Sp. PL 373, 1753. 
MURILO: Ruo Islet, lagoon shores, July 5, 
1957, Stone 2176. 
Vigna marina (Burm.) Merrill, Interp. Herb. 
Amboinense, 285, 1917. 
NOMWIN: Fananu Islet, creeping in woods, 
July 4, 1957, Stone 2170. N.v. "olu” (Na- 
monuito), ''ulu” (Nomwin). 
RUTACEAE 
Citrus auranti folia (Christm.) Swingle, Wash. 
Acad. Sci., Jour. 3: 465, 1913. 
NAMONUITO: Pisarach Islet, observed. The 
lime, cultivated on most islets. 
SIMARUBACEAE 
Soulamea amara Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. 1: 
449, 1785. 
NAMONUITO: Ulul Islet, along shore, June 
22, 1957, Stone 2075. Pisarach Islet, observed. 
Suriana maritima L., Sp. PL 284, 1753. 
MURILO: Ruo Islet, along lagoon shore, 
July 5, 1957, Stone 2175. 
EUPHORBIACEAE 
Codiaeum variegatum (L.) BL var. pictum 
(Lodd.) Muell.-Arg., DC. Prodr. 15: 1119, 
1866. 
NAMONUITO: Ulul Islet, observed in village. 
A widely cultivated ornamental hedge plant. 
Euphorbia Chamissonis (Klotzsch and Garcke) 
