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89. Flowers white or faintly pinkish, in large not pen- | 
dent inflorescences; fruit 4-5 inches long, boxlike 
with 4 (rarely 5) fairly sharp angles, seaside j 
tree Barringtonia asiatica ! 
75. Leaves opposite 
90. Stipules present; flowers white, regular I 
91. Fruit compound, fleshy, whitish, lumpy; flowers 4 or 5 petaled . . Morinda 
91. Fruit not compound; flowers 8-petaled Guettarda speciosa 
90. Stipules absent; flowers whitish or pale lavender, very small, 2-lipped . . Premna 
61. Not trees; herbs (erect or prostrate) or vines 
92. Leaves with petioles much longer than the cordate blades; low herbs with inconspicuous umbels of 
small flowers Centella asiatica 
92. Not as above 
93. Sap milky 
94. Small, more or less prostrate herbs 
95. Hairy and purplish leaves Euphorbia hirta 
95. Glabrous Euphorbia thymifolia 
94. Erect, sometimes slightly woody herbs; all leaves pale green, entire . . Euphorbia chamissonis 
93. Sap not milky 
96. Leaves opposite 
97. Stamens long, protruding from the corolla; woody climbing or scrambling vines 
Clerodendrom inerme 
97. Stamens included; small, somewhat woody, shrubby herbs 
98. Flowers purple or blue, borne on spikes Stachytarpheta 
98. Flowers white or yellow, not in spikes 
99. Garden herbs with very pungent minty odor Ocimum sanctum 
99. Wild or weedy plants without strong odor 
99a. Leaves entire; flowers white Hedyotis bi flora [ 
99^. Leaves coarsely toothed, flowers yellow W edelia bi flora 
96 . Leaves alternate 
100. Flowers yellow with clawed petals; erect herb of freshwater swamps . . . Ludwigia octovalvis 
100. Flowers greenish-white, minute, petals not clawed; herb of dry ground Phyllanthus amarus 
TAXONOMIC CHECK LIST 
PTEROPSIDA 
Class filicinae (Ferns) 
Acrostichum aureum L. 
A giant fern of swamps, usually mingled with 
^mangrove species; it may reach 10 or 12 ft in 
height. The fertile fronds are slightly smaller 
than the sterile, which may be 18 inches wide. 
Asplenium nidus L. "nnuk” 2 
The birds’ -nest fern. A large species, usually 
epiphytic, with long strap-shaped fronds form- 
ing a rosette; sporangia in oblique linear sori. 
Cy cl os or us goggilodus (Schkuhr) Link 
A fern of swamps (fresh-water) and taro 
patches. Sometimes called C. gongylodes. 
Davallia solida (Forst. ) Sw. ; "peceen attu” 
(5281 ) 3 
2 The vernacular names given are in the orthography 
used by Prof. Goodenough, and fuller rules on pro- 
nunciation will be found in his works. It should be 
noted here, however, that c is equivalent to / as in 
just; and that doubled vowels indicate extension of 
the sound. 
3 These numbers refer to the author’s collections. 
A common epiphyte with a long, scaly 
rhizome closely attached to trunks or branches, 
bearing broadly deltoid tripinnatifid fronds. 
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott; "amaare” 
(5275) 
Terrestrial, rarely epiphytic; fronds pinnate. 
Phymatodes scolopendria (Burm.) Ching; 
"wenniimey” (5273) 
Terrestrial or epiphytic; fronds deeply pin- 
nately parted Also called Micros ovum (" Micro - 
sorium”) scolopendria. 
Class angiospermae (Flowering Plants) 
Subclass MONOCOTYLEDONAE 
PANDANACEAE 
Pandanus carolinensis Martelli; "fach” 
HYDROCHARITACEAE 
Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch, ex Thw. 
The flowers of this aquatic plant are borne 
at the end of narrow scapes and are minute. 
the originals of which are deposited in the College of 
Guam Herbarium; duplicates have been sent to the 
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, and to the U. S. National 
Herbarium. 
