atoll research bulletin no. 392 the flora of - Smithsonian Institution ...

SAPOTACEAE (Sapodilla Family)
Chrysophyllum cainito L. "star apple", "cainito"
Recent introduction. W. Indies. Rare. Medium tree, 5 to 12 m high, with
puberulent, golden-brown young branchlets and white latex; leaves, 8 to 20 cm long and
3 to 9 cm wide, alternate, 2-ranked, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sharply acute or obtuse,
base acute, coriaceous, pinnately nerved, lateral veins very slender, shiny, dark-green
above, densely silky-pubescent and golden-brown beneath; petiole, 1 to 2 cm long;
inflorescences, axillary, often many-flowered, pedicellate to sessile clusters; calyx, 5 (4
to 6)-parted, spirally arranged; corolla, usually exserted from calyx, 3 to 5 mm long,
tubular, 5 (4 to 11)-lobed, lobes equal to or longer than tube, purplish-white; stamens, as
many as corolla lobes, inserted; fruit, 5 to 12 cm in diameter, subglobose to ovoid,
smooth, with light green to purple skin; pulp, white, sweet, often juicy, edible; seeds, 4
to 8, hard, obliquely obovoid, compressed, with a broad lateral scar, glossy, brown,
embedded in a star-like arrangement in the pulp. Planted fruit tree seedling. 6.
SAXIFRAGACEAE (Saxifrage Family)
Saxifraga sarmentosum L.f.'mother of millions", "mother of thousands", "roving sailor",
"strawberry geranium"
syn. S. stolon.$era ?? authority
Recent introduction. E. Asia. Rare. Tufted perennial herb, up to 30 cm high, with
many slender, strawberry-like, branching red runners upon which numerous new plants
are formed; leaves, 2.5 to 10 cm in diameter, rounded, cordate, scalloped or dentate,
softly-pubescent, green and white- or silvery-veined or variegated above and pale green,
suffused with red or pink beneath; inflorescences, erect, loose, long-stalked, spikelike
clusters, up to 15 to 50 cm high; corolla, 5-petaled, star-like, 2 petals about 12 mm long
which far exceed the other 3, irregularly-shaped, white to flesh-pink; stamens 10. Pot
plant. 4 (144).
SCROPHULARIACEAE (Snapdragon Family)
. . .4- h-- "an-a", "monkey face"
syns. A. gardneri auct. non Hook.; A. salicarifolia auct. non H. & B.
Recent introduction. Trop. America. Occasional. Erect perennial herb, up to about
60 cm high; leaves, up to 7.5 or 9 cm long and 1 cm wide, opposite or verticillate (or