6 Notes on the Flora of Kahoolatve. 



PORTULACACEAE. 

 Portulaca liitea vSol. 

 Portulaca sclerocarpa Gray. 



This plant is mentioned by Hillebrand as being collected by 

 Lydgate on the island. 



PAPAVERACEAE. 

 Argemone tnexicana L. 



Three plants were observed on the eastern pali. 



CAPPARIDACEAE. 

 Capparis sandwichiana DC. 



Occurs in a few places on low cliffs of the west side. 



LEGUMINOSAE. 

 Acacia Farnesiana Willd. 



Not common. 



Krythritia monosperma Gaud. 



The sole remaining indigenous tree. 



Meiobomia triflora (L,. ) Ktz. 

 Dcsinodiuin triflonini DC. 

 Mimosa pudica L. 

 Prosopis juliflora DC. 



Small groves at the mouths of gullies. Introduced about 

 fifteen years ago, and spread by horses and mules. The pods are 

 one of the most important live stock foods on these islands. 



Another unidentified leguminous plant was also collected. 



ZYGOPHYIvIvACEAE. 

 Tribulus cistoides L. 



EUPHORBIACEAE. 

 Buphorbia pilulifera L. 

 i^uphorbia thymifolia Iv. 



STERCULIACEAE. 



Waltheria americana L. 



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