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30-70 cm. tall; leaves slightly longer than the 
stem, 5-12 mm. wide, scabrous on margin and 
midvein; bracts of inflorescence several, un- 
equal, the longest 40-90 cm. long; umbel of 6 
or more rays 6-9 cm. long, spikelets 5-13 mm. 
long, numerous, thick, little compressed; scales 
7-12, and 3 mm. long, broadly ovate, reddish 
brown; achenes 1 mm. long, triangular, dark 
brown. Probably of aboriginal introduction. 
Japtan: 12 September 1957, Lane 57-143. 
28. Cyperus odoratus L. "Ujoet.” Coarse, 
short-lived herb, 15-120 cm. tall; leaves nearly 
as long, and 2-12 mm. wide, flat; involucral 
leaves much longer than the rays; umbels simple 
or compound; spikelets 19-25 mm. long, 5-20- 
flowered; scales 2-3.5 mm. long; rhachilla dis- 
jointing, with wings clasping the achenes, these 
l. 5-2 mm. long, ellipsoid, triangular, gray to 
blackish. Introduced weed, wet places. 
Japtan: 12 September 1957, Lane 57-141 . 
29. Fimbristylis atollensis St. John. "Bere- 
litchman.” Densely tufted perennial; stems 
25-60 cm. tall, glabrous; leaves all basal, 2-38 
cm. X 0. 5-2.8 mm., rigid, channeled, the margin 
serrulate; inflorescence with leafy bracts 5-30 
mm. long, the rays 3-8, smooth, 0.2-4 cm. long, 
simple or branched; spikelets 3-7 mm. long, 
lance-ovoid, mostly clustered, brown, several 
flowered; scales 1.2-1. 7 mm. long, glabrous; 
achenes 0. 5-0.6 mm. long, turbinate, plano- 
convex, brown. Native sedge, abundant on most 
habitats. 
Bogombogo: 31 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,311 . 
Bogon: 11 August 1949, Si. John 23,771. En- 
gebi: 21 August 1944, Bryan. Aomon: observed 
1949, St. John. Runit: 15 August 1949, St. John 
23,849. Aniyaanii: 8 August 1949, St. John 
23,721, holotype; 25 August 1957, Lane 57- 
121. Japtan: 27 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,292; 
observed 1949, St. John. Eniwetok: observed 
1949, St. John. 
PALMAE 
30. Cocos nucifera L. Unbranched tree, 4-30 
m. X 30-70 cm., leaves in terminal plume; sti- 
pules 30-60 cm. long, oblong, in age the surface 
sheds leaving only the fiber mesh; petioles 1-3 
m. long, massive; blades 3-6 m. long, pinnate; 
flowers monoecious, the staminate numerous, 
the pistillate 6-40; fruit husk mostly 20-40 cm. 
long, ellipsoid; shell bony, with three basal 
pores; endosperm white, edible. Once commonly 
cultivated. 
Bogombogo: observed 1946, Taylor. Ruchi: 
observed 1946, Taylor. Elugelab: observed 1946, 
Taylor. Teiteiripucchi: observed 1946, Taylor. 
Bogon: observed 1949, St.John. Aitsu: observed 
1949, St. John. Rujoru: observed 1946, Taylor; 
and 1949, St. John. Aomon: 14 August 1949, 
St. John 23,829. Biijiri: observed 1949, St. John. 
Aaraanbiru: observed 1946, Taylor . Runit: ob- 
served 1949, St. John. Japtan: observed 1949, 
St. John. Parry: observed 1946, Taylor. Eniwe- 
tok: observed 1946, Taylor; observed 1949, St. 
John. Igurin: 14 May 1946, Fosberg 24,316; 
observed 1946, Taylor; observed 1958, St. John. 
Mui: observed 1946, Taylor. Rigili: observed 
1949, St. John. 
LILIACEAE 
31. Allium Cepa L. (?) Perennial herb, 20-60 
cm. tall; bulb ovoid to spherical, white, pungent, 
with odor of onion; leaves 15-50 cm. long, hol- 
low, tubular; scape exceeding the leaves, glau- 
cous; inflorescence an umbel, the buds enclosed 
in a membranous bract; flowers white or bluish; 
fruit a small capsule. 
As "onions” reported as observed on Eniwetok 
Islet, in American gardens, in 1944 by Bryan. 
AMARYLLIDACEAE 
32. Crinum asiaticum L. (?) Perennial herbs, 
dividing and forming clumps; from an under- 
ground bulb 10-13 cm. in diameter; leaves 20- 
30, and 0.5-1. 5 m. long, 7-10 cm. wide, fleshy, 
strap-shaped; peduncle 0.5-1. 3 m. long; flowers 
20-50 in an umbel; pedicels 2.5 cm. long; 
perianth tube 8-10 cm. long, the segments alike, 
6-8 cm. long, strap-shaped, white; capsule green, 
2-3 cm. in diameter. 
As "spider lily” reported as observed in Amer- 
ican gardens on Eniwetok Islet in 1944, by 
Bryan. 
TACCACEAE 
33. Tacca Leontopetaloides (L. ) Ktze. "Mok- 
mok.” Perennial from white, starchy, poisonous, 
buried tubers that resemble potatoes, tops an- 
nual; a single tuber bearing one leaf and one 
flower scape; petioles 0.3- 1.3 m. tall; blades 
