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Fosberg 24,358; 4 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,344 . 
Aniyaanii: 8 August 1949, St. John 23,728. Jap- 
tan: 15 May 1946, Fosberg 24,326. Jieroru: 21 
May 1946, Taylor 46-1,242. Igurin: 9 August 
1949, St. John 23,738. Rigili: 10 August 1949, 
St. John 23,749. 
46. Portulaca oleracea L. Fleshy herb, pros- 
trate or ascending, glabrous, stems 5-40 cm. 
long; petioles 1-3 mm. long, with tufts of white 
axillary hairs; blades 12-25 mm. long, cuneate 
or cuneate-obovate; petals when fresh 2-4 mm. 
long; stamens 7-15; seeds 0.7 mm. long, black. 
Engebi: 18 May 1946, Fosberg 24,408; 12 
August 1949, St. John 23,785 and 23,786. Aitsu: 
observed 1949, St. John. Rujoru: observed 1949, 
St. John. Aomon: 14 August 1949, St. John 
23,834. Runit: 15 August 1949, St. John 23,850. 
Eniwetok: 13 May 1946, Fosberg 24,296; ob- 
served 1949, St. John. 
47. Portulaca samoensis v. Poelln.; P. quairi- 
fiia sensu Kanehira, non L. "Bujon.” Perennial, 
semiprostrate, fleshy herb, forming dense mats; 
stems 10-20 cm. long; leaves alternate, but at 
the stem apices much crowded; axillary hairs 4 
mm. long, white, abundant; leaves 5-8 mm. 
long; petals yellow; capsule 3.5 mm. long, thin 
walled; seeds 0.5 mm. in diameter, reniform, 
black, rugose. 
Aomon: 14 August 1949, St. John 23,830. 
Runit: 24 May 1946, Taylor 1,258. 15 August 
1949, St. John 23,851. Aniyaanii: 8 August 
1949, St. John 23,719 ; 25 August 1957, Lane 
57-115. 
LAURACEAE 
48. Cassytha filiformis L. "Kenen.” Parasitic, 
entwining herb; stems of great length, 1-3 mm. 
diameter, green, becoming yellowish; leaves re- 
duced to tiny, alternate, ciliate scales; flower 
spikes 2.5-5 cm. long; calyx in 2 series, the 3 
outer minute, the 3 inner 3 mm. long, white; 
drupe 6-7 mm. diam., globose, firm, cream- 
colored. 
Elugelab: 2 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,321. 
Bogon: 11 August 1949, St. John 23,770. En- 
gebi: observed 1949, St. John. Aitsu: observed 
1949, St. John. Rujoru: 2 June 1946, Taylor 
1,330 ; 13 August 1949, St. John 23,803. Ao- 
mon: 4 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,347 ; 16 May 
1946, Fosberg 23,803 . Runit: 24 May 1946, Tay- 
lor 1,253; 15 August 1949, St. John 23,838. 
Aniyaanii: 25 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,277. Jap- 
tan: 15 May 1946, Fosberg 24,330. Parry: ob- 
served 1944, Bryan . Eniwetok: 13 May 1946, 
Fosberg 24,288; observed 1949, St. John. Igurin: 
14 May 1946, Fosberg 24,313 ; observed 1949, 
St. John. Giriinien: 23 August 1957, Lane 57- 
110. Rigili: 10 August 1949, St. John.23,746. 
HERNANDIACEAE 
48a. Hernandia sonora L. "Bingbing.” Tree 
up to 15 m. tall, 20-40 cm. in diameter; leaves 
alternate, glabrous; petiole 10-13 cm. long; 
blades 12-20 cm. long, 8- 16 cm. wide, broadly 
ovate, acute, peltate well in from the margin, 
palmately nerved; panicles 10-30 cm. long; 
flowers unisexual; flowers in 3’s, 1 pistillate and 
2 staminate in an involucre of 4 velvety bracts; 
staminate flowers with 3 sepals 5 mm. long, 
short hairy; 3 petals hairy; pistillate flowers 
each surrounded by a cuplike involucre; three 
sepals 4 mm. long; petals 3, closely hairy; ovary 
1 -celled, inferior; fruit an achene 25 mm. long, 
ellipsoid, brown, loosely enclosed by the green- 
ish, fleshy involucre with its apical circular 
aperture. 
Eniwetok: 1958, Palumbo. Fruits found in 
jetsam on sea beaches, not known growing on 
the island. However, it is indigenous and com- 
mon on other Marshall islands, the nearest local- 
ities being on Ujelang, Kwajalein, Wotje, and 
Likiep. The specimens were determined by F. R. 
Fosberg. 
CRUCIFERAE 
49. Brassica oleracea L. capitata. Annual or 
biennial herb, in the first year forming a dense, 
headlike rosette; leaves sessile 15-35 cm. long, 
suborbicular, fleshy, with a sharp taste; later 
producing an upright leafy stem; racemes loose; 
petals yellow; capsule 5-10 cm. long, with a 
conical beak. Cultivated vegetable. 
Eniwetok: observed 1944, as "cabbage” in 
American gardens, Bryan. 
50. Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr. An- 
nual herb forming close rosette, nearly gla- 
brous; basal leaves 30-60 cm. long, oblong-obo- 
vate, thin, undulate, mild in taste; petiole flat, 
auriculate-winged; flowers crowded at tip of 
raceme; petals 1 cm. long, light yellow; capsule 
