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calyx lobes 0.3-0.6 mm. long; pistillate flowers 
on pedicels 0.6-0.7 mm. long, becoming 1-2 
mm. long; the calyx lobes 0.9- El mm. long, 
whitish scarious margined; capsule 1. 9-2.1 mm. 
diam., oblate, trigonous; seeds 0.9-1 mm. long, 
trigonous, light brown, 5-6-ribbed on the back. 
Weed, introduced from America. 
Japtan: observed 1949, St. John. Parry: 20 
August 1957, Lane 57-105. Eniwetok: 6 August 
1949, St. John 23,706. 
65. Ricinus communis L. Shrub or tree up to 
9 m. tall; leaves alternate; flowers monoecious 
in terminal racemes; staminate flowers with 
3-5 -parted calyx, and numerous stamens with 
branched filaments; pistillate flowers higher up 
with deciduous calyx; capsule rounded, 3-lobed, 
spiny; seeds 7-15 mm. long, ellipsoid, mottled. 
Introduced ornamental. 
Engebi: 18 May 1946, F os berg 24,377. Eni- 
wetok: 6 August 1949, St. John 23,701. 
SAPINDACEAE 
65a. Sapindus Saponaria L. Tree 5—10 m. 
tall; bark gray, rough; leaves alternate, without 
stipules, odd pinnate, 20-50 cm. long; petiole 
and rhachis commonly winged; leaflets mostly 
7-9 and 5-15 cm. long, elliptic to oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse or acute, often falcate; pan- 
icles 17-27 cm. long, pubescent; sepals 1.5 mm. 
long, pubescent; petals 2.5 mm. long, elliptic, 
white, ciliate; berry nearly 2 cm. in diameter, 
brown, the flesh translucent, orange brown; 
seed bony, black. 
Eniwetok Atoll: 1958, Palumbo. Found rarely 
as seeds in drift on sea beaches, not indigenous 
in Marshall Is. Probably the seeds drifted from 
Hawaii, that is from the northeast. Specimens 
determined by F. R. Fosberg. 
TILIACEAE 
66. Triumfetta procumbens Forst. f. "Adat.” 
Perennial, trailing suffrutescent vine, generally 
stellate hirsutulous; petioles 2-4 cm. long; 
blades 3-10 cm. long, suborbicular but the base 
rounded or cordate, the apex with 3 large, 
rounded lobes, the texture firm, above green 
and smooth; cymes axillary; 5 sepals 1 cm. long, 
linear-oblong; petals 1 cm. long, yellow; cap- 
sules 12 mm. in diameter. The stem has a band 
of excellent white fiber, much used in weaving. 
Bogombogo: 31 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,313. 
Bogon: 31 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,316; 11 
August 1949 , St. John 23,768. Engebi: observed 
1944, Bryan ; 18 May 1946, Fosberg 24,401; 
observed 1949, St. John. Aitsu: 13 August 
1949, St. John 23J92. Rujoru: 13 August 1949, 
St. John 23,804. Aomon: 16 May 1946, Fos- 
berg 24,366; 4 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,351; 
observed 1949, St. John. Biijiri: 14 August 
1949, St. John 23,818; Runit: 24 May 1946, 
Taylor 46-1266B; 15 August 1949, St. John 
23,848. Aniyaanii: 25 May 1946, Taylor 46- 
1,275; 25 August 1957, Lane 57-118. Japtan: 
15 May 1946, Fosberg 24,322. Parry: observed 
1944 Bryan. Jieroru: 21 May 1946, Taylor 46- 
l, 248. Eniwetok: 13 May 1946, Fosberg 24,299; 
observed 1949, St. John. Igurin: 14 May 1946, 
Fosberg 24,311; observed 1949, St. John. Mui: 
9 August 1958, St. John 26,318. Rigili: 10 
August 1949, St. John 23,754; 1 August 1956, 
Rainey. 
MALVACEAE 
67. Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) 
Garcke. Long-lived herb, 0.3-1 m. tall, sparsely 
hirsute; petioles 6-18 mm. long; blades 2.5-5 
cm. long, lanceolate to ovate, sparsely appressed 
hirsute, the margin serrate; flowers axillary; 
pedicels 4-6 mm. long; calyx 3-bracted, 6-9 
mm. long; petals orange-yellow, a little longer; 
carpels borne in a ring, each 3-spined; seed 2 
mm. wide, cordate brown. Introduced weed. 
Parry: 16 August 1957, Lane 57-103. 
68. Sida fallax Walp. "Kio.” Shrub 0.3-1. 5 
m. tall, with many lateral, slightly ascending 
branches; stipules subulate; petioles 7-12 mm. 
long; blades 2.5-33 cm. long, ovate to elliptic, 
crenate, hoary on both sides; calyx 6 mm. long, 
closely stellate hoary, funnelform, lobed half 
way, the tube 10-ribbed; petals 10-12 mm. long, 
orange-yellow; fruit separating into several cocci 
3-3.6 mm. long, wedge-shaped, the back rugose, 
the apex opening by 2 rounded oblique valves. 
Eleugelab: 2 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,318. 
Engebi: 21 August 1944, Bryan; May 1946, 
Fosberg & H osaka 24,389; 18 May 1946, Fos- 
berg 24,393 ; observed 1949, St. John. Aitsu: 13 
August 1949, St. John 23,794 . Rujoru: 2 June 
1946, Taylor 46-1,329; 13 August 1949, St. John 
