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23,808. Aomon: 16 May 1946, Fosberg 24,339; 
4 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,348 ; 14 August 1949, 
St. John 23,832, and 23,833. Parry: 20 August 
1944, Bryan. Eniwetok: 17 May 1946, Fosberg 
24,371; observed 1949, St. John. Igurin: 9 
August 1958, St. John 26,314. Rigili: 1946, 
Morrison ( Taylor 46-1,281 ); 10 August 1949, 
St. John 23,730; 1 August 1956, Rainey; 11 
September 1957, Lane 37-134. 
CARICACEAE 
69. Carica Papaya L. "Keinapu.” Columnar 
trees 3-15 m. tall, with soft trunk and milky 
sap; leaves in terminal wide spreading plume; 
petioles 20-70 cm. long, hollow; blades 40-110 
cm. long, circular in outline, deeply 7-lobed then 
pinnatifid; flowers usually dioecious; staminate 
flowers borne in pendent racemes, numerous, 
white, 2.5 cm. long, the tube slender, elongate; 
pistillate flowers axillary, subsessile, 2.5 cm. 
long, creamy white, with 5 distinct petals; fruit 
8-40 cm. long, ellipsoid to globose, the pulp 
edible; seeds 2 mm. long, black. Recently in- 
troduced fruit tree. 
Parry: observed 1958, St. John. 
LYTHRACEAE 
70. Pemphis acidula J. R. & G. Forst. "Kungi.” 
Shrub or rarely tree up to 11 m. tall; the wood 
hard and tough; leaves opposite, subsessile, 10- 
32 mm. long, lanceolate to oval, obtuse or acute, 
appressed sericeous; flowers single in axils; 
calyx 6-lobed, hairy; petals 4-6 mm. long, ob- 
ovate; seeds 3 mm. long, cuneate. 
Bogon: 11 August 1949, St. John 23,774. 
Aniyaanii: 25 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,276 ; 8 
August 1949, St. John 23J27; Giriinien: 1957, 
Lane 37-106. 
RHIZOPHORACEAE 
71. Rhizophora Mangle L. Tree to 25 m. tall, 
glabrous; petioles 10-25 mm. long; blades 5-15 
cm. long, elliptic, leathery, blunt or notched; 
cymes 3-4 cm. long; calyx and corolla 1 cm. 
long; 4 petals lanceolate, yellow, pilose within; 
capsule 2.5 cm. long. Introduced tree, restricted 
to tidal salty shores. 
Bogombogo: February 1954, planted by 
Palumbo. 
COMBRETACEAE 
72. Terminalia samoensis Rechinger. "Kug- 
ung.” T. litoralis sensu Taylor, FI. Bikini, non 
Seem. Tree up to 8 m. X 30 cm.; stems and 
petioles tawny appressed puberulent; leaves al- 
ternate; petioles 1-3 cm. long; blades 6-1 5 cm. 
long, broadly obovate, obtuse or subacute; in- 
florescences 3-10 cm. long, axillary, puberulent; 
flower 7 mm. long, urceolate, the tube hirsutul- 
ous without; drupes 15-18 mm. long, ellipsoid, 
compressed, red. 
Elugelab: 2 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,317. A i- 
tsu: 13 August 1949, St. John 23,797. Rujoru: 
2 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,323. Aomon: 4 June 
1946, Taylor 46-1,341. Aniyaanii: 25 May 1946, 
Taylor 46-1,273; 13 September 1957, Lane 
37-148. Japtan: 15 May 1946, Fosberg 24,331; 
27 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,283. Jieroru: 21 May 
1946, Taylor 46-1,243. Mui: 28 May 1946, 
Taylor 46-1,301. Giriinien: 23 August 1957, 
Lane 37-111. Rigili: 10 August 1949, St. John 
23,741; 1 August 1956, Rainey. 
APOCYNACEAE 
73. Ochrosia oppositifolia (Lam.) K. Schum. 
"Kijebar.” Tree up to 15 m. X 90 cm.; leaves 
glabrous; petioles 3-5 cm. long; blades 10-35 
cm. long, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, firm; cymes 
7-10 cm. long; calyx 4-5 mm. long; corolla 
white, the tube 6 mm. long, the 5 lobes 7-8 mm. 
long, obtuse; fruits 6 cm. long, twinned, ellip- 
soid, red, 2 -seeded; mesoearp with many longi- 
tudinal fibers. Tissues poisonous. 
Japtan: 15 May 1946, Fosberg 24,329; 27 
May 1946, Taylor 46-1,291; observed 1949, St. 
John. Igurin: 6 September 1957, Lane 37-124. 
CGNVGLVULACEAE 
74. Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet, subsp. 
brasiliensis (L.) v. Ooststr. "Marginejojo.” 
Perennial, glabrous vine; branches trailing, up 
to 10 m. long; petioles 5-20 cm. long; blades 
3-12.5 cm. long, thick, ovate to obovate to 
suborbicular, commonly emarginate, rarely ob- 
tuse or acute and mucronulate; cymes 3-10 cm. 
long, 1-20-flowered; sepals unequal, the outer 
5-13 mm. long, the inner 7-16 mm. long; 
corolla 3-7 cm. long, short broad funnelform; 
capsules 13-19 mm. in diameter; seeds 7-9 mm. 
