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long, spherical, brown villous. 
Engebi: 18 May 1946, Fosberg 24,404 12 
August 1949, St. John 23,778. Aomon: 14 
August 1949, St. John 23,831. Eniwetok: 13 
May 1946, Fosberg 24,287; observed 1949, St. 
John. Igurin: 9 August 1949, St. John 23J733. 
75. Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth. Short- 
lived, twining climber; stems 1-3.3 m. long, 
retrorse pilose; petioles 7-13 cm. long; blades 
7-13 cm. long, acute; peduncles 1-5 -flowered, 
sepals 12-16 mm. long, lanceolate, hirsute at 
base; corolla 4.5-7 cm. long, narrow funnelform; 
capsule 1 cm. diameter. Cultivated ornamental. 
Engebi: observed May 1949, Townes, 
76. Ipomoea tuba (Schlecht.) G. Don. "Mar- 
bele.” I. alba, sensu Taylor, FI. Bikini. Perennial 
glabrous vine, trailing or climbing; stems to 8 
m. long; petioles 4-8 cm. long; blades 7-15 cm. 
long, broadly ovate, deeply cordate, soft and a 
little fleshy; peduncles 2-10 cm. long, usually 
1 -flowered; sepals elliptic, 2 cm. long, subequal; 
corolla 5-8 cm. long, trumpet-shaped; capsule 
15 mm. long, subglobose; seeds villous on angles 
and by hilum, puberulent elsewhere. 
Engebi: 12 August 1949, St. John 23,781. 
Aitsu and Rujoru: observed 1949, St. John. 
Aomon: 4 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,346 ; observed 
1949, St. John. Biijiri: 14 August 1949, St. John 
23,823. Runit: observed 1949, St. John. Aniya- 
anii: 8 August 1949, St. John 23,720; 25 August 
1957, Lane 37-119. Japtan: 27 May 19 46, Taylor 
46-1,290; observed 1949, St. John. Jieroru: 
25 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,239. Eniwetok and 
Igurin: observed 1949, St. John. 
BORAGINACEAE 
77. Cordia subcordata Lam. "Kono.” Tree, 
7-16 m. tall; wood brown, hard; petioles 2-6 
cm. long; blades 12-15 cm. long, ovate to sub- 
cordate, firm, nearly glabrous except for hairy 
tufts in vein axils below; cymes shorter than 
petioles; calyx 10-15 mm. long, urceolate, irreg- 
ularly 3-5-lobed; corolla broad funnelform; 
drupe 10-30 mm. long, bony. 
Aitsu: 13 August 1949, St. John 23,796. Ao- 
mon: 16 May 1946, Fosberg 24,331 ; 4 June 
1946, Taylor 46-1,346. Aaraanbiru: 3 June 1946, 
Taylor 46-1,338. Runit: 24 May 1946, Taylor - 
46-1,267. Aniyaanii: 25 May 1946, Taylor 
46-1,270; 8 August 1949, St. John 23,723; and 
23 August 1957, Lane 37-112, and 37-148. Jap- 
tan: observed 1944, Bryan; 15 May 1946, Fos- 
berg 24,338; 27 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,290. 
Jieroru: 25 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,239. Igurin: 
14 May 1946, Fosberg 24,303; 9 August 1949, 
St. John 23,737. Rigili: 10 August 1949, St. 
John 23,742. 
78. M esserschmidia argentea (L. f.) Johnst. 
"Kirin.” Tree to 10 m. X 45 cm.; herbage ap- 
pressed sericeous; leaves in terminal plumes; 
petioles 5-10 cm. long; blades 8-20 cm. long, 
oblanceolate, thick, fleshy; cymes 10-25 cm. 
long, terminal, many-flowered; berries 3-7 mm. 
diameter, white. Here often shrublike. 
Bogombogo: 31 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,309. 
Ruchi: observed 1949, Taylor. Elugelab: ob- 
served 1949, Taylor. Bogon: 11 August 1949, 
St. John 23,763. Engebi: 18 May 1946, Fosberg 
24,396; observed 1949, St. John. Aitsu: 13 Au- 
gust 1949, St. John 23,791. Rujoru: 2 June 1946, 
Taylor 46-1,326 ; 13 August 1949, St. John 
23,803. Aomon: 14 May 1946, Fosberg 24,332; 
observed 1949, St. John. Biijiri: 14 August 
1949, St. John 23,821. Runit: 24 May 1946, 
Taylor 46-1,264 ; 15 August 1949, St. John 
23,832. Aniyaanii: 25 May 1946, Taylor 46- 
1,279; 8 August 1949, St. John 23,724. Chinimi: 
observed 1946, Taylor. Japtan: 15 May 1946, 
Fosberg 24,339; observed 1949, St. John. Parry: 
observed 1944, Bryan ; and 1958, St. John. Ji- 
eroru: 21 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,246. Eniwe- 
tok: observed 1944, Bryan; 13 May 1946, Fos- 
berg 24,293; observed 1949, St. John. Igurin: 
14 May 1946, Fosberg 24,313; observed 1946, 
Taylor, and 1949, St. John. Mui: 9 August 1958, 
St. John 26,319. Rigili: 10 August 1949, St. 
John 23,748. 
SOLANACEAE 
79. Nicotiana glauca Graham. Shrub 2-4 m. 
tall, glabrous; branches erect, wandlike; petioles 
2-8 cm. long; blades 3—16 cm. long, ovate, 
acute, often cordate, pale, glaucous; flowers in 
terminal panicles with subulate bracts; calyx 10- 
12 mm. long, ovoid, faintly angled, 5 -toothed; 
corolla 27-37 mm. long, yellow, tubular, puberu- 
lent, the lobes 1-2 mm. long, low deltoid; cap- 
sules 9—10 mm. long, ovoid; seeds 0.5 mm. 
long, brown. Introduced weed. 
