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86. Cucurbita maxima Duch. Short-lived, 
trailing vine, hispid; stems 2-10 m. long; peti- 
oles 20-40 cm. long, blades 25-40 cm. long, 
suborbicular, shallowly serrate, deeply cordate; 
flowers single; pedicels 10-30 cm. long, not 
swollen at apex in fruit; calyx lobes 3-10 mm. 
long, linear; corolla 6-8 cm. long; fruit 10-50 
cm. long, variable in shape and color. The cul- 
tivated squash. 
Engebi: May 1946, Fosberg 24,376 and 
24,380. Eniwetok: American gardens, observed 
1944, Bryan. 
87. ? Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standi. 
Bottle Gourd. ? Engebi: there is a report by 
MacMillan and Smith, 1946, of observing a 
cultivated plant "probably Lagenaria!’ This is 
deemed doubtful and not to be accepted unless 
confirmed by other records. 
GOODENIACEAE 
88. Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) Krause var. 
frutescens. "Mar kinat.” Shrub, 1-6 m. tall, 
branching and forming thickets; leaves alternate, 
without stipules, in terminal plumes, the cuneate 
leaf base merging into an indefinite petiole; 
blades 7-25 cm. long, cuneate-obovate or 
oblance-elliptic, thick, usually concave below, 
glabrous or almost so; cymes 2.5-8 cm. long, 
5-9-flowered; calyx lobes 1.5-3 mm. long, lance- 
olate; corolla 12-16 mm. long, white except for 
the magenta nerves in the lobes; berries 10-12 
mm. in diameter, globose, pithy, white. The most 
abundant shrub, especially near the shore. 
Bogombogo: 31 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,308. 
Elugelab: 2 June 1946, Taylor 46-1,322. Bogon: 
11 August 1949, St. John 23,764. Engebi: ob- 
served 1944, Bryan; 11 May 1946, Fosberg 
24,397 ; observed 1949, St. John. Aitsu: 13 Au- 
gust 1949, St. John 23,790. Rujoru: 2 June 
1946, Taylor 46-1,327 ; observed 1949, St. John. 
Aomon: 16 May 1946, Fosberg 24,361; ob- 
served 1949, St. John. Runit: 24 May 1946, 
Taylor 46-1 ,266 A. Aniyaanii: 25 May 1946, 
Taylor 46-1 ,271; 8 August 1949, St. John 23R22. 
Japtan: 15 May 1946, Fosberg 24,336; observed 
1946, Taylor, and 1949, St. John. Chinimi: ob- 
served 1946, Taylor. Parry: observed 1944, 
Bryan. Jieroru: 21 May 1946, Taylor 46-1,247 . 
Eniwetok: 13 May 1946, Fosberg 24,291; ob- 
served 1949, St. John. Igurin: 13 May 1946, 
Fosberg 24,314; observed 1946, Taylor, and 
1949, St. John. Mui: 9 August 1958, St. John 
26,320. Rigili: 10 August 1949, St. John 23,731. 
89. Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) Krause var. 
sericea (Forst. f.) Merr. "Mar Kinat.” Like the 
species, but the foliage, white sericeous from the 
abundant, appressed pilosity. 
Biijiri: 14 August 1949, St. John 23.823. 
Runit: 15 August 1949, St. John 23,847. Rigili: 
1 August 1956, Rainey. 
COMPOSITAE 
90. Erigeron bonariensis L. E. albidus (Willd.) 
Gray. Short-lived herb, 1-2.7 m. tall, slender and 
unbranched to the inflorescence; canescent 
throughout; leaves alternate, sessile or with 
petioles to 3 cm. long; blades 2-10 cm. long, 
linear-lanceolate; panicle terminal, 20-60 cm. 
long, leafy; involucral bracts 4 mm. long, in 2-3 
series; flowers white; achenes 1.5 mm. long, the 
pappus stiff. Introduced weed. 
Eniwetok: 6 August 1949, St. John 23,708. 
91. Lactuca sativa L. Short-lived, smooth herb, 
first forming a rosette with leaves 12-25 cm. 
long, obovate to orbicular, sessile; soft, edible; 
later producing a single, leafy stalk 1-1.3 m. 
tall; cauline leaves much smaller, auriculate and 
serrate; panicle terminal; heads with 12-16 yel- 
low ray flowers; achene lenticular; pappus silky. 
The cultivated lettuce. 
Eniwetok: in American gardens, observed 
1944, Bryan. 
92. Pluchea indica (L.) Less. Shrub, 0.6-2 m. 
tall; leaves alternate, 15-55 mm. long, oblan- 
ceolate, denticulate; cymes 2-7 cm. long, several 
headed; involucre 3-4 mm. high; bracts firm, in 
several series; flowers pink, pappus silky. In- 
troduced weed. 
Eniwetok: 6 August 1949, St. John 23,704. 
93. Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. Vigorous 
herb 1-3 m. tall, soft pilose; leaves alternate; 
petioles 0.5-2 cm. long; blades 8-15 cm. long, 
densely white pilose beneath; corymbs numer- 
ous, many headed; involucre 5 mm. high; 
flowers creamy. Introduced weed. 
Eniwetok: 6 August 1949, St. John 23,703. 
94. V ernonia cinerea (L.) Less. "Senailing 
nagailing.” Short-lived herb, 20-60 cm. tall, 
freely branching, cinereous puberulent; petioles 
