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Fig. 10. Pingelap. Native market place showing construction of house. Roof exterior consists of coconut leaves, 
posts and cross timbers are from breadfruit wood, lashing is coconut fiber, and thatching of roof interior and 
mats in foreground are made from Fandanus leaves. 
ably the same as "nanagaisal” and ”so- 
numei” of St. John. 
Gramineae 
26. Centotheca lappacea Desv., Nouv. Bui. 
Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 189. 1810. 
"Moh-lung,” 26,52. Coconut grove, fre- 
quent. 
27. Digitaria pruriens Biise, Miq. PI. 
Jungh., 379. 1854. 
”Reh,” 2641. In coconut grove, common. 
28. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. 
Sem. PL 1: 8. 1788. 
"Rosakai,” 2642. Waste places, common. 
29. Paspalum vaginatum Sw., Prodr. Veg. 
Ind. Occ. 21. 1788. 
"Unenekisekik,” 2649- In coconut grove, 
common. The leaves of this species and 
those of Pisonta are used in the Cyrto- 
sperma swamp as a fertilizer. 
ANT 
Ant Atoll (Fig. 1) is located at approxi- 
mately 6°47'N and 158°l'E, and is 6 miles 
long by 3.5 miles wide. It is about 8 miles 
southwest of Ponape and about 300 miles 
east of Truk. Ant comprises 12 individual 
islets, only the largest of which, Nikalap, was 
visited by the writer. 
Ant Atoll, also known as Andema, Fraser, 
and Hand, was discovered by Quiros in 1591 
(U. S., 1944). Of the few botanical papers 
dealing with the island, Meinicke (1876) and 
Hambruch (1929) briefly discuss the vegeta- 
tion and food plants. There are no known 
detailed accounts of the vascular flora of Ant; 
however, a few papers concerning the algae 
of the island have been published by Yamada 
(1944^, b). I 
ji 
A total of 58 species of vascular plants, 3 !j 
species of algae, and 1 species of moss were J 
either collected or observed by the writer. Of 1 
the vascular plants, 42 are indigenous, 11 are || 
crop plants, 1 is an ornamental, and 4 are 
adventive weeds. Vernacular names were ob- 
tained from Shokeen, a native guide. 
