NOTES 
Additional Plants from the Midway Islands 
A collection of plants from the Midway Is- 
lands, made by Dr. Hubert W. Frings, Depart- 
ment of Zoology, University of Hawaii, on 
April 16, 1962, includes four species not previ- 
ously recorded from there. These are: 
GRAMINEAE 
Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf., 
Eastern Island. 
CRUCIFERAE 
Coronopus didymus (L.) J. E. Smith, 
Eastern Island. 
EUPHORBIACEAE 
Euphorbia peplus L., Sand Island. 
PRIMULACEAE 
Anagallis arvensis L., Sand and Eastern 
Islands. 
All four of these species, although not native 
to Hawaii, are now found on the major islands 
of the Hawaiian chain and were probably in- 
troduced accidentally to Midway from Oahu. 
At various times ornamental plants, and the soil 
in which to grow them, have been taken to 
Midway from Honolulu. It is likely that seeds 
of the plants reported here reached Midway in 
such soil. 
Dr. Frings’ collection included 27 species of 
vascular plants, which he described as the more 
common species on the atoll. It is of interest 
to note that only 5 of these species ( Boerhavia 
diffusa L.; Tribulus cistoides L.; Ipomoea indica 
(Burm. f.) Merr.; I. pes-caprae (L.) Sw.; Scaevola 
sericea Vahl) are native to Midway. This pro- 
vides some indication of the changes in the 
flora, and concomitant changes in the ecosystem, 
which are related to man’s activities on Midway. 
This collection has been deposited in the 
herbarium of the B. P. Bishop Museum in Ho- 
nolulu — Charles H. Larnoureux, Department of 
Botany, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. 
On Malayan Shores: A Review 
S. H. Chuang. 1961. On Malayan Shores. Pp. 
xvi + 225; 112 numbered plates and frontispiece 
(13 plates and frontispiece in color), 28 text 
figures. 5.5 X 7.5 inches (14 X 19 cm). Pub- 
lished by Muwu Shosa, P. O. Box 1813, Singa- 
pore. 
It is for this incredibly rich center of the 
great Indo-West Pacific marine flora and fauna 
that Dr. Chuang’s small volume is intended as 
an introduction. He did not write the book for 
the specialist in any one group, or even for the 
trained marine biologist, but for the "amateur 
naturalist.” With this aim he has avoided as 
much of the specialized language of zoology as 
possible; his descriptions of plants and animals 
are short and point out only one to several 
salient characteristics; he uses no keys and gives 
no synonyms. On the other hand his illustrations 
are numerous and excellent: some 50 species 
are illustrated by line drawings in the text fig- 
ures and over 500 are represented by clear 
reproductions of photographs in the 112 plates. 
He has limited himself to the more common 
and conspicuous species, as would be expected; 
he does not touch upon the fishes which have 
been dealt with in previous books. 
The book is divided into two parts, the first 
is a general review of aspects of marine biology 
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