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Plants Collected on Kure Island, September 14, 1964 
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Boerhaav ia diffus a L. 
Scaevola taccada 
Uragrostis whitneyl Fosb. 
Eragros ttg variabillB (gaud.) Steud. 
Verbesina encelioides A. gray 
Tribuius cistoid es L. 
SolanuH nelson! Duval 
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Solanun nigrum L. 
Gnaphaluim sandwiehensuim Gaud 
Erigeron bonarieasis L. 
Eleusine Indies (1.) Gaert. 
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Cynodon dactylon (1.) Pers. 
Achryanthes cpleadens 
var. reflexa Ilbd. 
l4. Coccolo ba unii'era Jacq. 
15* Casuarina equisetifolia 
16. C encbr uB echinatus L. 
17* Coronapus didym us (L.) 
J. E. Smith 
18 . Sicyos sp. 
19• Lipochaeta integrifolla 
(Nutt77~~A. Gray 
20. Cruciferae 
Vegetation of Kure - Scaevola taccada forme a nearly continuous ring or 
band of shrub vegetation around the island and on the outer side. On 
the north side of the island are sand hills and a steep sand bank 
rising from the beach. In there across one finds Eragrostis and Boerhaavia 
as well as two introduced grassesV Cynodon and Eleusine . The interior 
of the island is filled with Solatium (two species), Verbesina (apparently 
extending its area to the detriment of ground nesting species), Erigeron, 
Gnaoholulm, Achryanthes, Ipomoea indica and Cenchrus agrisonioides var. 
layaone nsls R.Br. In open areas between masses of Scaevola one finds 
Solonua nilsoni Duval., Boerhaavia and Eyagrostis . ¥. Wirtz told tae 
that both Sesuvuim and Peartulaca are found on the other island. The 
Boerhaavia has lavender flowers. Some plants of these seem to have 
flowers which fade to white. About 97 °/o of the land area of Kure 
Island, excluding the sunway, is heavily vegetated. The soils are 
uniformly low in organic material with a sand base. Plant species are 
found in bare sand or the light soils with their varyingorganic content. 
