Plants Collected on Lisisnskl Island, September 18, 
19o 47 by C. R. Long 
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1. Tr lbulus elstoldes L. 
2. Bragrostis varlabilis (Gaud.) Steud. 
3* Scaevola taccada 
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. iferaa sandvichen.se A. Gray 
5* Portulaea oleracea L. 
6. Solatium nelson! Duval. 
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7* Sicyos sp. 
8. Boerhaavla diffusa L. 
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9. Cocos nucifera L. 
10. Casuarina equisetifolia L. 
11. Ip amoea sp. 
12. Solanum nigrum L. 
1. The Trlbul us is found in sandy soil of open areas near the outer rim 
of the island with Eragrostls, Boerhaavia and Ipomoea. 
2. Eragrostia varlabilis is found occupying the entire inner portion 
of the island and associated with Boerhaavia , Convolvulus a nd Scaevola . 
Many seedlings of Eragrost is are found in bare sand along the beach 
(above and on the sand). Young plants are common on hillocks in 
the enterior of the island. There mounds are a result of shearwater 
burrowing. Fleet estimates 50,000 pairs of shearwaters and their 
Accumulative effect on the vegetation ie. providing bare sand areas 
for the Era [sr ost ie dominant - cannot be ignored. At this time 
Eragrostis was the only grass to be found on Lisianski Island. 
3. Scaevola taccada is present on the island rira along the entire periphery 
but not forming a solid ring of low shrubbery. On the south end of 
the island vrave action is eroding the sandy elevated soil and the 
Scaev ola is being killed.. There are many new seedlings and some 
