(Canton I* -g- ) 
using Canton as on® of the ports of call* la order to guard Hawaii against 
possible arrival of insoot pesta from South Sea islands, an ** ins act filter®^ 
similar to the one in operation on Midway Islands, has been established* 
An entomologist inspects and fumigates every plane as it rides at anchor ©vor 
night* Be alee studies the insects of Canton, to make sure that none of 
which ns injurious to crops In Hawaii or California, could he 
carried away* 
THE PLANTS OP CANTON I SUM) 
If the visitor to Canton Island is interested in plant life, the following 
notes xt% may Interest hl^* They have been condensed from an article^ by the 
author, "The Meagor Vegetation of Canton Island," which appeared in the Paradise 
of the Pacific magazine for March, 1940, pages 26-2V* 
bunch |r® 
species widespread on Paoifio islands, and known to scientists as Lepturua repans» 
On dry islands it is brownishj on moist islands topped with greest.» The flower 
stalk is wiry, with alternate, single fruits embedded in its solid, round* 
upper part* 
found various 
On the west side, especially near the camps, these consist of the fleshy, 
oval-leaved purslane (Portulaea lutes) with bright yellow flowers whleh open 
best on sunny mornings* Intermixed with this is a slender, trailing herb of 
the four-o* eleok family, sailed Bo erhaawia tetrandra, with tiny whit® or purple 
flowers on thread-life* stalks* There is also to be found a Sow ills* shrub 
(Slda fallas) of the sallow family, with yellow flowers, end le&ves and st< 
covered with short, pal® fuss* 
abundant 
is a prostrate herb with long runners, Tkluafetta procrtsmbsm* having harsh 
leaves, yellow flowers, and spherical bur* In moist®* spots is found a kind 
of buaoh grass {Btgitaria pacific*) with fussy leaves and the fruiting spile* 
divided into fingers, <fuit© distinct from the wiry hep turns bunehg raws* A f< 
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