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ILLUSTRATIONS 
Viev of Nrhoa Island i. rosn olio son 11a. Mill er Vai 3 gv 
as a white line to the left of the saddle. Millej J Peak rtovo 
it is the highest point on the island: the landing and camping 
sites are at its base. 
.. Miller. Peak—the sharp point——as it appears from the saddle. 
The slight cleft to its right marks the position of ^evil 
Slide. Note the shrub-covered terrain and the precipitous 
cliffs of the north side of the island. “ P 
. Remains of ancient house terrace in East Palm Valley: vegetation 
is chiefly Chenopodium shrubs with some Sida . 
. Middle Valley; vegetative cover—typical of the sides of the 
valleys—consists primarily of 2 to 3 foot tall Sida and 
Chenopodium shrubs. 
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. Low, scrambling Euphorbia shrubs around rock outcroppings 
along northern cliffs. In the forground are Chenopodium Cleft) 
and Solanum shrubs. 
Small grove of Pritchardia remota at base of cliff in uooer East 
Palm Valley. 
Fortulaca villosa plant growing from crack in face of stone ledge 
Euphorbia celastroides . A variety with the same habit growing 
in a somewhat similar environment at Kaena Point, Oahu, also 
were in flower at this time KJCHDC, but were leafless. 
The Solanum nelsoni flowers from Nihoa have a white corolla and 
purple anthers; those of Moomi Beach, Molokai—in my knowledge, 
the only stand left on the inhabited islands—have light-blue 
petals. 
