site, rooted in coral gravel, conmon on the lagoon side of 
the islet, second islet south of Hake island, west side, No. 
3230 j in sand, edge of lagoon, Nake island. No. 3240j gravel 
of lagoon shore, Long island. No. 324^? fourth islet north 
of Bird islet, No, 3256} clumps to 2.8 decimeters hi^, coral 
gravel under Suriana, southwest side of South Island, No. 
3288. Eeported hy Dixon. 
Toumefortia argentea L, f. 
Small tree, 2.5 meters hi^, white flowers, edge of la¬ 
goon, South Island, No. 3216} edge of islet, islet northeast 
of South island, No. 3226} shrub 3 meters hi^, edge of islet 
above hi^^ tide line, Nake island. No. 3241} Long Island, No, 
3249} common, fourth islet north of Bird Islet, No. 3258, 
Eubiaceae 
J 
Small t 3 ?ee, 2 meters hi^, South island, No, 3214? 
young plant, 6 decimeters hi^. South Island, No, 3217} shrub 
to 2,5 meters, Nake Island, Ho, 3232} common at edge of 
Pisonia forest, north end of Long Island, No, 3254} small tree 
to 3 meters forming dense thickets, central area of South Is¬ 
land, No, 3282, 
Dixon also collected the following: Lepidium pisoidium Forst. 
= L, bi dent attain Mont,} Calophyllum inophylltam. L.} Busselia juncea 
Zuco, = E. eauisitiformis Sohleoht.} Boussin^ultia basseloides, E, 
B, K, = B, gracilis liers foma pseudobasseloides Hauman} Ficus 
carica L-: Eleusine indioa Gaertn.} Eragrostis plmosa LIC, » E. 
tenella (Link) Beaw^j Sida fallax ¥alp« None of these species 
were seen in 1955* Also reported by Dixon iferes G^_oa^ L*} 
Curcubita pepo L#} Ananas sativa L«| Cocos nncifera L* and 
Panicum mar^^^curata LK# wnich appeal^ to be a Digito^^ sp# This 
latter may be identical to Ho* 3235 of my numbers* A number of the 
species above were apparently introduced in the latter half of the 
last century as ornamentals and food plants* Hone of the above with 
