Vascular plants recorded from Phoenix Island 
by C. R. Lons 
Pivo species of vascular plants have been collected from 
? .oonim Island. All of those species are considered native. Vascular 
plant collections have'been made by the following: E. H. Bryan, Jr., 
I,larch 1924; C. R. Long, July^ 1964. 
and November 
Gramineae 
Lepturus re pens (Porst.) R. Br.' • 
B^TanTlTTBISH), Long 2073 , 2079? 2079a,b, 2086, 2099? 2615, 
2623 (HE). The common bunchgrass found in 3and of beach rin or sandy 
soils of the inner slopes. Lush stands are found at base of slopes 
vast above the lagoon on the east and south sides. Plants with stolons 
common in these sites. Stems often covered with salt crystals. 
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Boerhavia re pens L* 
i-WSPhti 
Pinlc and white flowered forms prosent. This species is common in sandy 
scil3 particularly in sand pockets of coral rubble. Often found with 
Lepturus and Portulaca. 
Aizoaceae 
Sesuvium portula castrum var. .' raisevia Deg. and. Fosb. 
Bryan 19 (BISK), Long 20 Bb, 20 Go , 2625 (UH). This succulent herb 
forms a nearly continuous mat around the edge of the lagoon .Plovers 
white or off white. The mats are often the site of bluefaced Looby nests. 
Portulacaceae 
Portulaca lutea Sol.' 
Bryan 16 '(BISH), Long 2624 (UK). Common on the south end in coral 
gravel and with Lepturus and Boerhavia over the island. 
as 
Tiliaceae' Triumfetta procuabens Porst. fJ Mentioned by Bryan (1942) 
present on the east side of the island. Not found in 1964. 
Malvaceae 
Sida fallax Nalp. ' ' ' ' . 
Long 2077 , 2079 , 2080, 2089 , 2614, 2634 (UH). This species 
forms upright stands on tho N sido. Lsed as a nesting site oy lessor 
,frigatebird3 on vest side in 19c4» On the S and SE end this normally 
upright herb is prostrate vhere it is rooted in coral rubble and exposed 
to the constant wind from that direction. 
