Howland Island - Summary 
(taken from notes by Peter Marshall) 
Plant No. 1 - Succulent type plant. Note leaves are orientated circularly 
about stem. Upper branches re-brown. Pepper-fine black seeds. Wide 
spread over island. 
Plant No. 2 - Crawling plant (Boerhavia ?) - small white flowers, all 
over island. 
Plant No. 3 - Different succulent plant. Differs from No. 1 by leaves 
which all point the same direction, and the upper stem which is white. 
Grows in bunches. Lower ste^ black. Not as common as No. 1. 
Plant No. 4. - Hibiscus type tree. 10 feet high, 2 left in depression on 
middle of Island. Evidence of many more at one time. 
Plant No. 5 - Sticker weed (Tri bulus ?). Wide spread on island. 
Crawling plant. 
Plant No. 6 - Tree - one tree at corner of Itascatown. 
Plant No. 7 - Wide blade grass. Two feet high not common. 
Plant No. 8 - narrow - blade grass. Very common. 
