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