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A li st - .Slides. Taken by C,.I£. Long - Christmas Island. June 14,16,17. 1964 
June 14, 1964 (July, in red) 
2. Cook Island, southwest beach vegetation, young Messerschmidtia , Lep- 
turus . *’* 
3. Mid-south section of Cook Island, Heliotronium and Cassythab n flat 
inner sand area. t 
4. Heliotropium , Cassythaj flat on inside portion of Cook Isalnd, Messer— 
schmidtia grove. 
5. Nw. shore with sparse Heliotropium and Messerschmidtia . 
6. Nw. side of Cook Island, Messerschmidtia groves in rubble, Heliotropiua 
in sand. * 
7. Looking toward sw. shore, island rim of Messerschmidtia . 
8. Nw. portion of island,, Boerhaavia, Heliotropium, Cassytha . Lepturus . 
9. (as in 8.). 
10. Nw. part of Cook Island, Sida , Heliotropium , Cassytha . 
11. Close-up of Cassythac overed Heliotropium. ' '< 
12. North portion, large Heliotropium growing in sand pocket of coral 
rubble. 
13. Bigitaria growing in sand pocket of coral rubble. 
14. Boerhaavia ( red stemmed and purple flowered ) growing under Messer— 
schmidtia in the north part of the island. 
15. Messerschmidtia growing in coral nibble, nesting noddies* 
16* Suriana - Heliotropium association on Motu Upou, looking east* 
17. Heliotropium , Eragrostis , Portulaca along the se. shore of Motu Upou - 
washed up Cocos nut. 
18. Suriana - Messerschmidtia association along the north side of Motu 
Upou, with Lepturus and Suriana seedlings in the beach sand. 
19. (as in 18.) 
20. Close-up of Portulaca sp. on Motu Upou. 
21. Sesuvium - Portulaca association on e. shore of Motu Upou. 
22. Open Heliotropium - Suriana association on east shore Motu Upou. 
23. As in 22. but looking w. toward the Cocos plantings. 
24. Scaevola , Boerhaavia mat, inner part of the island. ^ 
25. Looking e., n. shore of Motu Upou, Suriana along beach. 
26. N. side of Motu Upou, Lepturus - Heliotropium . 
27. Guano deposits along the bare soil area on the sejshore. 
28. Red-footed booby mother and nestling in stick nest - Messerschmidtia . 
29. East point of Motu Upou looking east, low tide, note sand spit covered 
with Messerschmidtia . 
30. Boerhaavia, Portulaca, Tribu lus , Heliotropium - s. end of Motu Upou. 
31. Heliotropium , Scaevola, Lepturus , Messerschmidtia - south side shore 
vegetation of Motu Upou. 
Hong’road, east side of Christmas Island, looking west - Messerschmid- 
tia, low Sida and Lepturus along the roadside. 
(as in 32.). 
33. 
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36. 
Sida , Lepturus , Heliotropium , young Scaevola on the east side in for¬ 
merly disrupted area. 
Lepturus , Sida , Heliotropium , Cassytha in sandy area on the east side 
of Christmas Island, east of the road toward the beach. 
Ne. side of the island midway along the Bay of Wrecks, looking west 
toward the lagoon area mats, .Ufissftrsfihrci fltia. at edge of 
depressed lagoon, T,apt.urns . clumps in foreground in bare soil underlain 
by hardpan. 
•37. As in 36. but oloser to the Sesuvium mat which is very thick and lush 
in growth. 
