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6. Bryan, W. A., 1905, Report of a Visit to Midwa y Islan d, Bishop Mus 
Occ. Pap. 2: No. 291-299* 
A feV hardy shrubs and grass” 
Mentions 2 Cerrchru s calyculatus cav. 
Boerhaavia tetrandra Forst. 
,f a variety near Lepiduien oahuensis Cha. I. Schl. " 
Capparis sandvichiona D. C. 
Ipomeae insularis Stend. 
Scaeyola keenigii Vahl. 
Tribulus cistoides Lim. n In additon to the above are 
Eragrostis cynosuroides (Retz. ) three widely distributed 
beach plants, two of which are grasses that are as yet undetermined." 
J? eHaddenyXFv C. 1119^1* Midway Islands, Reprint from The Hawaiian 
Planters 1 Record, Vol. XLY, No. 3, 19^1. 
15 e Pearl and Hermes Reef. 
1. Notes taken on talk by Philip A. DuMont, Jan, 12, 1955 Southeast 
Islet has green herbaceous vegetation; - North Islet, green 
herbaceous vegetation. 
Excerpts 
2. Bryan, E. H., Jr. 19^2, American Polynesia, Tongg Publishing Company, 
Honolulu. 
p. 198 Casuarina planted in 1928 
3 norther islands - "supporting only bunchgrass and low herb." 
North Island - "although larger, had on it only the same kinds of 
plants, eleven species in all." 
"The sand bards were bare of vegetation, and appeared to be constantly 
shifting their position under the action of wind and wave. " 
