Cruciferae 
Lepidium bidentatum Mont# 
Christophersen 16 (BISH) as L* ouaihiense* St* John and Fob— 
berg 14108 (BISH) , Long 3554 (UH)7 Found in open areas adjacent to 
Cooos groves on the lagoon side or the south island near the east 
ohannel* This speoies is also found on Christmas Island and Caroline 
Island further south* 
Crassulaoeae 
Kalanohoe pinnata (Lam*) Pers. + 
Long 3526 (itJH) • Formerly cultivated as an ornamental in the garden 
of the oable station oompound, 
Leguminosae 
Bauhinia monandra Kurs.-f 
Long 3513 (UH) * A small tree 1.7 m. high growing in the garden 
of the resident manager* s house at English Harbour* 
Cassia oocidentalis L* + 
Long (UH) • Mentioned by Merrill (1925) as having been oolleoted 
by Heims and Kirby* Four trees to 18 m* in the oable station compound* 
Crotalaria retusa L* * 
~" Long 35lS (UH) • A weed found in abandoned site of the oable station 
oompound* 
Desmodium triflorum (L*) DC* + 
Mentioned by Merrill (1925) as having been oolleoted by Herms and 
Kirby* Hot seen in 1965* 
Leuoaena leuoooephala (Lam*) de¥it + 
Observed in the oable station oompound and at English Harbour in 
1*65. 
Simaroubaoeae 
Suriana mE^itina . 
Mentioned by Streets ( 1877 ) bat not collected since. Merrill (1925) 
showed that the account by Streets was very inaccurate and we may pre¬ 
sume that Suriana has never been oolleoted from Fanning Island* It does 
oocur on Christmas Island* 
Euphorbiaoeae 
Aoalypha wilke si ana Muell*-Arg*+ 
Long 35^6 (UH)* Hoted by Christophersen (1927) and observed in 
1965 at the oable station and in English Harbour* 
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Euphorbia eyathophora (Murr.) Griseb. + 
Long 3518 (UH) • Collected from the abandoned garden of the oable com¬ 
pound* It appeared to be naturalising in adjacent areas* 
