where it would receive spray from the ocean (BSFW). In 1968 Herbst 
noticed one or two isolated plants on the northeast side of Annexation 
Hill. The rest of the sparse population was limited primarily to the 
southern slope near the top of the saddle between Annexation and Flag¬ 
pole Hills. A similar patter of distribution was noted by Long in 
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September 1964 (POBSP). 
'Portulacaceae 
Portulaca lutea Sol. 
Gilbert (Albatross Expedition, USES 59^-972) (USNM), Caum 59 (BPBM), 
Christophersen 13 (BPBM), Kridler 4 (UH), Long 2457 (UH). 
As in previous reports, Portulaca was common on the flat tops and 
ledges of the cliffs.' In August 1968 , except for a rare Chenopodium 
shrub, it was the only plant growing on Northwest Cape—in cracks and in 
shallow pockets of soil. Some plants on the summit of Flagpole Hill 
appeared intermediate between P. lutea and P. oleracea . 
Leguminosae 
Haematoxylen campechianum L. 
Seeds sowed in 1923; not found subsequently. 
Sesbanla tomentosa H. & A• 
Gilbert (USNH 594974) (USNM), Caum 57 '(BPBM), Christophersen 11 
(BPEM), Kridler 1 (UH), Long 2449, 2451, 2453, 2460 (UH). 
Christophersen and Caum observed a few plants along the top of the 
main part of the island. Kramer (in Kramer and Beardsley, ms.)-concurs 
and adds that it seemed n to be holding its own quite well”.in June 1962 . 
