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ILLUSTRATIONS 
/j.Cvv oi. Nilioa Island iron*, the south. Killer Valley appears 
?£ f wi ?, ite , , t0 the left of the saddle. Killer Peak above 
? hG highest point on the island; the landing and camping 
sites are at its base. * -° 
Killer Peak--the sharp point—as it appears from the saddle. 
if 1 ? , s ligRt _ clei t to its right marks the position of ^evil 
~ 0 L e the. shrub-covered terrain and the precipitous 
cliffs of the north side of the island. 
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Remains of ancient house terrace in East Palm Valley; vegetation 
is chiefly Chenopodium shrubs with some Sida. ’ ° 
Kiddle Valley; vegetative cover—typical of the sides of 
valleys—consists primarily of 2 to 3 foot tall Sida and 
Chenopodium shrubs. - 
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Low, scrambling Euphorbia shrubs around rock outcroppinvs 
along northern cliffs. In the forground are Chenopodium (left) 
and Solanum shrubs. - 
Small grove of Pritchardia remota at base of cliff in upper East 
For.tulaca villosa plant growing from crack in face of stone ledge- 
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jEuphorbia colas uroides . A variety with the same habit growing 
in a somewhat similar environment at Kaena Point, Oahu, also 
were in flower at this time MXXKK, but were leafless. 
The Solanum nelson:! flowers from- Nihoa have a white corolla and 
purple anthers; those of Moomi Beach, Molokai— in - -my - kn ewl - e dg ^, 
the only-stand loft -on^the—ijaS aahi.l ie d islands —have livht-blue ■ : 
petals. .. • ° 
