9 * Messerseteidt 1 * - asall, stunted shrub a®«d by perching aotlsSS.es 
^ ... • ... esto##*#*****^^ ■ethee#- ^ . ■ ■m. ... 
oa the are* 
10 . Sicyos sp. - or central part of island, no flowers or fruit, 
tailed Tropieblrd nestling observed in s asst tinder a slump of 
the east spit of the is lead Leptuarus is found growing in 
beach mM with _ 
in the narrow central portion. Stunted 
Hssearecfaaldtla plants ware observed along the south shore* noddies 
raking in large tm&mre in. the stunted, flat-topped t'iggaere.chaitit la 
Ssaevo&a shrubs. Mult and peer ling seels observed on the beech. 
Seoteiaber 
: > island 
The- following species were observedt 
% 
Jite it 
p&tehes on west end, young plants found cm most of 
area 
i 2* Boerfaaayia - light lavender colored flowers, natty 
•slants. 
...’ * 
seal “prostrate, clmbs flattened frots the center. 
4 . Mesgersch ffildt ia - in flower and fruit, snail stunted shrubs 
bat leaves are healthy green in color* 
Two fruit# of Cocos were observed, one on the north beech and one 
on the south beach.* Oa trip bach to Southeast Island raised sand bare 
in the lagoon were Observed covered with algae. 
South Horth Island has bees cited as'lutermitteat. ,! The plants 
present growing in aoral gravel and send are probably ell bird- introduced* 
see the noddies use t 4 Mwserscbaidtia es perches there 
ii a suggestion that this species xmy be responsible for the tran&portetion 
« ®. ml on tfc . uaA 
msatarous perching nobles are reminiscent of th< ink Island, 
C“ 
luristsm# Island* Bo evidence of shearwater borrows on South Hart 
h wwi 
found althou# a substrate * A allow burrowing* fhis infimaatlon 
sn at# that there i® a periodic inaraiet 1 on during start* end t the 
?rth are being reintroduced constantly by 
-'r. :.o rest. She _ . 
