almost completely denuded for distances up to 20 feet into these ordinarily lush 
patches. Nama is found only lightly scattered throughout the island, -with drifting 
sand having once again covered most of the stand noted growing so well on the 
north end last June. The heavy salt spray carried by the winds has killed or 
hastened the "browning up" of all exposed Eragrostis seed heads; those heads protected 
from this wind are still green and ripening. 
Various stages of competition are becoming quite evident. Ipomea suffered heavy 
damage, both along the lagoon edge from inundation and along the beach edge from 
spray and wave action . Eragrostis is beginning to be a noticeable competitive 
factor in some of these areas, while in the Eragrostis zone, Erimbristylus is 
beaming one of the key plants. Cynodon holds its own with every species except Ipomea; 
in these areas it appears to be crowded out. 
The large tobacco plants have seeded and are dead but many new plants are 
beginning to sprout. Heliotropium seems to be practically non-existent in growing 
form and Boerhaavia is scarcer than ever noted before. Sicyos is sprouting primarily 
in the gone comprised of mixtures of Ipomea and Eragrostis and is seldom seen elsewhere. 
The June report mentioned that the one Messerschmidia shrub on the island was <- 
thriving. Except for one branch with a few leaves, this plant appears to 
have been burnt by slat spray. 
The experimental seed planting (Chemopodium, Solanum , and Sicyos ) made in June,^_- 
1962 shows no sign of growth whatsoever. 
(From unpublished report by Kramer, 1963 .) 
