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Notes taken on Leeward Islands botany by Eugene Kridler - LAYSAN 
Sept, 19-20 -- 
1964 
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_ schmidia plant near the northwest landing appears to be 
dead - it has no green leaves. The tobacc o introduced by the guano 
diggers many decades ago is sparsely scattered over much of the 
island. The on the east end of the lagoon is much reduced 
in acreage as compared to that found a year ago at this time. This 
appears due to the high water experienced this past winter which 
apparently flooded out a considerable amount of this plant. Sicyos 
was flowering and on the south side of the lagoon. Of the 
coconut trees planted by personnel of the Hawaii Division of Fish 
and Game some years back, seven on the north side appear very 
healthy and two are bearing good-sized nuts. The southern growth 
has been reduced to only three healthy plants. The armour scale 
so prevalent on the Scaevola on Lisianski was all but absent here 
on Laysan and the Scaevola appeared to be very healthy and 
Mar.26-31 
1966 
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1967 
Pictures were taken of the vegetative photo stations. We checkeu 
around the camp site (north and east of the ‘Ironwood tree) for 
the presence of Conyza bonariensis, the weed which was apparently 
introduced by the Air Force which had established a camp on the 
island iun 1963 during the HIRAN operations. Four plants were found 
which were pulled up. A soft-leaved composite with a reddish o r — 
y ellowish head which we were unable to identify was collected by 
Hon Walker. Kramers Chenopodium plantings at photo station C-2 
were checked but no evidence of germination was found. The jphencA •<- 
podium seeds collected on East Island of French Frigate Shoals' were 
planted in a row of about 50 feet at Photo station C-l and near the 
>hhores i of the lagoon at a plot marked by two half-inch conduits 
about 50 feet .apart/. The location of this plot was in the northwest 
shore of the lagoorl. t Tr lb ulus appeared to' bev thriving and much of 
it was in bloom as was the Hama, and Boerhavia . Sicyos down near the 
shores of the lagoon was just beginning to bloom. 
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Some Ipomea was blooming , but no^ b looming Tribulus or Boerhavm 
noted. Albatross had trampled trails through the thinner growth o 
Scaevola along the beaches. The two Messer schmidia plants south 
of the northwest landing were thriving and in bloom. The lone bus 
north of the landing was not as robust. The lone CEenopodlSm _ 
noted at the campsite last September was not found. Conyza was for 
the most part in the rosette stag e. The plots made experimentally 
contained a number of smaller plants. 'However, this growth might, 
have been the result of seeds germinating after the plot was sprayed. 
Results thus are inconclusive. The remaining palms on the north and 
south appeared to be green and thriving. 
