C.R. Long 
1964 
June 18, 1964 
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(5) L 178-L182 
L178 
L179 
L 180 
Ll8l 
I.L182 
1-2 in., xinder Pi son! a 
Lepturus , Boerhaavia , Portulaca, Heavily mounded 
area, fine sand area. 
open area, salt bush, 1-2 inches. 
Messerschmidtia , 1-2 in. 
Bottom of old burrow under Lepturus, in Lepturus, 
Boerhaavia, Portulaca stand. Pine sand area, 
approximately 10 feet depression, wet l/2 inch down. 
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June 22, 1964 
June 23, 1964 
Malden Island Lagoon 
(1) L183 
LI 83 salt crust * 
Malden Island 
(5) Ll84-Ll88 
Ll84 - I and Ll85 - II Soils forming among raised coral heads - 
Surfaces hare but Sesuvium forms a peripheral ring about the 
lagoon. Top l/2 inch whitish with salts then dark red layer 
extends to several feet in depth. Between these two layers is a 
noticeable layer of blue-green algae? 
Ll84 - I bare soil in old coral rock, Se suvium, top l/2 in.. 
U .85 - II top 1-2 in., bare soil in old coral rock, Se suvium . 
Ll86 - III top l/2 in. Sida, Digitaria , Portulaca . North side 
of island Boerhaavia , Tribulus . 
top l/2 to 2 in. Sida , Digitaria , Portulaca, Boerhaavia 
north "side of island. 
bare area among Sesuvium, grasses, on flat rock, l/2 to 
2 in., top layer white with much salt. 
1187 - IV 
L188 - V 
June 26, 1964 Starbuck Island 
( 5 ) LI89-LI93 
KL 89 - I Portulaca, Sesuvium, Eragrostis - shells on ton 
1/TTT1/2— - - 
L190 - II l/2 - 2 in. Lepturus, Sida 
LI91 - III guano soil Lepturus thick, some Sida, 0 -l /2 in. 
LI92 - IV guano soil Lepturus thick, Sida. 1/2 - 2 l/2 in. 
L193 - V Digitaria , Sida , Tribulus l/2-2 in. coarse gravel on top 
June 27, 1964 Starbuck Island 
(4) L194-L197 
L194 - VI at Post No. 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. 
L195 - VII midway to post No. 2‘ on rim l/2-2 l/2 in. 
L196 - VIII at post No. 2 1/2-2 1/2 in. 
L197 - IX Digitaria stand west end l/2-2 l/2 in. 
July 4, 1964 Tuituila, American Samoa 
(l) LI 98 
LI 98 Forest 800 feet l/2-2 in. 
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