areas and In the mud flats around the ponds at the eastern end of the is¬ 
land. Boerhavia was present, but not abundant, and Tribulus was present. 
Sicyos was represented by a few plants. One seed each of Mucuna gigantea 
and M. urens was found on the beaches 
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In May 1923 the Tanager Expedition planted hau, tiliaceum , 
and palm, Pritchardia pacifica , trees on Southeast Island 
(Gregory, 1924:21 and Wetmore, ms.), and scattered seeds. Though no rec¬ 
ord remains of what seeds were scattered, Wetmore has a list of the spe¬ 
cies given the expedition by the Territory of Hawaii and the Department 
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of Agriculture for planting on the Reservation to replace vegetation de¬ 
stroyed by rabbits. With the exception of Scaevola none of the species 
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on this list are presently growing on Southeast Island. 
Photographs taken by Galtsoff in 1930 show that the eastern section 
was nearly solid Eragrostis , with some areas of Lepturus and Boerhavia 
(Figure ). A photograph of the buildings (Figure ) of the pearl 
fisheries venture shows a Casuarina about five feet tall, many plants of 
Sonchus, and an unidentifiable composite which Is apparently no longer 
present. One view of the western section (Figure ) shows a flora of 
scattered Boerhavia and very sparse Lepturus . Galtsoff (1933:16) identi¬ 
fied two species of algae from the lagoon, Halimeda and Codium . The lat¬ 
ter is frequently used as food by sea turtles. He also mentions the 
planting of Casuarina and Cocos sp. in 1928 , but further states that they 
were all dead or dying by 1930 * 
