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Little North Island 
Only four vascular plant species are known from Little North Island 
(Table ). The raised central portion of the island, about 400 feet 
sented by several clumps, small seedlings of Boerhavia were found/ 
as were a few sprigs of Tribulus cistoides . Small Tournefortia argentea 
plants were noted on the island in June 1963 * but were not found'in March 
1965. 
Grass Island 
Eleven species of vascular plants have been recorded from Grass Is¬ 
land (Table ). Only a portion of the western end of Grass Island is 
vegetated (Figure ). The interior of this vegetated portion is a dense 
patch of Solanum nelsoni about b-00 feet long east to west, and 100 feet 
wide. It grows to the height of a foot. Between the Solanum and the 
sandy beach is a sparsely vegetated area of Lepturus repens, Tribulus 
cistoides, Boerhavia diffusa, and S. nelsoni . About a dozen clumps of 
Eragrostis variabilis grow among the Solanum . 
In April 1923 a photograph by Wetmore shows that the island was vir 
tually solid Eragrostis (Figure ). Wetmore (ms.) noted that n the 
crest of the island was covered with bunch grass and a few of the shrubs 
recorded on Southeast Island.” Eight species wer >m the is¬ 
land by Christophersen and Gaum (1931:15*16)• The floga was dominated by 
Eragrostis , which was restricted to the central parts of the island. 
Lepturus grew in a fringe around the Eragrostis . Two plants of Achyranthes 
splendens were found. Boerhavia and Tribulus were present, but not abun¬ 
dant, and Lepidium o-waihiense [= bidentatum ] was rare. A few small 
