Vascular Plants recorded from Kure Island 
"by C. H. Lamoureux and C. R. Long 
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Brachymenium sp. 
Lamoureux 2808 (UH). Probably B. melanotheclum (C. Mull.) Jaeg. 
Found on packed coral of the aircraft parking area. 
Cenchrus agrimonioides Trin.var. laysanensis F.B.H. Brovn 
Caum 8 (BISH). Not collected since 1923 but observed by the junior 
author growing at the edge of the former central plain in 1964. 
Cenchrus echinatus L. 
Lamoureux 2771 (UH), Long 2227 (UH). Common in disturbed areas near 
the quarters and along the north side of the runway. 
Chloris inflata Link 
Lamoureux 2793 (UH). Found in area near the edge of the runway, 
cleared at one time and used as a nesting area by the Laysan albatross. 
Chloris virgata Swartz 
Lamoureux 2774, 2805 (UH). Scattered plants along runway and buildings. 
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. 
Clay s.n. (BISH), Lamoureux 2780 (UH). Used as a lawn around quarters 
and in a few open placed throughout the Island. 
Digit aria henryi Rendle. 
Lamoureux 2777 (UH). On the beach NVf side toward the lagoon. 
ELeusine indica (L.) Gaertn. 
Lamoureux 2772 (UH), Long 2236 (UH). Common in disturbed areas. 
Eragrostis variabilis (Gaud.) Steud. 
Caum 10 (BISH), Clay s.n. (BISH), Lamoureux 278I, 2782 (UH), Long 2235 
(UH). Found in the central area and in cleared areas. Common in open sandy 
sites amid the dense ScaeVola taccada thickets. 
Eragrostis whitneyi var. caumii Fosb. 
Caum 7 (BISH), Clay s.n. (BISH). Found by Caum on the north side along 
exposed sides of dunes and by Clay on dunes along the lagoon. Not collected 
since 1959* 
Lepturus repens (Forst. ) R. Br. 
Caum 19 (BISH), Clay s.n. (BISH), Lamoureux 2785, 2792 (UH), Long 2246 
(UH). Scattered clumps on the north end of the island on dunes and along 
the runway on the south side. 
Set aria vertlcellata (L.) Beauv. 
Long 2246 (UH). Found in the cleared central area and along the north 
side of the runway in disturbed areas. 
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