K. Remeran 1964 Matkin Atoll, Gilbert Islands exclusively with Scaecola. Pimbristylis formed the main ground cover in open areas. A large portion of the ground was covered by fallen coconuts and palm fronds. We were lead to the northernmost point of the island. There the native, all smiles, proudly showed us some sort of a monument or shrine. It consisted of a 3 foot high pillar wriged with 3 strips of coconut leaf and topped with half a coconut, perhaps representing a human figure. At its base was a neatly arranged group of clam shells, some inside each other, beneath a flat rock. He uncovered the innermost shell, in which were some ashes and unburned tobacco and indicated he smoked a cigarette, which he placed with these materials, evidently as an offering. On the surrounding coconut palms names were inscribed. There was an opening facing the ocean, however, and the tative indicated something [illegible] in this connected with the monument or altar, with a sweeping gesture of his arm. The thing might have been a grave, in light of the names on the trees, in which case the native might have