P. De Benedictis 1964 12 Jan on board "Golden Bear" off Guadalupe Id., Mex. Island. Guadalupe is a very barren looking island. The sky was almost clear, and its only sign of fog was a small bank at the W end of the Island up against the steep end the W end is a sheer cliff, extend into E-W ridge out from the main mass of the island, little till line on the cliff. On top it is evidently grassy and on the higher part there are a # of scrubby looking cyprus. There seems to be a shallow beach at the base of the E side of the Island, rocky, and at the NE part it may be fairly wide. A gully runs down to the bottom and here there is a small settlement, and a gum bush (Piclium according to Dr. Bartholomew) grows here; he also saw the main Elephant seal rookery as live. The trees grow along the crest of its island, most of the E side being quite barren, gives me the impression of the E side of the White Mts. Took 3 or 4 pictures, the last of two very interesting cinder cones, a # of which are conspicuous on the island. The heaviest patch of wood is evident right about this area; the trees green, mostly oak-shaped except for one in the shape of a Lombardy poplar; the trees at the N end are all eypress (Monterey type shape. The Sand of the Island is completely barren,