Photographs - Roll #1 (cont'd) #17 Surunga sp. (closeup) F16/250 #18 Pandanus fruit F5.6/250 #19 Polypodium sp. - closeup F8/250 #20 Triumphetta sp. - closeup - F8/250 #21 Sedge species - closeup F1/250 #22-25 Corn-like plant in Taros patch - several angles + distances. March 3 Atafu Atoll, Pacific Ocean Atafu is very similar to the other two isles in the Tobelman Group in respect to the vegetative associations in Coconut - Pandanus - Prosopis with some Morinda and Ficus sp. scattered about. Around the shore of the isle there is a belt of Scaevola and I messerschmittia that is mixed with Surunga sp. at times. The ground cover consists of Banks Hott Fern, the common Polypodium and such plants as Boerhavia and Cyperus-like grass. Triumphetta is a canopy plant in the interior of the islets. Besides this is a very limited variety of plants on these islands and the pattern of associations is virtually predictable. Grant-uses this islet, because of its recent rains, is probably the richest of the Tobelman Group. The leaf debris abounds with moths, springtails and other minute fauna. Caterpillars are less conspicuous than them on the other two islets so, as the result, the vegetation is in far better condition. Because of the huge help (17 mature finally congregated around our campsite) collecting was something of a chore rather than a pleasure. This situation resulted partly from the fact that this atoll is fairly small and it took only 25 or 30 minutes to reach our islets from the village. On the other islets it took from 2 1/2 to 6 hours to reach our camp which resulted in about no visitors at all. Packed finally packed out at 10:20 a.m. after several hours of insect collecting.