lava field and those in adjacent old regions. This last I can account for. The plants and trees are a mixture of lowland and rainforest species, the undergrowth being lowland, because of the Xyrophytic conditions; the trees both lowland and rainforest. In the rainforest as also in the lowlands, the trees are tall and one seldom sees them in fruit and flower. Here on the flow the trees are stunted or young and the inflorescence and fruit which are high out of sight in the forest are displayed a few feet above one's head. It is a a botanist's paradise, for one need not exert oneself in reaching the fruit and flowers. Roll 48:1 An open place on the lava field, looking S. toward Mauga silisili (11467) and the main mountain mass. In the foreground are the low scrub of the flow and the higher forest of kepuka which surrounds Aopo. Note lava stream on face of mountain. There are several notable kepukas or small forested areas left by the flow: one about 1/2 mile in from E. side on trail; another, moist and luxuriant, one a mile further on trail and then the large one a couple miles in diameter, in which is situated the village of Aopo. It is interesting to note how the soil character controls the vegetation and it in time controls the moisture and climate. The flow surface is hot, dry, exyrophytic. The moment one steps within the arched trees of a kepuka the atmosphere becomes cool and moist, the rocks underfoot mossy and wet, the undergrowth luxuriant and the trees tall and moss hung. Aopo is a small but clean little village of a dozen houses. Water is cought on a galvanized iron roof and stored in a tank. I had lunch with a native family, exchanging my can of beans for a large well cooked tarp and a couple hardtack for a refreshing coconut. Roll 48:2 The people who entertained me in front of one of the native houses. They are Falusau (old male), Maikai (old female), Massikofuka (their son) Sa (middle aged female), Peala (young male) and children. Back to Safune picking up the plant specimens marked on way over. Aboard