Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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Trogosita maurita Mead. (flats brown beetle). Necrobia rufipes Fah. Aphodius lividus Al. Ceresuim unicolor Fab. Pyrrhocoris optera. Then looked over herbarium of plant specimens, numbering about 120 sheets in fairly poor condition. Most were identified and bore the native names. Identified Plants in Herbarium Native name Cerbeia lactoria leva Canna indica fanamanu Abrus praecatorius "Paternoster pea" matamatamoso Hybiscus rosa sinensis aute Garcinia mangostana "Mangosteen" Fuesina Parinarium laurinum iflifi Ficus tinctoria matifonua Comelina sp. ma' untoga Portulacea quadrifolia L. ufiatuli or tamale Kleinhaffia hospita fuafua Acolypha insulana var. pupuiono Allyxia bracteolora laumaile Flacourtia ruckam Filimoto Mimosa pudica L. la'u aufefe Pterus sp. vaotuaniau -------- la'aumageso "Poison" Ponciana regia "Flamboyant" Humulus - -- - "Fuesaina"? - - - (climbing vine)