birds nest. Many of the ti plants are tall with woody stems, frequently branched. All were in fruit having a small number of large green or red berries. The red fruit contain small black seeds. Large bean woody climber. Saw many of the two trees collected on the other islands. The tree with the terminal compound receme of small white flowers and green, elliptical soft capsules and alter- nate compound leaf present. The tree with the sweet smelling pink and white sticky flowers has a fleshy, ovate green fruit 1 1/4" x 3/4". Trail decended abruptly to the west beach, part way by the side of a trickle of water, one of the few streams seen on the island. Along a broad sandy beach. Roll 54:3 Tree 349 and other beach trees from the dry reef (low tide). Roll 54:4 The 851 foot hill, looking S.S.E. from same spot; beach and slope (11487) vegetation in foreground. Day mosquitoes (A, pseudoscutellaris)? abundant and troublesome. Back along same route. Roll 54:5 Looking S.W. down the slope along one of the dividing lines be- (11488) tween trees and grass. Matuka I. in distance. Roll 54:6 Looking N.N.E. along east side of west arm of island, the reefs (11489) being planely visible at low tide, from elevation of about 500'. Saw a small reddish orange and black Vanessa (?) butterfly. Large and small green tailed, olive-brown, striped lizards. Common. A yellow thistle with white seed plumes in places. Back to top of 683 foot hill and took some pictures:- Roll 55:1, 2, 3- (11490) Panarama of E. and N. arms of Totoya horseshoe, from summit of first peak south of isthmus. Roll 55:4-(11491) S.W. end of Totoya (E. side) from same spot. Roll 55:5 Looking down on the isthmus from about 400' elevation. Here (11492) stands one of the largest groves of coonuts on the island. It is flanked by fine sand beaches. Saw an all white butterfly, about the size of Peris rapae. Down to the beach and caught a number of the large spiders, common in