Long, C. R. 1964 are under heavy vegetation notably Solanum and Eragrostis. The burrows are often only hollowed out pits at the base of a plant and covered with a thick canopy of vegetation. No nama or Portulaca as yet encountered on these two sand islets. September 18, 1964 - Lisianski Island Transect I - beginning at the Casuarina tree on the west beach and walking a straight line to the Cocos on the East side. Eragrostis-------Eragrostis-------Eragrostis-------Scaevola Scaevola Boerhaavia Boerhaavia Tribulus Ipomoea Ipomoea Eragrostis Boerhaavia Scaevola (few Boerhaavia (lavender scattered clumps) flowers) Seedlings seen on beach sand: Eragrostis, Portulaca, Boerhaavia. The following plants were in bloom: Scaevola, Portulaca, Sicyos, Eragrostis, Solanum, Ipomoea and Nama.