Long, C. R. 1964 Plants Collected on Kure Island, September 14, 1964 7 1. Boerhaavia diffusa L. 2. Scaevola taccada 3. Eragrostis whitneyi Fosb. 4. Eragrostis variabilis (gaud.) Steud. 5. Verbesina encelioides A. gray 6. Tribulus cistoides L. 7. Solanum neisoni Duval 8. Solanum nigrum L. 9. Gnaphalium sandwichensuim Gaud. 10. Erigeron bonariensis L. 11. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaert. 12. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. 13. Achryanthes splendens var. reflexa Hbd. 14. Coccoloba unifera Jacq. 15. Casuarina equisetifolia 16. Cenchrus echinatus L. 17. Coronopus didymus (L.) J. E. Smith 18. Sicyos sp. 19. Lipochaeta integrifolia (Nutt.) A. Gray 20. Cruciferae Vegetation of Kure - Scaevola taccada forms a nearly continuous ring or band of shrub vegetation around the island and on the outer side. On the north side of the island are sand hills and a steep sand bank rising from the beach. In there across one finds Eragrostis and Boerhaavia as well as two introduced grasses! Cynodon and Eleusine. The interior of the island is filled with Solanum (two species), Verbesina (apparently extending its area to the detriment of ground nesting species), Erigeron, Gnapholium, Achryanthes, Ipomoea indica and Cenchrus agrimonioides var. laysonensis R.Br. In open areas between masses of Scaevola one finds Solom um nilsoni Duval., Boerhaavia and Eragrostis. W. Wirtz told me that both Sesuvium and Portulaca are found on the other island. The Boerhaavia has lavender flowers. Some plants of these seem to have flowers which fade to white. About 97 % of the land area of Kure Island, excluding the sunway, is heavily vegetated. The soils are uniformly low in organic material with a sand base. Plant species are found in bare sand or the light soils with their varyingorganic content.