Long, C. R. 1964 Plants Collected on Lisianski Island, September 18, 1964, by C. R. Long 1. Tribulus cistoides L. 2. Eragrostis variabilis (Gaud.) Steud. 3. Scaevola taccada 4. Nama sandwichense A. Gray 5. Portulaca oleracea L. 6. Solanum neisoni Duval. 7. Sicyos sp. 8. Boerhaavia diffusa L. 9. Cocos nucifera L. 10. Casuarina equisetifolia L. 11. Ipomoea sp. 12. Solanum nigrum L. 1. The Tribulus is found in sandy soil of open areas near the outer rim of the island with Eragrostis, Boerhaavia and Ipomoea. 2. Eragrostis variabilis is found occupying the entire inner portion of the island and associated with Boerhaavia, Convolvulus and Scaevola. Many seedlings of Eragrostis are found in bare sand along the beach (above and on the sand). Young plants are common on hillocks in the interior of the island. There mounds are a result of shearwater burrowing. Fleet estimates 50,000 pairs of shearwaters: and their Accumulatice effect on the vegetation ie. providing bare sand areas for the Eragrostis dominant - cannot be ignored. At this time Eragrostis was the only grass to be found on Lisianski Island. 3. Scaevola taccada is present on the island rim along the entire periphery but not forming a solid ring of low shrubbery. On the south end of the island wave action is eroding the sandy elevated soil and the Scaevola is being killed.. There are many new seedlings and some