Long, C. R. 1964 Plants Collected on Laysan Island, September 19, 1964 by C. R. Long 1. Nama sandwihensis A. Gray var. laysonianum 2. Cocos nucifera L.* 3. Casuarina equisetifolia L. 4. Cyperus laevigatus 5. Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br. 6. Sesuvium portulacastrum L. 7. Sicyos microcarpa 8. Sicyos macrocarpa 9. Ipomoea pes-caprae 10. Eragrostis variabilis (Gand.) Steud. 11. Tribulus cistoides L. 12. Boerhaavia diffusa L. 13. Scaevola taccada 14. Heliotropium curassavicum L. 15. Sicyos sp. 16. Cyperus sp. 17. Portulaca oleracea L. 18. Nicotiana tabacum L, 19. Copparis sandwichiana DC. 20. Erigeron bonariensis L. 21. Solanum nigrum L. 22. Messerschmidtia argentea (L.f.) Johnston ** 23. Ipomoea indica (Burm. f.) Merr. 24, Pluchea indica (L.) Less. We land on Laysan Island at 9:05 a.m. on the west side of the lagoon are dead Ipomoea, Nama and Sesuvium plants and bird skeletons and eggs (albatross). These indicate the annual flooding of the low areas adjacent to the lagoon. Seedlings of Nama, Sesuvium and resprouted rhizomes of Cyperus are abundant in a strip varying from about 8 feet to 45 feet in width. A similar area is located on the north east side of the lagoon. Laysan finches, red-tailed tropicbirds, bristle-thighed curlews, ruddy turnstones, wandering tattlers, greater frigatebirds, masked boobies, brown boobies, sooty terns, fairy terns and wedge-tailed shearwaters were seen. * observed ** dead stem observed