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Photographs:* Washington Island, June 9-13, 1964, C.R. Long
June 9, 1964 (July, in black)
1. Cocos - Pandanus - Scirpus, in the west bog along the canal.
2. Close-up of the Scirpus reed, west bog.
3. Cocos - Pandanus - Scirpus, in the west bog along the canal.
4. Scirpus bog, west bog, core sampler.
5. Pandanus in Scirpus forming an elevated hummock, looking north from
the canal, west bog.
6. Cocos forest, Scirpus, Polypodium on Cocos trunk, Colocasia cultivated
in cleared area along the canal.
7. D. Gill and P. Marshall in the Scirpus bog - west end, south side,
Pandanus edge in back.
8. Cyperus - to 2 ft. forming an "understory" in the Scirpus bog - on
fringe or open spaces near the reeds and also under the reeds.
9. Pandanus edge and Scirpus bog.
10. Dense Cocos forest, Asplenium, Pisonia - south side of island along
copra trail.
11. Cocos plantation, Asplenium nidus, Polypodium covering the Cocos
trunks and the ground. Note piles of husks and shells.
12. Cocos, Pisonia, Boermeria - west end of the island.
13. Along the road on the north side of the island - Cocos, Polypodium,
Boermeria.
14. North side - growing in the tracks and to the side of the road -
Cyperus.
15. Boermeria shrubs - in the waste area behind the west village.
16. Copra drying racks.
17. (as above).
June 11, 1964
18. Two Gilbertese helpers - west of the fresh water lagoon in bog -
Scirpus, Nephrolepis, Polypodium.
19. Pandanus, Scirpus -looking north from the canal.
20. Along the canal, west bog, looking east - Pandanus, Polypodium,
Cocos and Scirpus.
21. Cocos, young Pisonia, Polypodium covering the soil surfaces, east
end of the island near village.
22. (as above), Cocos litter quite heavy, soils dark, much humus.
23. Village huts of Te Manounou.
24. Fimbristylis, Boerhaavia on gravel near village, east end.
25. Wind sheared Pisonia and Messerschmidtia, east end looking south.
26. (as above).
27. Pisonia trees at the east end - nesting red-footed boobies.
28. Two friends along path paralleling the canal, east end - dense
Cocos and Cyrtosperma.
32. Freshwater lagoon with Scirpus clumps along the edge, Looking west.
33. Cocos forest bordering the canal, east end, Polypodium and shrub:
(fam. Onagraceae).
35. North side of the lagoon - Cocos and Scirpus stands.
36. (as above).
37. The east bog - Scirpus, Pandanus, Polypodium along the canal.
38. Humps of Polypodium on bare bog - in the east bog near the canal.
Area flooded regularly.
* 2x2 Color Slides