Botany, Baker
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Baker Island - Summary (taken from notes by Peter Marshall) Plant No. 1 - Wide blade grass. Seeds on long stalk, common over all of the island. Digitaria. Plant. No. 2 - Small leaf succulent, compared in photo with larger leaved variety. Found only in vicinity of lighthouse. I. decens Plant. No. 3 - and 4 - There seemed to be two varieties of the type of succulent with the leaves all pointing the same way. One with large leaves, one with small. This was quite confusing. They were different also in the type of stems. The large one having a light stem, the small leaf one having black stems. Plant No. 5 - Sensitive mimosa plant. Only in camp area, leaves close when touched. Plant No. 6 - Dark leafed plant. All specimens seen were under six inches high, very few plants (6). In camp area only. E. balsam Plant No. 7 - The only plant with any semblance of being a tree. This plant had hard woody branches that made good burning wood. All over the island not all were blooming. Plant No. 8 - Morning glory. Along all the shore of the island. I. per-capere Plant No. 9 - Succulent with circular leaf pattern. Flower 5 petals, each notched. Wide spread. Plant No. 10 - Beach grass. A bunch grass with red roots that grows only along the beach. Leaves very fine.