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C.R. Long
1964
A List of Slides Taken by C.R. Long - Christmas Island, June 14,16,17, 1964.
June 14, 1964 (July, in red)
2. Cook Island, southwest beach vegetation, young Messerschmidtia, Lepturus.
3. Mid-south section of Cook Island, Heliotropium and Cassytha flat inner sand area.
4. Heliotropium, Cassytha flat on inside portion of Cook Isalnd, Messerschmidtia grove.
5. Nw. shore with sparse Heliotropium and Messerschmidtia.
6. Nw. side of Cook Island, Messerschmidtia groves in rubble, Heliotropium in sand.
7. Looking toward sw. shore, island rim of Messerschmidtia.
8. Nw. portion of island, Boerhaavia, Heliotropium, Cassytha, Lepturus.
9. (as in 8.).
10. Nw. part of Cook Island, Sida, Heliotropium, Cassytha.
11. Close-up of Cassytha covered Heliotropium.
12. North portion, large Heliotropium growing in sand pocket of coral rubble.
13. Digitaria growing in sand pocket of coral rubble.
14. Boerhaavia ( red stemmed and purple flowered ) growing under Messerschmidtia in the north part of the island.
15. Messerschmidtia growing in coral rubble, nesting noddies.
16. Suriana - Heliotropium association on Motu Upou, looking east.
17. Heliotropium, Eragrostis, Portulaca along the se. shore of Motu Upou - washed up Cocos nut.
18. Suriana - Messerschmidtia association along the north side of Motu Upou, with Lepturus and Suriana seedlings in the beach sand.
19. (as in 18.)
20. Close-up of Portulaca sp. on Motu Upou.
21. Sesuvium - Portulaca association on e. shore of Motu Upou.
22. Open Heliotropium - Suriana association on east shore Motu Upou.
23. As in 22. but looking w. toward the Cocos plantings.
24. Scaevola, Boerhaavia mat, inner part of the island.
25. Looking e., n. shore of Motu Upou, Suriana along beach.
26. N. side of Motu Upou, Lepturus - Heliotropium.
27. Guano deposits along the bare soil area on the se. shore.
28. Red-footed booby mother and nestling in stick nest - Messerschmidtia.
29. East point of Motu Upou looking east, low tide, note sand spit covered with Messerschmidtia.
30. Boerhaavia, Portulaca, Tribulus, Heliotropium - s. end of Motu Upou.
31. Heliotropium, Scaevola, Lepturus, Messerschmidtia - south side shore vegetation of Motu Upou.
32. Along road, east side of Christmas Island, looking west - Messerschmidtia, low Sida and Lepturus along the roadside.
33. (as in 32.).
34. Sida, Lepturus, Heliotropium, young Scaevola on the east side in formerly disrupted area.
35. Lepturus, Sida, Heliotropium, Cassytha in sandy area on the east side of Christmas Island, east of the road toward the beach.
36. Ne. side of the island midway along the Bay of Wrecks, looking west toward the lagoon area - Sesuvium mats, Messerschmidtia at edge of depressed lagoon, Lepturus clumps in foreground in bare soil underlain by hardpan.
37. As in 36. but closer to the Sesuvium mat which is very thick and lush in growth.
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June 16, 1964