Enderbury Island
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July 17, 1964 Part II - Eleusine - Sesuvium bare flat light is W, S.W. - 1 prot. approx. 2mi. from shack. Picture taken - south, east, and north. (9:35 am.) have solid patcher of Eleusine alternate in irregular patchwork fashion with Sesuvium. The latter is not level and thick. Pat how to be propped with stone - soils about 6-7in. depth - hard coal rock beneath. In bare mid southern portion of bowl - sand rocks is exposed - here we find Potulaca and Sesuvium. Eleu- sine confined to sandy, gravelly earth areas. looking partly frows and crop-back eastern . Scattered pro. & bushi on upper slopes of bowl - near slope for takeoff - mine is lost these - in Sesuvium area. near shack clut of worked bushes in Boerhavia - Sida - effective tangles of vegetation- grown also probably is detrimental to plants. in rise to east beach - Boerhavia, leptonera and Potulaca - sandy soil, sparsely on top. quite side Potulaca, leptonera, Cucumis in first beach. sandy soil. indupression south end of island ; Sesuvium, leptonera; Sida and Boerhavia along side; on bare rock slopes - Guamia, Bromomy Potu- laca.