Part IV - south end; between Gordon grove - shore visible slightly south & west. Part in large gorse - Boerhaavia - Portulaca core. Pictures taken. Part at south end of island has Sesuvium with Portulaca and Sida, lepturus along edges. Towards beach high rock pile, lepturus, Sida, Portulaca forming sporadic patches in Sesuvium mat as Eleocharis, Coll #5 (2021-2024), topographical features and substrate very important as shown on south end of island both in vegetation and bird distribution. Boerhaavia - come quite low with new runners in clumps - old runner dried & in blocks de- pending on the local moisture conditions. (Quite tired - Phoenix Is. was tiring and we came off onto Enderbury immediately after lunch, were home Enderbury early on July 18, 1964 - to Con- tox for mail; then on to McKean Is. just three small islands remaining to examine). Just listening to Republican Convention - Governor making evening speech to the convention. Shocked at his nomination and support from Nixon, Eisen- hower and Rockefeller.