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C.R. Long
1964
Addenda to the Report of C. D. Hackman, February - March ATF, 1964.
Plants.
Enderbury Island
February 27, 1964, Sida sp. - Sida fallax Walp. or close. The Sida specimens
collected from the Phoenix Islands are partially indistinguishable from
Sida cordifolia L. and Sida fallax Walp. A nomenclatorial change or a
new taxa may be indicated.
Cordia sp. - probably Cordia subsordata Lam. but possible Cordia sebestena L.
Dodder sp. - Cassytha filiformis L.
February 28, 1964 - "grass is quite small and easily overlooked" -
Eragrostis whitneyi Fosb. var.
Canton Island
March 2, 1964 - Scaevola taccada or Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) Krause for Scaevola
sp. The former name is the oldest which may be applied to material commonly called
frutescens by most authors. However, the Scaevola in the Phoenix and Line Islands
varies from the Scaevola found to the north and new taxa are indicated with the
proper nomenclatorial changes.- "several clumps of the species of grass we had
discovered near the lagoon on Enderbury"- Eragrostis whitneyi Fosb. var. There are
two varieties of this species.
Jarvis Island
March 14, 1964
Sida sp.-Sida fallax Walp: - see above February 27 note
Boerhaavia sp. -B . diffusa L. var. tetrandra Heimerl. - but the status of these
color variations also noted on Hull Islnad indicate new taxa.
Portulaca sp. - Portulaca lutea Sol.
March 15, 1964
"The small bunchgrass-" - Eragrostis whitneyi Fosb. var.
"ragweed plant-" - Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Illustrations: -7. Cordia subcordata Lam.; 6. Portulaca lutea Sol.;
5. Lepturus repens (Forst.)R.Br.; 4. Digitaria pacifica Stapf.; 3. Sida
fallax Walp.; 2. Tribulus cistoides L.; 10. Euphorbia prostrata L.; 11.
Cenchrus echinatus L.; 12. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.; 13. Setaria
verticellata (L.) Beauv.; 14. Triumfetta procumbens L.; 15. Sesuvium portulacastrum L.
16. Messerschmidtia argentea (L.f.) Johnston; 17. Cassytha filiformis L.;
18. Ipomoea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.; 19. Eragrostis whitneyi Fosb. var.; 20.
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.; 22. Eragrostis whitneyi Fosb. var.; 24. Suriana
maritima L.; 25. Heliotropium anomalum H. and A.; 26. Scaevola taccada
27. Acanthaceae (we are having difficulty keying this to genus and species level-
it is not grown in Hawaii and may have been introduced from the southwest Pacific
area); 28. Polypodium scolopendrim Burm. f.
C. R. Long
Research Curator