Enderbury Island
Page 4
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Smithsonian Institution Archives. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
July 11 - 17 Enderbury Island - Summary Plant No. 7 - Narrow blade grass. In bunches between stone river and guano hill. Plant No. 8 - Type of morning glory ? Has orange flowers whirl yield dots of stickers and burrs all over beach. Found all around islands. Plant No. 9 - Same as No. 7 from Baker. Distribution as for No. 3 grows vertically and horizontally. Reaches height of 2 feet. Plant No. 10 - Kou Tree - Two groups one near guano hill, one south end of island. Red-footed Boobies nest and roost in there. There trees have also been severely damaged by the birds. Plant No. 11 - Unknown plant. Only two found on whole island. May be the sapling of the Trounevola. Found just east of stone ruins. Plant No. 12 - Morning glory. Large white flowers. One plant may cover a whole ravine. There grow only in the little ravines cut into the outer circle of the island from the lagoon. Plant No. 13 - Crawling plant. Small white flowers. Grows every where as in No. 3, plus the coral mounds at the north and central parts of the island. Plant No. 14 - Palm tree. Extinct. There was once three groups of the, but these have been completely wiped out by some unknown force, and have never grown back. There are many nuts surrounding where they grew. In the northern and eastern parts of the island there are numerous valleys which are completed with plants.