Chloris inflata Link

PLANTS OP THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
Chloris inf lata Li**
Det. D«U F. B. Fosbtrf?
Locality Kwajalein Atoll, Bigej ("Bennett”) Islet.
Habitat coral sand and gravel, much torn up by bulldozers but being densely
revegetated by a deep tangled brush of Wedelia, Messerschmidia,
Scaevola, etc.
common in openings
Date Aug. 17; 1946	Altitude 1-3 m. (estimated)
Coll. F. R. Fosberg No. 26522
Remarks tufts, decumbent at base, then culms
erect; spikes purple.
U.S.C.C. Economic Survey of Micronesia
04311197