58 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. 2. 



CROTON FLAVENS Linn. PI. Jam. Pugill. 28. 



Sea shores south of Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (377, 378, 

 533, 538), south shore of Culebras Island (615), and dry scrubland 

 south of Progreso, Yucatan (1664). 



CROTON LOBATUS Linn. Sp. PI. 1005. 



Open woodlands above Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (461). 



CROTON LUCIDUS Linn. PI. Jam. Pugill. 28. 



Sea shores and borders of brackish lagoons: Guanica, Porto 

 Rico (692); base of Morro Hill, bay of Santiago de Cuba (1099); and 

 southwest point of Cayman Brae (1199, 1204, 1206, 1216). 



CROTON MARITIMUS Walt. Fl. Carol. 239. 



Clear sand of the sea beach only, at Progreso, Yucatan, 1727. 



CROTON OVALIFOLIUS Vahl. in West. Bidr. Ste-Croix, 307. 



Very plentiful and variable in leaf form, along roadsides and in 

 pastures about Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (388, 468, 473, 478, 

 537)- 



ARGITHAMNIA CANDICANS Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 39. 



Dunes of the seashore at Santurce, Porto Rico (273, 274). 



MERCURIALIS ANNUA Linn. Sp. PI. 1035. 



Roadsides at Walsingham, Bermuda (89, 108). 



Bernardia Bernardia (Linn.) comb. nov. 



Adelia Bernardia Linn. Syst. ed. x: 1298. B. dichotoma Muell. 

 Arg. Linn. 34: 172. B. carpinifolia Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 45. Among 

 other seashore shrubbery north of Georgetown, Grand Cayman 

 (1265). 



ACALVPHA ALOPECUROIDEA Jacq. Ic. Rar. 3:19. 



Waste grounds near San Domingo city (773); San Juan Hill, 

 Santiago de Cuba (1046); and near San Miguel, Cozumel (1544), 

 where it is called X-nix-kax, " Clinging-bunch," from its dense fasi- 

 culate growth. 



TRAGIA URTIC^EFOLIA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:176. 



Among shrubbery and herbage at Guanica, Porto Rico (696, 762). 



TRAGIA VOLUBILIS Linn. Sp. PI. 980. 



Climbing among low shrubbery along roadsides near Charlotte 

 Amalia, St. Thomas (457, 460). South shore of Culebras Island (606). 



RICINUS COMMUNIS Linn. Sp. PI. 1007. 



Thoroughly naturalized in all open situations at Guanica, Porto 

 Rico (711); environs of San Domingo city; center of the island of 

 Grand Cayman (1389), and on Cozumel Island. 



ALEURITES MOLUCCANA (L.)Willd. Spec. 4:590. 



Jatropha Linn. A. triloba Forst. Old garden on the Bodden Bay 

 road, Grand Cayman (1337), where it is called "walnut" and used as 

 an emetic. 



