38 FLORA OP ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



151. Fagara microphylla, Desf. (v. Ramgoat-biish) (F. tragodes, Jacq. in West). 

 Fl. June-Dec. Dots of the leaves pellucid. The whole plant has a 



strong smell. Not uncommon in thickets. St. Croix; Buck Island, 

 near St. Croix. 



152. Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis, L. (v. White PricMe). 



Fl. April-June. Aculei corky, 6'" long, greyish, with a narrow brown 

 point. In forests, not uncommon. All islands. 



153. Z. flavum, Vahl (Naturh. Selsk. Skrift. vi, 132, 1810) (v. Yellow Sander). 



Not seen flowering. A fine timber-tree, used for furniture. Not un- 

 common in forests in former times, but now nearly extinct. St. Jan 

 (Bordeaux Hills) (St. Croix? St. Thomas?) (Montserrat, Eyan in Hb. 

 Havn.) ; Martinique (West in Hb. Havn.). 



154. Z. Ochroxylum, DC. (v. Yellow Prickle) (Z. simplicifolium, Vahl in Hb. Havn.). 



Fl. June-Nov. 9 Panicle 1" long ; pedicels \'" long, bracteole at 

 the base deciduous. Calyx 5-partite, %" diam. Petals 5, imbricate, 

 white, f '" long, pellucid-dotted. Style thick, \'" high ; stigmas trian- 

 gular. Ovaries 3 on a short gynophore. Carpids 3 (1-2) globose, ver- 

 rucose, partly dehiscent, IV" diam. Seed shining-black. Stem armed 

 with large corky aculei, often connected and forming long ridges down 

 the stem. * Wood yellow. The whole plant is possessed of the same 

 strong smell as Fagara. Not uncommon in forests. St. Thomas (Flag 

 Hill GOO') ; St. Jan (Bogiers) (Montserrat, Eyan in Hb. Havn. ; Marti- 

 nique, South America, Hb. Havn.). (A branch without flowers, marked 

 Z. macrophyllu/m,) St. Croix, Eyan in Hb. Havn., seems to belong to this 

 species.) 



155. Quassia amara, L. fil. (v. Quassia). 



Fl. Nov.-Feb. Naturalized in gardens. All islands. 



156. Castela erecta, Turp. 



Fl. Feb.-June. Petals purple. 2 with 8 rudimentary stamens, alter- 

 nately of equal size. Carpids 2-3-4. La dry thickets along the south 

 coast, not uncommon. St. Croix. 



157. Picraena excelsa, Lindl. (v. Bitter-ash). 



Not seen flowering. Wood very bitter, used for stomachic properties 

 in drinks. In forests, rare. St. Croix; St. Jan. 



OLACACEJE. 



158. Schcepfia arborescens, R. S. 



Fl. Feb.-March. Fruit nearly always 1-seeded by abortion. Here 

 and there in forests. St. Croix (Saltriver, Wills Bay); St. Thomas 

 (Crown, 1400'). 



