FLORA OF ST CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 59 



ARALIACE^. 



372. Panax speciosum, Willd. (Spec. Plant, iv, p. 1126). 



Not seen flowering. Leaflets 8, of unequal size, the central ones lar- 

 gest. Margin slightly undulate and denticulate. Upper surface covered 

 with distant and deciduous muricate hairs; tomentuni on the lower sur- 

 face deciduous. A low tree. In forests, very rare. St. Jan (King's 

 Hill,. 1000', on the northern slope of the hills). (Cuba, Porto Bico, Ca- 

 racas.) 



UMBELLIFEB^;. 



373. Eryngium foetidum, L. 



Fl. -Sept-May. Biennial. Along rivulets and in moist places, rare. 

 St. Thomas (Caret Bay). 



374. Anethum graveolens, L. (v. Dill). 



Fl. March-Oct. Naturalized along roads and near dwellings. All 

 islands. 



[Cultivated species: Petroselinum sativum, Hoffm. (v. Parsley) ; Daucus 

 Carota, L. (v. Carrot) ; Pimpinella Anisum, L. (v. Anise) ; Fceniculum vul- 

 gave, Gsertn. (v. Fennel); Anthriscus ccrefolium, L. (v. Chervil), and 

 Apium graveolens, L. (v. Celery).] 



LOBANTHACE^. 



375. Loranthus emarginatus, Sw. (v. Baas-fram-boom). 



Fl. all the year round. Inflorescences uniserial. On trees, especially 

 Acacia Lebbek and Pisonia subcordata. Common. All islands. 



376. Phoradendron flavens, Gris. 



Fl. April-June. Seed compressed, green, with white bands. On Pi- 

 sonia subcordata, rare. St. Croix (Stony Ground). 



CAPRIFOEIACE^. 



[Cultivated occur: Sambucus nigra, L. (Fl. April-July), and Lonicera 

 Caprifolium, L. (v. Honey-suckle).] 



RUBIACE2E. 



377. Genipa americana, L. 



Fl. July. In forests on high hills, rare. St. Thomas (Crown) ; St. Jan 

 (Bogiers). 



378. Catesbaea parviflora, Sw. 



Fl. Sept.-Dec. Fruit black, shining. In dry thickets, uncommon. 

 St. Croix (Fair Plain). 



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