62 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



405. Geophila reniformis, Cham. & Sclil. 



Fl. Dec-Jan. and Aug. On the ground in dense woods, rare. St. 

 Thomas (Signal Hill, St. Peter) ; Yieques (Hb. Havn.). 



406. Ernodea litoralis, Sw. 



Fl. Dec-May. Along sandy coasts, not uncommon. All islands. 



407. Diodia rigida, Chain. & Schl. (Linnsea, iii, 341). 

 St. Thomas (Schl.). 



408. D. sarmentosa, Sw. 

 St. Thomas (Schl.). 



409. Spermacoce tenuior, Lam. (v. Iron-grass), a) and /3) angustifolia,Egg. 

 Fl. all the year round. P) leaves linear-lanceolate. In pastures and 



along roads. Both forms common. All islands. 



410. Borreria verticillata, Mey. 



Fl. May-Oct. Suffruticose. In pastures on hills. St. Croix (Hb. 

 Havn.) ; St. Thomas (not uncommon on Crown). 



a 



411. B. stricta, Mey. (Primit. Fl. Essequib. p. 83), 



Fl. Dec-March. In pastures, here and there. St. Croix (Parade 

 Ground). 



(B. vaginata, Ch. & Schl. (St. Thomas, Schl.), is a doubtful species 

 (DC. Prod, iv, 551).) 



412. B. parviflora, Mey. 



Fl. March- June. Along roads and in forests. St. Croix (Benzon in 

 Hb. Havn.) ; St. Jan (Bustenberg, not uncommon). 



[Cultivated species : Ixora Bandhuca, Boxb. (v. Burning Love), and 

 I. stricta, Boxb.] 



SYNAIN THERE JE. 



413. Sparganophorus Vaillantii, G. 



Fl. March-Sept. In moist localities, not uncommon. St. Croix ; St. 

 Thomas (DC. Prod, v, 12). 



414. Vernonia arborescens, Sw. a) Swartziana, (i) Lessingiana, y) divaricata, Sw. 

 Fl. May-Dec In thickets, all three forms not uncommon. All islands. 



415. V. punctata, Sw. 



Fl. all the year round. In thickets, common. All islands. 



416. V. Thomas, Benth. (Vid. Medd. fraNat. For. 1852, p. 66). 



Fl. all the year round. In thickets, not uncommon. St. Thomas. 



