G8 FLORA OP ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



473. S. Sideroxylcn, Gris. (v. Bully wood). 



Not seen in flower. A tall tree, affording a splendid purple, very 

 Lard timber. In forests, rare. St. Jan (Baas Gut). 



479. Sideroxylon Mastichodendron, Jacq. (v. Mastic). 



Fl. Aug.-Sept. An excellent timber tree. In forests, rare. St. Croix 

 (Lebanon Hill) ; St. Thomas (Northside Bay) ; St. Jan (Baas Gut) 

 (Montserrat, Eyan in Hb. Havn.). 



480. Dipholis salicifolia, DC. 



Fl. Feb.-March. In thickets and forests. St. Croix (not uncommon 

 in the western part of the island) 5 St. Jan (Klein Caneel Bay). 



481. Bumelia cuneata, Sw. (v. Break-bill). 



Fl. Feb.-April. Branches often transformed into long spines. Very 

 good timber tree. Along the coast principally in marshy soil, not un- 

 common. All islands. 



482. Lucuma multiflora, DC. {Acliras macrophylla, Valil in Hb. Havn.). 



Fl. June-July and Dec-Jan. Leaves as much as \\' long. St. Croix 

 (Hb. Havn. from Wills Bay) ; St. Thomas (here and there in forests ; 

 Signal Hill, 1500'). 



stybacej:. 



483. Symplocos martinicensis, Jacq. 



Fl. March-Aug. In forests on high hills. Flowers fragrant. St. 

 Thomas (Signal Hill above 1200', not uncommon). 



EBErVACE^E. 



484. Maccreightia caribaea, A. DC. 



Vieques (Duchassaing sec. Gris. System. Unters. p. 91). 



OEEACEiE. 



485. Linociera compacta, R. Br. 



Fl. May-Oct. In forests, rather common. St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 



486. Forestiera porulosa, Poir. a) and /?) Jacquinii, Egg. (Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 625). 

 Fl. Feb. and Sept.-Oct. In thickets near the coast, uncommon. a) 



St. Thomas (Cowell's Hill) ; P) St. Croix (northern shore near Claremont). 



JASITIINACE^. 



487. Jasmimim pubescens, W. (v. Star Jessamine). 



Fl. all the year round. Naturalized in gardens. All islands. 

 [Cultivated species: J. officinale, L.; J. rcvolutum, L. (v. Nepaul Jes- 

 samine), and Nyctanthes Sambac, L. (v. Double Jessamine).] 



