FLORA OP ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 79 



[Cultivated species: Maurandia Barclay ana, Lindl. (v. Fairy Ivy), 

 and Russeliajunceci) Zucc. (v. Madeira Plant).] 



607. Cresceutia Cujete, L. (v. Calabash-tree). 



Fl. all the year round. Leaves deciduous in Dec. The fruit is used 

 for vessels. "Near dwellings and in forests, common. All islands. 



608. C. cucurbitina, L. (v. Black Calabash). 



Fl. March-ISTov. Wood used for boat-building. In dense forests near 

 rivulets, not uncommon. All islands. 



609. Catalpa longisiliqua, Cham. 

 St. Thomas (Gris. Fl. 446). 



610. Tecoma Berterii, DC. 



Fl. March-July. Leaves deciduous Feb.-April. In dry thickets, 

 common. Virgin Islands. 



611. T. leucoxylon, Mart. (v. White Cedar). 



Fl. March-April, precocious, and later coetanous in Sept.-Oct. Wood 

 used for building boats. In forests and on dry hills, common. All 

 islands. 



612. T. stans, Juss. (v. Yellow Cedar). 



Fl. all the year round. Anthers pilose beneath. In thickets, com- 

 mon j often gregarious, especially in St. Croix. All islands. 



613. Bignonia aequinoctialis, L. 



Fl. April-Sept. Anthers pilose or glabrous (hence Vahl's distinction 

 on this account between his B. spectabUis (Symb. Bot. iii, p. 80) and this 

 species not justified). Here and there in marshy forests. St. Thomas 

 (Xorthside Bay, Sta. Maria); St. Croix (Salomon's estate, West, p. 294). 



614. B. unguis, L. (v. Cat-claw). 



Fl. April-May, precocious, later again coetanous in Nov. Stem \\" 

 diam., showing the irregular structure peculiar to all climbing Bignoni- 

 acece. Fruit as much as 26" long. In forests, not uncommon. All 

 islands. 



615. Distictis lactiflora, DC. (Prodr. ix, 191) (Bignonia, Vahl). 



Fl. all the year round. On fences and in dry thickets, here and 

 there. St. Croix (Cotton Grove, Southgate Farm) (cultivated in St. 

 Thomas). * 



[Cultivated species : Tecoma capensis, Lindl.] 



