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Dichromena radicaxs Schl. & Cham. Shaded banks, St. Thomas. 



Rynchospora Berterii (Spreng.) Clarke. [Hypolytrum Berterii 

 Spreng.; Rynchospora pusilla (Sw.) Griseb., not R. pusilla Chapm.] 

 Pastures, Signal Hill, St. Thomas (according to Eggers). 



Rynchospora podosperma C. Wright. St. Thomas; a specimen 

 in the Arnott Herbarium (according to Clarke). 



Scleria distans Poir. St. Thomas (according to Clarke). 



Scleria lithosperma (L.) Sw: [Scirpus lithospermus L. ; Scleria 

 filiformis Sw.] Rocky thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Scleria pterota Presl. [Scleria pratensis Nees; S. communis 

 of Millspaugh.] Moist woodlands, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Scleria scindexs Nees. Forests, Signal Hill, St. Thomas. 



ARECACEAE 



Coccothrinax argentea (Lodd.) Sarg. [C. sancti-thomae Bec- 

 cari; C. Eggersiana Beccari; C. Eggersiana sanctae-crucis Beccari; 

 Thrinax argentea Lodd.; ? T. parviflora of Eggers.] Hillsides, Water 

 Island and Flag Hill, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. [Cocos acnleata Jacq.] 

 Hillside, St. Peter, St. Thomas. 



Roystoxea regia (H.B.K.) O. F. Cook. [? Areca oleracea of 

 West; Oreodoxa regia H.B.K. ; ? 0. oleracea of Kuntze.] Wooded 

 ravine, Tutu, St. Thomas; St. Croix. Planted for ornament. 



Cocos nucifera L. Spontaneous after planting, especially in 

 coastal sands, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Sabal . Planted, Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas. 



Borassus flabellifer L. Recorded by West as found on St. 

 Croix. An East Indian palm. 



ARACEAE 



Axthurium acaule (Jacq.) Schott. [Pothos acaidis Jacq.; 

 Anthurium Huegelii of Eggers.] On rocks and trees in shaded situa- 

 tions, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



Axthurium graxdifolium (Jacq.) Kunth. [Pothos grandifolia 

 Jacq.; A. macrophyllum of Eggers.] On rocks in woodlands, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan. 



Axthurium cordatum (Willd.) D. Don. [Pothos cordata Willd.; 

 ? P. macrophyllum of West.] On rocks in forests, St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Axthurium Selloum C. Koch. On trees and rocks in forests, St. 

 Jan. 



Philodexdrox Krebsii Schott. [P. hederaceum of Eggers.] On 

 trees in forests, Crown, St. Thomas. 



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