38 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Canna Lamberti Lindl. Naturalized in gardens, all islands (ac- 

 cording to Eggers) ; escaped in places, St. Croix (according to Mills- 

 paugh). 



Canna edulis Ker. Cultivated for its tubers. 



Canna lutea Mill. Cultivated and escaped in gardens at Bassin, 

 St. Croix (according to Millspaugh). 



MARANTACEAE 



Maranta arundinacea L. [Maranta indica Tuss. of Mills- 

 paugh.] Escaped or spontaneous after cultivation, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. 



ORCHIDACEAE 



Habenaria monorrhiza (Sw.) Rchb. f . [Orchis monorrhiza Sw. ; 

 Habenaria maculosa of Eggers.] Hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Croix 

 (according to Cogniaux.) 



Habenaria alata Hook. Signal Hill, St. Thomas. 



Vanilla Eggersii Rolfe. [V. aphylla Eggers, not Blume.] 

 Thickets, St. Thomas. 



Beadlea elata (Sw.) Small. [Satyrium datum Sw.; Spiranthes 

 elata L. C. Rich.] In leaf mould and on wet shaded banks on high 

 hills, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ibidium tortile (Sw.) House. [Satyrium tortile Sw.; Spiranthes 

 tortilis L. C. Rich.] Grassy hillsides, St. Thomas. 



Stenorrhynchus lanceolatus (Aubl.) Griseb. In clayey soil 

 among rocks, Signal Hill, St. Thomas (according to Eggers.) 



Cranichis muscosa Sw. Woods between Crown and Signal Hill, 

 St. Thomas. 



Prescottia oligantha (Sw.) Lindl. [Cranichis oligantha Sw. ; 

 Prescottia myosurus Rchb. f.] Grassy fields and banks, hills of St. 

 Thomas; shaded bank, Bordeaux, St. Jan. 



Prescottia stachyodes (Sw.) Lindl. [Cranichis stychyodes Sw.] 

 Wooded hills, Bordeaux, St. Jan. 



Ponthieva glandulosa (Sims) R. Br. [Neottia glandulosa Sims.] 

 Wet shaded banks, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 



Liparis elata Lindl. Among rocks on high hills, St. Thomas. 



Liparis Eggersii Rchb. f. Bonne Resolution, St. Thomas. 

 Perhaps not distinct from the preceding species. 



Polystachya minuta (Aubl.) Britton. [Epidendrum minutum 

 Aubl.; Polystachya luteola Hook.; Cranichis luteola Sw.] On rocks, 

 walls and trees, Signal Hill and St. Peter, St. Thomas. 



Epidendrum papilionaceum Vahl. [E. bifidum Sw. ; E. papili- 

 onaceum grandiflorum Cogn.] On small trees and shrubs, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



