BRITTOX: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 41 



Momisia IGUANAEA (Jacq.) Rose & Standley. [Rhamnus iguanaea 

 Jacq.; Celtis aculeata Sw.; Celtis aculeata serrata Eggers.] Thickets, 

 St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Trema micranthum (L.) Blume. [Rhamnus micranthus L.; 

 Celtis micrantha Sw.; Sponia micrantha Dene.] Woodlands, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



MORACEAE 



Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaud. [Morus tinctoria L.; Mac- 

 lura tinctoria D. Don.] Woodlands, St. Thomas; St. Jan (according 

 to Eggers) ; St. Croix. 



Artocarpus incisa L. f. Hillsides and valleys, naturalized and 

 planted, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ficus Urbaniana Warburg. [Ficus crassinervia of Eggers in part, 

 and of Millspaugh.] Woods, St. Croix. Sometimes planted. 



Ficus crassinervia Desf. [Ficus trigonata of Eggers.] Forests, 

 St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Ficus laevigata Vahl. [Ficus lentiginosa Vahl; Ficus populnea 

 Willd.; F. thomae Miq.; F. sancti-crucis Miq.; F. pedunculata Vahl.] 

 Forests, woodlands and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ficus Carica L. Planted for its fruit. 



Ficus elastica Roxb. Planted for shade and ornament. 



Cecropia peltata L. Forests and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan; St. Croix. 



URTICACEAE 



Urera elata (Sw.) Griseb. [Urtica elata Sw.] Spring Garden, 

 St. Croix, collected by W 7 est; Eggers records West's specimen as 

 preserved in the Copenhagen herbarium. 



Urera baccifera (L.) Gaud. [Urtica baccifera L.] is cited by 

 Eggers as recorded from St. Thomas by Weddell in de Candolle's 

 Prodromus 16 1 : 93, but an examination of pages 93 and 94 of that work 

 does not verify the citation, and the plant is otherwise unknown from 

 these islands. 



Urtica eloxgata Vahl (St. Croix, West) is a species unknown to 

 modern botanists. 



Fleurya aestuans (L.) Gaud. [Urtica aestuans L.] On rocks, 

 walls and in forests, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. [Parietaria microphylla L.; 

 Adicea microphylla Kuntze; P. microphylla trianthemoides and succu- 

 lenta of Eggers; Adicea microphylla trianthemoides and succulenta of 

 Millspaugh.] Rocky situations, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Pilea tenerrima Miquel. Shaded banks, St. Jan. 



