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POLYGONACEAE 



Coccolobis Krugii Lindau. Rocky Hills, Little St. James 

 Island, St. Jan. 



Coccolobis pyrifolia Desf. [C. Kunthiana Meissn.; C. pyrifolia 

 Jacquini of Eggers.] St. Thomas (according to Lindau). 



Coccolobis obtusifolia Jacq. [C. microstachys Willd. ; C. 

 microstachya ovalifolia Meissn.; C. punctata microstachya of Eggers; 

 C. punctata parvifolia of Millspaugh.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan; St. Croix. . 



Coccolobis Klotzschiana Meissn. St. Thomas and St. Croix 

 (according to Lindau). Endemic. Perhaps not distinct from the 

 preceding species. 



Coccolobis diversifolia Jacq. [C. barbadensis Jacq.; C. punc- 

 tata of Eggers; C. coronata of Millspaugh.] Woods and thickets, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Coccolobis laurifolia Jacq. [C. leoganensis of Eggers.] Thick- 

 ets, St. Croix. 



Coccolobis rugosa Desf. St. Thomas (according to de Candolle, 

 a specimen being preserved in the Delessert Herbarium) ; not known 

 to be on St. Thomas at the present time but may have been there 

 before the forests were cut away; known otherwise only from Porto 

 Rico. 



Coccolobis Uvifera (L.) Jacq. [Polygonum Uvifera L.; C. 

 leoganensis Jacq.; Uvifera leoganensis Kuntze.] Coastal thickets and 

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



Coccolobis venosa L. [C. excoriata L.; C. nivea Jacq.] Woods 

 and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Antigonum cinerascens M. & G. [A. cordatum of Eggers and of 

 Millspaugh.] Roadsides, St. Thomas; cultivated for ornament, St. 

 Thomas and St. Croix. 



Fagopyrum Fagopyrum (L.) Karst. [Polygonum Fagopyrum L.] 

 Planted for food. 



Rumex vesicarius L. Recorded by Eggers as cultivated. 



MuHLENBEckiA platyclada (F. Muell.) Lindau. Planted for 

 interest. 



CHENOPODIACEAE 



Chenopodium murale L. Walls and waste grounds, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides L. [? C. cuneifolium Vahl.] Walls 

 and waste grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Atriplex pentandra (Jacq.) Standley. [Axyris pentandra Jacq.; 

 Atriplex cristata H. & B.; Obione cristata Moq.] Coastal sands, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



