44 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Salicornia perennis Mill. [S. ambigua Michx.] Salt marshes, 

 St. Croix. 



Beta vulgaris L. Cultivated for food. 



AMARANTHACEAE 



Celosia nitida Vahl. [? C. paniculata of Schlechtendal.] Woods 

 and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Celosia argentea L. [C. margaritacea L.] Waste and culti- 

 vated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Celosia cristata L. Planted for ornament. 



Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) H.B.K. [Achyranthes altissima 

 Jacq.; Kokera paniculata Kuntze.] Forests and thickets, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. 



Amaranthus dubius Mart. [A. tristis Willd., not L.; A. panicu- 

 latus of Eggers and of Millspaugh.] Waste grounds, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Amaranthus spinosus L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Croix. 



Amaranthus crassipes Schl. [Scleropus amarantoides Schrad.] 

 Dry soil, waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Amaranthus caudatus L. St. Croix (according to West). 



Amaranthus polygon oides L. [Amblyogyne polygonoides Raf.] 

 Sandy soil, roadsides and waste grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Amaranthus gracilis Desf. [Chenopodium caudatum Jacq.; 

 ? Amaranthus oleraceus of West; Euxolus caudatus Moq.; E. oleraceus 

 of Eggers.] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Amaranthus gangeticus L. [A. incomptus Willd. ; A. tricolor L.] 

 Planted for ornament. 



Centrostachys indica (L.) Staridley. [Achyranthes aspera indica 

 L.; Achyranthes aspera obtusifolia Griseb.; A. aspera simplex 

 Millsp.] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Centrostachys aspera (L.) Standley. [Achyranthes aspera L.; 

 A. argentea Lam.] is recorded from the islands by Eggers, but I have 

 seen no specimens nor find any other record; the plant occurs, how- 

 ever, on Tortola. 



Achyranthes polygonoides (L.) Lam. [Gomphrena polygonoides 

 L.; Alternanthera polygonoides R. Br.; Alternanthera paronychioides 

 St. Hil.] Waste grounds, St. Thomas. 



Achyranthes repens L. [Alternanthera Achyrantha R. Br.; 

 A. paronychioides of Millspaugh.] Rocky waste places, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. 



Achyranthes ficoidea (L.) Standley. [Gomphrena ficoidea L.; 



