46 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Petiveria alliacea L. Dry, shaded situations, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Microtea debilis Sw. Waste grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



AIZOACEAE 



Mollugo verticillata L. Dry soil, Buck Island, St. Thomas; 



Mollugo nudicaulis L. Rocky soil and banks, St. Thomas. 

 St. Croix. 



Sesuvium portulacastrum L. [Halimus portulacastrum Kuntze.] 

 Saline soil, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Trianthema portulacastrum L. [T. monogynum L.] Waste 

 and rocky places. St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Cypselea humifusa Turp. Around a small fresh-water lagoon, 

 Water Island, St. Thomas (according to Eggers). 



PORTULACACEAE 



Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd. [Portulaca- triangularis 

 Jacq,] Rocky soil, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn. [Portulaca paniculata 

 Jacq.; P. patens Jacq.; Talinum patens Willd.] Rocky soil, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Portulaca oleracea L. [P. oleracea macrantha and (?) micrantha 

 Eggers.] Sunny situations, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Portulaca pilosa L. Cultivated and waste grounds, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. 



Portulaca halimoides L. Sunny situations, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan ; St. Croix. 



Portulaca quadrifida L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Portulaca brasiliensis West, of St. Croix, is not described. 

 The plant was probably one of the preceding species. 



BASELLACEAE 



Boussingaultia leptostachys Moq. [B. baselloides of Eggers.] 

 Naturalized in gardens and cultivated, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 

 Basella rubra L. Cultivated on St. Croix. 



ALSINACEAE 



Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. [Holosteum cordatum L.; D. 

 cordata diandra~Eggers.] Shaded moist places, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



