48 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Ocotea leucoxylon (Sw.) Mez. [Laurus leucoxylon Sw. ; Ore- 

 odaphne leucoxylon Nees.] Forest, Signal Hill, St. Thomas. 



Ocotea floribunda (Sw.) Mez. [Laurus floribunda Sw.] Wood- 

 ed hillside, Bordeaux, St. Jan. 



Nectandra antillana Meissn. Forests, St. Thomas. 



Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb. [Laurus membranacea 

 Sw.] Dense forests, Signal Hill, St. Thomas; Will's Bay, St. Croix 

 (according to Eggers). 



Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. [Laurus coriacea Sw.] 

 Forests, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Laurus indica West, of St. Croix, is unknown to modern botanists. 



Laurus longifolia Vahl, collected on St. Croix by West, is not 

 further determined. 



Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume is recorded by Eggers as natur- 

 alized in a few places in shaded valleys on St. Croix. 



CASSYTHACEAE 



Cassytha Americana Nees. Coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. 

 Croix. 



PAPAVERACEAE 



Argemone mexicana L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



CAPPARIDACEAE 



Cleome spinosa Jacq. [C. pungens Willd.] Waste and culti- 

 vated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Cleome gynandra L. [C. pentaphylla L.; Gynandropsis penta- 

 phylla DC] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Cleome viscosa L. [Polanisea icosandra of Millspaugh.] Waste 

 and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Capparis cynophallophora L. [C. jamaicensis Jacq. ; C. toru- 

 losa of West; C. jamaicensis marginata and siliquosa Eggers; ? C. 

 linearis of West.] Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Capparis indica (L.) Fawc. & Rend. [Breynia indica L.; Cap- 

 paris Breynia Jacq.; C. amygdalina Lam.; C. Grisebachii of Mills- 

 paugh.] Thickets, woods and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Capparis baducca L. [Capparis frondosa Jacq.] Forests and 

 hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan (according to Eggers). 



Capparis flexuosa L. [Capparis cynophallophora of Eggers and 



