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Mimosa pudica L. Fields and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Mimosa Ceratonia L. [? M. sensitiva of West.] Hills and 

 thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; ? St. Croix (according to West). 



Mimosa pigra L. [M. asperata L.] St. Thomas (according to 

 Grisebach), who indicates that he saw a specimen from that island, 

 but the plant has not been found there by recent collectors. 



Acuan virgatum (L.) Medic. [Mimosa virgata L.; Desmanthus 

 virgatus W 7 illd.; D. strictus Bertol.; D. virgatus strictus Griseb.; A. 

 virgatus albiflorus Kuntze.] Fields and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. 

 Croix. 



Acuan depressum (H. & B.) Kuntze. [Desmanthus depressus H. 

 & B.] Hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 



Neptunia pubescens Benth. Buck Island, St. Thomas (accord- 

 ing to Eggers). 



Adenanthera pavonina L. Naturalized, St. Thomas; St. Jan 

 and St. Croix (according to Eggers) ; not seen by us on any of the 

 islands, except as a planted tree. 



CAESALPINACEAE 



Hymenaea Courbaril L. Woods and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan; St. Croix. 



Tamarixdus indica L. In various situations, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan; St. Croix. Planted for its fruit and for shade. 



Bauhinia tomentosa L. Spontaneous after cultivation, waste 

 grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Bauhinia monandra Kurz. [B. Kappleri Sagot; B. Krugii 

 Urban.] Spontaneous after planting, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Bauhinia Ungula Jacq., recorded by Grisebach as found on St. 

 Thomas, is probably an error in record or determination. 



Cassia Fistula L. Naturalized in shaded valleys, St. Croix 

 (according to Eggers). Planted for shade and for its fruit. 



Cassia grandis L. Naturalized on St. Thomas and St. Croix. 



Cassia quinquangulata L. C. Rich. [C. bacillaris of Eggers, of 

 Kuntze and of Millspaugh.] Woods and thickets, St. Thomas. 



Cassia bicapsularis L. Waste grounds and hillsides, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Cassia siamea Lam. [C.florida Vahl.] Naturalized near towns, 

 St. Thomas (according to Eggers). Planted for shade and ornament. 



Cassia occidentalis L. [C. planisiliqua L.] Waste and culti- 

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



Cassia Tora L. [C. obtusifolia L.] Waste and cultivated grounds, 

 St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



