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Caesalpinia Sappan L. Recorded by Krebs as planted on St. 

 Thomas. 



Caesalpinia elata Sw. Attributed by Eggers to St. Croix, pre- 

 sumably erroneously. 



Poinciana pulcherrima L. [Caesalpinia pulcherrima Sw.] Spon- 

 taneous after cultivation, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



KRAMERIACEAE 



Krameria Lxina L. [K. Ishami Millsp.] Dry rocky soil, Bovoni 

 and Water Island, St. Thomas. 



FABACEAE 



Myrospermum frutescens Jacq. Naturalized near dwellings, 

 St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



Sophora tomentosa L. Coastal sands, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Crotalaria retusa L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Crotalaria juncea L. Field at Bassin, St. Croix; recorded by 

 West as cultivated prior to 1793. 



Crotalaria verrucosa L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan. 



Crotalaria incana L. Waste" and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Croix. 



Crotalaria lotifolia L. Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Crotalaria laburnifolia L. Cultivated on St. Croix (according 

 to West). 



Ixdigofera suffruticosa L. [/. A nil L.] Thickets and hill- 

 sides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ixdigofera guatemalensis Moc. & Sesse. St. Thomas. 



Ixdigofera tinctoria L. Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix (according to Eggers, who notes its former cultivation). 



Medicago sativa L. Planted on St. Croix. 



Parosela domixgexsis (DC.) Millsp. [Dalea domingensis DC; 

 D. phymatodes of Eggers.] Dry soil, St. Jan, collected only by Eggers. 



Cracca cinerea (L.) Morong. [Galega cinerea L.; G. littoralis L.; 

 Tephrosia cinerea Pers.; Cracca villosa cinerea Kuntze; Tephrosia 

 cinerea littoralis of Eggers.] Dry sandy soil, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Cracca purpurea L. [Galega purpurea L.] Cultivated on St. 

 Croix (according to West). 



Sabixea Florida (Vahl) DC. [Robinia florida Vahl.] Hillsides 

 and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 



