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Clausena Wampi Blanco. [Cookia punctata Sonn.] Planted for 

 shade. 



SURIANACEAE 



Suriana maritima L. Coastal sands, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



SIMAROUBACEAE 



Quassia amara L. Naturalized in and about gardens, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. Planted for shade. 



Castelaria Nicholsoni (Hook.) Small. [Castela Nicholsoni 

 Hook.; C. erecta of Eggers and of Millspaugh.] Thickets, St. Croix. 



Aeschrion antillana (Eggers) Small. [Rims antillana Eggers; 

 Quassia excelsa of West ; Picrasma antillana Urban ; Picraena excelsa 

 of Eggers and of Millspaugh.] Forests, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



BURSERACEAE 



Elaphrium Simaruba (L.) Rose. [Pislacia Simaruba L. ; Bursera 

 gummifera L.; Bursera Simaruba Sargent.] Woods and hills, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Tetragastris balsamifera (Sw.) Kuntze. [Hedwigia balsamifera 

 Sw.; ? Idea altissima of West.] St. Croix (according to West). 



MELIACEAE 



Swietenia Mahagoni Jacq. Hillsides and valleys, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. Often planted; perhaps not native. 



Melia Azedarach L. Roadsides; occasional in woods, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Trichilia hirta L. [T. spondioides Jacq.] Woods, thickets and 

 hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Trichilia Wawrana antillana C. DC, described as from St. 

 Croix from a specimen in the Copenhagen herbarium, is otherwise 

 unknown. 



Guarea trichilioides L., was recorded by West from St. Croix, 

 but the record was questioned by Eggers. It is abundant in Porto 

 Rico. 



MALPIGHIACEAE 



Hiraea faginea (Sw.) Ndz. [H. faginea glandulifera Ndz.], 

 recorded by Niedenzu from St. Thomas, is probably an error in 

 locality. 



Banisteria purpurea L. [Heteropteris purpurea H.B.K.; H. 

 parvifolia DC] Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



