64 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Euphorbia neriifolia L. Planted for ornament. 



Euphorbia splendens Bojer. Planted for ornament. 



Euphorbia antiquorum L. Cultivated (according to Eggers). 



Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) Poit. [Euphorbia tithymaloides 

 L.] Persistent after cultivation, St. Thomas. Grown in flower 

 gardens. 



Pedilanthus padifolius (L.) Poit. [Euphorbia tithymaloides 

 padifolia L.] Thickets in dry stony ground, St. Croix. 



Pedilanthus angustifolius Poit. Thickets and hillsides, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan. 



Codiaeum variegatum Blume. Planted for ornament. 



BUXACEAE 



Tricera Vahlii (Baill.) Britton. [Buxus Vahlii Baill.; Tricera 

 laevigata sanctae-crucis Eggers.] On limestone, Stony Ground, St. 

 Croix. Known otherwise only on Porto Rico. 



Mangifera indica L. Spontaneous after planting, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Anacardium occidentale L. Woods, hillsides and along roads, 

 St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Spondias purpurea L. Spontaneous after planting, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Spondias Mombin L. [Spondias lutea L.] Woods, hills and road- 

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



Spondias dulcis Forst. f. Cultivated on St. Croix. 



Comocladia Dodonaea (L.) Urban. [Ilex Dodonaea L.; Como- 

 cladia 'ilicifolia Sw.] Rocky coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



CELASTRACEAE 



Maytenus elliptica (Lam.) Krug & Urban. [Senacia elliptica 

 Lam.; Rhamnus laevigatas Vahl; Ceanothus laevigatus DC] Woods 

 and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Maytenus cymosa Krug & Urban. [M. elaeodendroides of 

 Eggers.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. Known otherwise only 

 from Vieques. Endemic. 



Rhacoma Crossopetalon L. [My ginda pollens Sw.; M. latifolia 

 Vahl, not Sw.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Myginda latifolia (Sw.) Urban. [My ginda latifolia Sw.] 

 Thickets, St. Thomas. 



Schaefferia frutesens Jacq. [S. completa Sw.] Thickets, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Elaeodendron xylocarpum (Vahl) Urban. [Cassine xylocarpa 



