BRITTON: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 71 



FLACOURTIACEAE 



Prockia Crucis L. [Trilix cruris Griseb.] Forests, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan (according to Eggers) ; St. Croix. 



Myroxylon buxifolium (A. Gray) Krug & Urban. [Xylosma 

 buxifolium A. Gray; D ry petes laevigata oi Eggers.] Cinnamon Gut, 

 St. Jan; St. Croix (according to Urban). 



Myroxylon nitidum (Hell.) Kuntze [Xylosma nitidum A. Gray], 

 is recorded by Eggers as naturalized on St. Thomas. It is endemic 

 in Jamaica. 



Samyda spinulosa Vent. [S. glabrata Grisebach and of Eggers, 

 not S\v.] Thickets, Crown, St. Thomas (according to Eggers). 

 Otherwise known only from Porto Rico. 



Samyda dodecaxdra Jacq. [S. serrulata L.] Thickets, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Casearia guianensis (Aubl.) Urban. [Iroucana guianensis 

 Aubl.; Casearia ramifiora Vahl; C. hirta of Millspaugh; C. nitida of 

 Kuntze.] Woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan. 



Casearia decandra Jacq. [C. parvifolia Willd.; Samyda de- 

 candra Jacq.; C. parvifolia microcarpa Eggers.] Woods and thickets, 

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



Casearia arborea (L. C. Rich) Urban. [Samyda arborea L. C. 

 Rich ; C. stipularis Vent.] St. Thomas, collected by O. Kuntze, whose 

 specimen is so labelled by him; Urban (Symb. Ant. 7: 75) indicates, 

 however, that it may have come from Porto Rico. 



Casearia sylvestris Sw. [Samyda parviflora L. not Loefl.] 

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



TURNERACEAE 



Turnera diffusa Willd. [7". microphylla Desv. ; T. parviflora 

 of Eggers.] Coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Turnera ulmifolia L. [7". ulmifolia acuta Urban; T. angusti- 

 folia Mill.] Hillsides and waste grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Piriqueta viscosa Griseb. Hillside thickets, St. Thomas. 



PASSIFLORACEAE 



Passiflora pallida L. [P. suberosa L.; P. hirsuta L.; P. 

 minima L.; P . parviflora Sw . ; P. peltata Cav.] Hillsides, banks and 

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



Passiflora foetida L. Banks, waste and cultivated grounds, 

 St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Passiflora multiflora L. Thickets, St. Thomas (according to 

 Masters); St. Jan. 



