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St. Thomas by Riedle, was probably from Porto Rico. It occurs on 

 Tortola. 



Miconia stenostachya (Schr.) DC. [Miconia argyrophylla 

 Benth., not DC], recorded by Naudin and others as collected by 

 Finlay on St. Thomas, was really from Trtnidad. 



Miconia thomasiana DC. was not from St. Thomas, but from 

 Porto Rico. 



Miconia acinodendrum (L.) Triana. [Melastoma acinodendrum 

 L.; Tshudya berbiceana Griseb.], recorded by Naudin and others as 

 collected on St. Thomas by Finlay, was really from Trinidad; St. 

 Croix (according to West). 



Mecranium amygdalinum (Desr.) C. Wright [Cremanium 

 amygdalinum Griseb.], attributed to St. Thomas by Naudin, was from 

 Hispaniola, collected by Poiteau. 



Clidemia spicata DC, is recorded by Cogniaux as collected on 

 St. Thomas by Finlay, but the specimen was from Trinidad. Eggers 

 erroneously records it from all three islands. 



Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don, attributed to St. Thomas by Naudin 

 as collected by Riedle, was probably from Porto Rico. 



Clidemia rubra Mart, accredited to St. Thomas by Naudin and 

 others as collected by Finlay, was really from Trinidad. 



Mouriria domingensis (Tuss.) Spach. [Petaloma domingensis 

 Tuss.; P. Mouriri of West.] Borders of a stream, Spring Garden, 

 St. Croix. 



Nepsera aquatica (Aubl.) Naud., recorded by Cogniaux as col- 

 lected by Riedle on St. Thomas, was probably from Porto Rico. 



ONAGRACEAE 



Jussiaea suffruticosa L. [/. angustifolia Lam.; /. octovalvis 

 Sw. ; /. suffruticosa ligustrifolia of Eggers.] Wet grounds, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Jussiaea erecta L. St. Croix (according to West). 



ARALIACEAE 



Dendropanax arborea (L.) Dene. & PI. [Sciadophyllum capi- 

 tatum of Eggers; Aralia arborea L.; Gilibertia arborea E. March.] 

 Forests, hills of St. Thomas. 



Didymopanax micans (Willd.) Krug & Urban. [Aralia micans 

 Willd.; Panax speciosum of Eggers.] Forest, King's Hill and Bor- 

 deaux, St. Jan. 



APIACEAE 



Eryngium foetidum L. Moist grounds, Caret Bay, St. Thomas 

 (according to Eggers). 



