88 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poir. [Nepeta pectinata L. ; Mesosphaerum 

 pectinatum Kuntze.] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Hyptis verticillata Jacq. [Mesosphaerum verticillatum Kuntze.] 

 St. Thomas (according to Bentham and to Grisebach). 



Coleus amboinicus Lour. Banks and hillsides, naturalized, St. 

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



Ocimum MiCPvANTHUM Willd. Banks, fields and hillsides; St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ocimum Basilicum L. Grown as a garden herb. 



Rosmarinus officinalis L. Grown as a garden herb. 



Thymus vulgaris L. Grown as a garden herb. 



Origanum Majorana L. Grown as a garden herb. 



SOLANACEAE 



Physalis angulata L. [P. ramosissima Mill.; P. Linkiana 

 Griseb., not Nees.] Fields, banks, waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Physalis pubescens L. [P. angulata dubia Kuntze.] Dry soil, 

 waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Physalis turbinata Medic. Dry soil, St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Physalis Eggersii O. E. Schulz. Water Island, St. Thomas. 

 Endemic. A species known only from the type specimen. We 

 searched Water Island for it in 191 3, but could find nothing answering 

 the description. 



Physalis peruviana L., recorded by Eggers as found in fields at 

 Rapoon, St. Thomas, prior to 1879, was, apparently, erroneously 

 determined (see Schulz in Urban, Symb. Ant. 6: 149). 



Capsicum frutescens L. Roadsides and woods, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan ; St. Croix. 



Capsicum baccatum L. [Capsicum annuum baccatum Kuntze.] 

 Thickets, banks and woods, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix (accord- 

 ing to Eggers). 



Capsicum annuum L. Cultivated for food. 



Capsicum dulce Dunal. Cultivated for food. 



Solanum lanceifolium Jacq. King's Hill, St. Jan. 



Solanum jamaicense Mill. St. Thomas, collected by Richard 

 (according to Poiret). 



Solanum nigrum L. [S. americanum Mill.; S. nigrum nodi- 

 florum A. Gray; 5. nodiflorum Dunal, not Jacq.] Thickets, waste 

 and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Solanum Seaforthianum Andr. Spontaneous after cultivation, 

 St. Thomas; St. Croix. Planted for ornament. 



