BRITTON: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 91 



Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. [Bignonia stans L.; Stenolobium stans 

 Seem.; Gelseminum stans Kuntze.] Thickets and hillsides, St. Thom- 

 as; St. Jan; St. Croix. Sometimes planted for ornament. 



Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach. [Bignonia capensis Thunb. ; 

 Tecoma capensis Lindl.] Roadsides, St. Thomas. Planted for orna- 

 ment, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Enallagma latifolia (Mill.) Small. [Crescentia latifolia Mill.; 

 Crescentia cucurbitina L.; C. cucurbitina heterophylla Kuntze; E. 

 cucurbitina Baill.] Forests near rivulets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Crescentia Cujete L. Forests, hillsides and much planted for 

 its fruit, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Crescentia linearifolia Miers. Collected by Oersted on St. 

 Thomas (according to Miers); coastal hill, Lamosure, St. Jan. 



PEDALIACEAE 



Sesamum orientale L. [S. indicum L.] Spontaneous after culti- 

 vation, St. Thomas. Cultivated for its seeds. 



MARTYNIACEAE 



Martynia annua L. [M. diandra Glox.] Waste and cultivated 

 grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



ACANTHACEAE 



Thunbergia fragrans Roxb. [T. volubilis Pers.] Hedges and 

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



Thunbergia alata Bojer. Banks and waste grounds, St. Thomas . 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. Planted for ornament. 



Blechum Brownei Juss. [B. Brownei subcordatum and (?) laxnm 

 Kuntze.] Fields, banks, woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Ruellia tuberosa L. [R. clandestina L.] Grassy situations, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ruellia coccinea (L.) Vahl. [Barleria coccinea L.; Stemona- 

 canthus coccineus Griseb.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ruellia strepens L., recorded by de Candolle as found on St. 

 Croix by Isert, must be an error in locality; the specimen is preserved 

 in the Willdenow herbarium. 



Gerardia tuberosa L. [Stenandrium tuberosum Urban; 5. 

 rupestre Nees.] Rocky woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 



Anthacanthus spinosus (Jacq.) Nees. [Justicia spinosa Jacq.; 

 A. micro phyllus and A. jamaicensis of Eggers; Jasminum coeruleum 



