BRITTON: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 93 



MYOPORACEAE 



Bontia daphnoides L. Coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix at Turner's Hole (according to Eggers). 



PLANTAGINACEAE 



Plantago major L. [P. major tropica Griseb.] Waste grounds, 

 St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



RUBIACEAE 



Oldenlandia corymbosa L. Waste places, Government House 

 yard, St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



Oldenlandia callitrichoides Griseb. Gregarious among stones, 

 Government House, St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



Rondeletia pilosa Sw. [R. triflora Vahl.] Thickets, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; near Cave Bay, St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) R. & S. [Cinchona caribaea Jacq.] 

 Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Duggena spicata (Lam.) Standley. [Lygistum spicatum Lam.; 

 Gonzalia spicata DC. ; Gonzalagunia spicata Maza.] Grassy situations 

 on high hills, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 



Randia Formosa (Jacq.) K. Schum. [Mussaenda formosa Jacq.; 

 Gardenia armata Sw. ; Randia Mussaenda DC] Roadsides, St. Croix. 

 Planted for ornament. 



Randia aculeata L. [R. latifolia Lam.; Gardenia Randia Sw.; 

 R. acideata mitis of Eggers.] Thickets, woods and hillsides, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Genipa Americana L. Forests on the higher hills, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan. 



Hamelia patens Jacq. Valleys and hillsides, St. Croix; St. 

 Thomas (according to Eggers). 



Hamelia axillaris Sw. [H. lutea Rohr.] Forests and wet 

 thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Catesbaea melanocarpa Krug & Urban. [C. parviflora of 

 Eggers, not Sw.] Thickets, Fair Plain, St. Croix (according to 

 Eggers). 



Guettarda scabra (L.) Lam. [Matthiola scabra L.; G. rugosa 

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



Guettarda parviflora Vahl. [G. parvifolia Sw.] Thickets, 

 woods and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Guettarda elliptica Sw. Hillside near Charlotte Amalia, St. 

 Thomas. 



Stenostomum lucidum (Sw.) Gaertn. f. [Laugeria lucida Sw.; 

 Antirrhoea lucida Hook.] Forests, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



