BRITTON: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 95 



Diodia maritima Thonn. [D. radicans of Borgesen and Paulsen.] 

 Coastal sands, Water Island, St. Thomas. 



Diodia sarmentosa Sw. St. Thomas (according to Schlechten- 

 dal). 



Borreria laevis (Lam.) Griseb. [Spermacoce laevis Lam.; 

 Borreria vaginata Cham. & Schl.] Dry soil, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Borreria ocimoides (Burm. f.) DC. [Spermacoce ocimoides 

 Burm. f.; Borreria parviflora Meyer.] Banks, fields, waste and culti- 

 vated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Borreria verticillata (L.) Meyer. [Spermacoce verticillata L.; 

 B. stricta DC, not Meyer.] Grassy places, St. Thomas; St. Croix 

 (according to Eggers). 



Spermacoce tenuior L. [S. tenuior angustifolia Eggers.] Banks, 

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



Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. [G. florida L.] Planted for orna- 

 ment. 



Portlandia GRANDIFLORA L. Planted for ornament. 



Vangueria edulis Vahl. [Varanga edulis Vahl] Cultivated on 

 St. Croix (according to West). 



CAPRIFOLIACEAE 



Lonicera japonica Thunb. Planted for ornament. 

 Lonicera Caprifolium L. Cultivated (according to Eggers). 

 Sambucus nigra L. Cultivated (according to Eggers). 



CUCURBITACEAE 



Melothria guadalupensis (Spreng) Cogn. [Bryonia guadalu- 

 pensis Cogn.; M. pervaga Griseb.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Melothria fluminensis Gardn. [M. pendula Meyer.] St. 

 Croix (according to West and to Cogniaux). 



Corallocarpus emetocatharticus (Gros.) Cogn. [Doyerea em- 

 etocathartica Grosourdy; Anguria glomerata Eggers; Corallocarpus 

 glomeratus Cogn.] Forests, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Anguria Plumieriana Schl. [A. trilobata West and of Eggers.] 

 St. Croix. 



Momordica Charantia L. Hedges, fences and waste grounds, 

 St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Momordica Balsamina L. Cultivated for its fruit, St. Croix. 



Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roemer. [Momordica cylindrica L.; ? M. 

 operculata of West.] Spontaneous after cultivation, St. Thomas; 

 St. C roix. 



