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Borrichia arborescens (L.) DC. [Buplithalmum arborescens L.; 

 B. argentea DC] Coastal rocks and sands, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. [Silphium trilobatum L.; W. 

 carnosa L. C. Rich.] Moist grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Wedelia calycixa L. C. Rich. [Buplithalmum helianthoides of 

 West.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Wedelia parviflora L. C. Rich. [W. buphthalmoides of Eggers 

 and of Millspaugh; W. affinis DC; W. acapulcensis of Schlechtendal ; 

 W. brachycarpa of Millspaugh, St. Thomas; Sereneum frutescens of 

 Kuntze.] Dry hills and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 



Wedelia cruciana L. C. Rich. [W. buphthalmoides of Mill- 

 spaugh.] Dry rocky soil, St. Croix. Endemic. 



Eleutheraxthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch. Bip. [Melampodium 

 ruderale Sw.; Ogiera ruderalis Griseb.; Wedelia discoidea Less.] 

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



Melaxthera canescens (Kuntze) O. E. Schulz. [Amellus asper 

 canescens Kuntze; M. Linnaei of Schlechtendal; M. deltoidea of 

 Eggers.] Hillsides and thickets, St. Thomas. 



Tepiox alatum (L.) Britton. [Verbesina alata L.] Waste and 

 cultivated ground, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq. W T aste grounds, St. Thomas. 



Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. [Verbesina nodi flora L.; 

 Ucacou nodiflorum Hitchc] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Bidexs pilosa L. [Coreopsis leucantha L.; B. leucantha Willd.; 

 B. pilosa dubia O. E. Schulz; ? B. pilosa subbiternata Kuntze.] Waste 

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



Bidexs cyxapiifolia H.B.K. [B . bipinnata of West, of Eggers 

 and of Millspaugh.] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan; St. Croix. 



Cosmos caudatus H.B.K. [Bidens Berteriana Spreng.] Grassy 

 fields, banks, and in waste grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Porophyllum Porophyllum (L.) Kuntze. [Cacalia Porophyllum 

 L.; Porophyllum ellipticum Cass.] W T aste grounds, St. Thomas. 



Pectis humifusa Sw. [P. serpyllifolia Pers.j Stony banks, 

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



Pectis lixifolia L. [Pectis punctata Jacq.; Pectidium punctatum 

 Less.] Rocky hillsides, banks and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Pectis febrifuga H. van Hall. [P. Swartziana of Borgesen and 

 Paulsen.] Grassy places, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Neurolaexa lobata (L.) R. Br. [Conyza lobata L.] Woodlands, 

 St. Thomas. 



