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Fig. 38 shows such a inanchineel tree. The knotted trunk directly 

 faces the wind, while the flatly spread crown turns away from the 

 wind in a south-western direction. The trunk was 15—20 cm. in 

 diameter and the crown almost 10 metres long and where it was 

 highest IV2 meter high; the roof of foliage was quite dense though 

 several dead branch-tips were emerging. Similar flat mounds were 

 also to be seen of Coccoloha. 



On stony clayish soil along Hams Bluff a vegetation very similar to 

 that of Judiths Fancy occurred (fig. 36). The locality is also here highly 

 exposed, and the spray from the sea is tossed far into the country. 



Fig. 38. Manchineel tree bent to the ground by the wind. From Judiths Fancy, 



St. Groix. (F. B. phot.) 



The vegetation nearest to the sea is scattered, consisting of Pedis 

 humifusa Sw. which finds shelter behind the here frequently occur- 

 ring stones. In addition to it appear some grasses such as Dacty- 

 loctenium cegyptium (L.) Willd. , Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kth. 

 and Stenotaphrum americanum Schrank. Further, Lithophila mii- 

 scoides Sw. with very small, linear or slightly spatulate leaves, 

 Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. with small ternate leaves, Alysicarpns 

 nummidarifolius (L.) DC. with small ovate-oval leaves, Portidacca 

 oleracea L. var. parvifolia Griseb. with small, thick fleshy leaves. 

 All these species form a quite low, dense cover which only at a 

 considerable distance from the sea passes into copse. 



If we now turn our attention to St. Thomas and St. Jan, the 



