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further in perfectly quiet water. Whether the water has been clear or not, or 

 whether the plant has grown in more or less shadow from the rocks or stones 

 we do not know. I do 

 not think there has been 

 any great difference be- 

 tween this locality and 

 the growing place in 

 the lagoons where I 

 found var. plumario- 

 ides , and some of 

 Mile. Vickers' speci- 

 mens show also a con- 

 siderable resemblance 

 to the broadest speci- 

 mens from the lagoon, 

 and form in this way 

 a transition to the spe- 

 cimens of var. elegans 

 I have found in deep 

 water. 



C. cupressoides is 

 a rather common spe- 

 cies along the shores 

 of the Danish West 

 Indies. 



Var. inamillosa is 

 found at St. Croix on 

 the south coast at Long- 

 ford and on the north 

 side at Cane Bay. Var. 

 ty pica, S t. C r o i X : Chri- 

 stianssted; Saltriver; 

 St. Thomas; The la- 

 goon at Bovoni. Var. 

 plumarioides, St. C r o i x : 

 The lagoons of Chri- 

 stianssted and Saltriver. 

 Var. /?afte//o/a, St. Tho- 

 mas: West of Water 

 Island in about 30 m. 



St. Jan: off Christians- c- „ on /- , , ., , , 



f . ■ K . QA ^^' Caiilerpa cupressoides (Vahl) Ag. var. elcgans ICrouan) Weber van 



lort in about 30 meters Bosse. Indeep water (about 25 m.)oflf America Hill (St. Jan). (About 1.1.) 



D. K. n. Viclensk. Selsk. Skr.. 7. RiKkke. n.iturvidensk. og mathem. Afd. IV. 5. <g 



