Nov. igo2. Flora of the Island oi- St. Croix — IMillspaugh. 469 



43. Nephrolepis acuta (Schk.) Presl. 



Aspidium Schk. Found growing in the crotch of a tree at 

 Morning Star. Feb. (No num.). 



44. Blechnum occidentale Linn. 



Crequis, on steep rocky banks under sparse shrubbery, abundant 

 where found. March (Mrs. R. 248), Apr.(354). Eggers Fl.g92. 



45. Gymnogramma calomelanos (L.) Kaul. 



Acrostichum Linn. Along the rocky bed of a stream, at Big 

 Fountain. June (458). On the damp walls of a ruined 

 sugar mill at Big Fountain. Feb. (Mrs. R. 161). A form 

 grows at Spring Garden with larger and thinner fronds, 

 i-i.5m. long. Eggers Fl. 995. 



46. GY.MNOGRA;NnL\ CALOMELANOS PL'MILA Egg. 



Specimens apparently grading into the typical form as collected 

 at Big Fountain were gathered on the walls of a ruined sugar 

 mill at Big Princess in March. (337.) Eggers Fl. 995. 



47. GVMXOGRA.AnLA. SULPHUREA Desv. 



Cultivated at Bassin. July (no num.), and Feb. (Mrs. R. i6g). 



48. Hemionitis pal^lata Linn. 



Dry, rocky soil at Eliza's Retreat. July (485); June (Mrs. R. 

 390). The specimens when collected were completely dried 

 up by the drouth, but regained full vigor after twenty-four 

 hours' soaking in water. Rare and very local. 



49. [Cheilanthes microphylla Sw. Eggers Fl. 987.] 



50. Adiantum foliosum Linn. 

 Cultivated at Bassin. July (no num.). 



51. Adiantum fragile Sw. 



On rocks near a gut at Crequis. April (353). Also noted at 

 Spring Garden. Eggers Fl. 986. 



52. Adiantum tenerum Sw. 



On an old stone wall, in open woods at Spring Garden. July 

 (472). Eggers Fl. 985. 



53. Adiantum villosum Linn. 



Canaan. March (Mrs. R. 277). Eggers Fl. 982. 



54. Pteris longifolia Linn. 



On the walls of a sugar boiling-house at Lebanon Hill. March 

 (Mrs. R. 214). Eggers Fl. 988. 



55. [Tsenitis lanceolata R.Br. Eggers Fl. 990.] 



56. [Polypodium aureum L. Eggers Fl. 1006.] 



57. [Polypodium crenatum Sw. Eggers Fl. 1005.] 



