Nov. igo2. Flora of the Island of St. Croix — Millspaugh. 505 



543. Anacardium occidentale L. 



"Cashew." Cultivated in fields and gardens. The fruits are 

 both eaten and converted into wine. Bassin. Nov. to Jan. 

 (95. Mrs. R. 63). Eggers Fl. 184. 



CELASTRACE.E. 



544. [Alaytenus ela^odendroides Gris. Eggers Fl. 163.] 



545. [Maytenus laevigatus Gris. Eggers Fl. 164.] 



546. EL.tODENDRON XVLCK'ARPUM de C. 



On rocky bluffs along the coast at Rustup Twist. March 

 (323). On the north side. June (Mrs. R. 427). Eggers Fl. 165. 



547. MVGINDA FALLENS Sw. 



At Shoy's Lagoon. April (345). Eggers Fl. 166. 



548. [Myginda latifolia Sw Eggers Fl. 167.] 



549. [Schasfferia frutescens Jacq. Eggers Fl. 168. 1 



SAPINDACE^. 

 550 Serjanla LuciDA Schum. 



"Wis." Common in dry places, where it climbs over trees and 

 shrubs. In a pasture at Bassin. Jan. (241). Also noted 

 on Signal Hill. Eggers Fl. 128. 



551. PauUinia frutescens glabrescens (L.) Radlk. 

 Cultivated? Midland. Feb. (Mrs. R. 177). 



552. Cardiosper.mum Halicacabum L. 



" Baloon Vine." Very common, climbing over fences, cacti 

 and trees. Corn Hill. Jan. (202). Midland. Jan. (Mrs. 

 R. 26). Eggers Fl. 126. 



553. [Cardiospermum microcarpum Kth. Eggers Fl. 127.] 



554. Melicocca bijuga L. 



"Kenepps." " Keneppy Tree." Naturalized in fields at Bas- 

 sin. April (372, Mrs. R. 330). Eggers says (Fl. 132): 

 " Leafless during flowering." This does not prove true of 

 this locality, though the trees may be partly so. Poly- 

 gamous. Fruit green, shining and warty, oval, pointed, 

 covered with a crustaceous thin shell, brown - maculate 

 within and free from the gelatinous, astringent, pinkish 

 flesh, the one or two seeds large; a fluid is usually secreted 

 between the pericarp and the flesh. These fruits are sought 

 by bats and domestic fowls, which have been observed 

 devouring them eagerly in the very tops of trees 40 feet high. 

 Wood hard and tough. 



