Nov. 1902. Flora of the Island of St. Croix — Millspaugh. 513 



CACTACE.E. 



654. [Cereus floccosus Hort. Eggers Fl. 358.] 



655. [Cereus grandiflorus Haw. Eggers Fl. 361.] 



656. Cereus nycticalus Lk. 



^ Naturalized over stone walls in a neglected garden. Blossoms 

 very fragrant, creamy white, the outer sepals chocolate- 

 brown. Bassin. April (386). 



657. Cereus trl\ngularis (L.) Haw. 



Trailing over roadside rocks at Midland (no num.). Eggers 

 Fl. 360. 



658. [Melocactus communis de C. Eggers Fl. 356.] 



659. Opuntia coccinellifera (L.) Mill. 



Cultivated at west end. Feb. (^Irs. R. gg). Eggers Fl. 3*^7. 



660. Opuntlv Clrassavica Mill. 



In shaded thickets near the lagoon at east end. May (no num.). 

 Eggers Fl. 362. 



661. [Opuntia horrida Salm. Eggers Fl. 364.] 



662. [Opuntia spinosissima Mill. Eggers Fl. 365.] 



663. Opuntla tirerculata Haw. 



"French Prickly - pear." Cultivated at Jerusalem Estate. 

 March (Mrs. R. 231). Eggers Fl. 366. 



664. Opuxtl\ Tuna (L.) Mill. 



'• Prickly-pear. " Rocky waste soil of roadsides everywhere. 

 March (310). Eggers Fl. 363. Fruit yields a red dye. 



665. Pereskla Bleo H.B K. 



Cultivated; garden at Bassin. April (385. Mrs. R. 294). Eggers 

 Fl. 370. 



666. [Pereskia aculeata Mill. Eggers Fl. 369 ] 



LYTHRACE.E. 



667. A>LMANXIA LATIF0LL\ L. 



Frequent in wet places. Roadside ditch at St. John. March 

 307). Ponds near Work and Rest. Feb. (Mrs. R. 323b). 

 Eggers Fl. 325. 



668. [Antherylium Rohrii \'ahl. Eggers Fl. 326. J 



66g. Lagerstriemla Indica L. 



"Queen of Flowers." Cultivated at Bassin. May and June 

 (431, Mrs. R. 378). Eggers Fl.. p. 54. 



