26 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



30. Oasearia sylvestris, Sw. 



El. Jaii.-Fcb. aud May-July. Seed covered hy a red arillus. Com- 

 mon in forests and thickets. — All islands. 



31. C. parvifolia, W. u) and jf) microcarpa, Egg. 



n. March-July. Flowers odorous. Stamens alternately of equal 

 length. Not uncommon in forests. A low tree. — «) Virgin Islands j 

 fi) finiit small, 2'" diam., St. Croix. 



32. C. ramiflora, Valil. c). 



n. Jan.-Feb. and July-Aug. Pedicel articulate below the middle. 

 Arillus fibrous. Common in forests. — All islands. 



33. Samyda glabrata, Sw. 



Fl. June. Eare, in thickets on highest hill-tops. — St. Thomas (Crown, 



1400'). 



34. S. serrulata, L. 



Fl. Feb.-May. Flowers odorous, precocious. Pedicels articulated at 

 the middle. Leaves of young radical shoots linear. Common in thick- 

 ets. — All islands. 



35. lonidiura strictum, Vent. 



Fl. all the year round. Flower matutine. Rather uncommon in fis- 

 sures ot rocks in thickets. — St. Croix ; Water Island. 



TAITIARBCACE^. 



36. Tamarix indica, Willd. (v. Cypress). 



FL Sei)t.-Oct. Naturalized in gardens. — St. Croix 5 St. Thomas. 



POLYGA1LACE.I:. 



37. Poly gala angustifolia, HB. Kth. 



Fl, Dec.-Feb. Jn the shade of dense thickets. Eare. — St. Thomas 

 (Cowell's Hill). 



38. Securidaca Brownei, Gr. (S. scandais of West). 



Fl. Feb.-April. Naturalized around Christiansted, v. Eohr. — St. 

 Croix. 



39. S. erecta, L. 



St. Thomas (DC. Prodr. i, 341; Oris. Fl. p. 30). 



40. Krameria I:sina, L. 



Fl. July. The three narrow petals, resembling abortive stamens, are 

 bent forward and cover the anthers. The two lateral oi.es are fleshy, 



