FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 79 



[Cultivated species: Maurandia Barclayana, Lindl. (v. Fairy Ivy), 

 and Russeliajuncea, Zucc. (v. Madeira Plant).] 



BIGNONIACE^. 



607. Crescentia Cujete, L. (v. Calaba,sli-treo). 



n. all tlie year round. Leaves deciduous iu Dec. The fruit is used 

 for vessels. "NTear dwellings and iu forests, common. — All islands. 



608. C. cucurbitiua, L. (v. Black Calabash). 



Fl. Marcli-Nov. Wood used for boat-building. Iu dense forests near 

 rivulets, not uncommon. — All islands. 



609. Catalpa longisiliqua, Cham. 

 St. Thomas (Gris. Fl. 44G). 



610. Tecoma Berterii, DC. 



Fl. March-July. Leaves deciduous Feb.-April. In dry thickets, 

 common. — Virgin Islands. 



611. T. leuccxylon, Mart. (v. White Cedar). 



Fl. March-April, precocipus, and later coetauous in Sept.-Oct. Wood 

 used for building boats. In forests and on dry hills, common. — All 

 islands. 



612. T. stans, .Tuss. (v. Yellow Cedar). 



Fl. all the year round. Anthers pilose beneath. In thickets, com- 

 mon ; often gregarious, especially in St. Croix. — All islands. 



613. Blgnonia aequinoctialis, L. 



Fl. April-Sept. Anthers pilose or glabrous (hence Vahl's distinction 

 on this account between his B. spectahiUs (Symb. Bot. iii, p. 80) and this 

 species not justified). Here and there in marshy forests. — St. Thomas 

 (Xorthside Bay, Sta. Maria); St. Croix (Salomon's estate. West, p. 294). 



614. B. unguis, L. (v. Cat-claw). 



Fl. Ai)ri]-May, i^recocious, later pgain coetanous in Nov. Stem 11" 

 diam., showing the irregular structure peculiar to all climbing Blgnoni- 

 acecc. Fruit as much as 2ij" long. In forests, not uncommon. — All 

 islands. 



615. Distictis lactiflora, DC. (Prodr. ix, 191) (Eignotiia, Vahl). 



Fl. all the year round. On fences and in dry thickets, here and 

 there. — St. Croix (Cotton Grove, Southgate Farm) (cultivated in St. 

 Thomas). 



[Cultivated species: Tecoma capcnsiSy Lindl.] 



