80 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



616. Ruellia tuberosa, L. (v. Christmas-pride). 



Fl. all the year round ; most abuudaiitly towards Christmas. Along 

 roads and ditches, common. — iVll islands. 



617. R. strepens, L. 



St. Croix (Isert sec. DC. Prodr. xi, 121). 



618. Stemonacanthus coccineus, Oris. 



Fl. Jau.-Ai^ril. Cleistogamous flowers in July ; also an intermediate 

 form between cleistogamous and normal flowers. In shady forests, 

 rare.— St. Croix (Caledonia, Wills Bay); St. Jan (Bordeaux Hills); St. 

 Thomas (Wydl. sec. DC. Prodr. xi, 217). 



619. Blechnum Brownei, Juss. (v. Penguin Balsam). 



Fl. Dec.-Ai)ril. Used against cough. In ]jastures and along ditches, 

 common. — All islands. 



620. Barleria lupulina, Lindl. (Bot. Reg. t. 1483). 



Fl. Dec-April. Naturalized near dwellings and in gardens. — St. 

 Thomas ; St. Jan. 



621. Thyrsacanthus nitidus, Ns. 



St. Croix (v. Eohr sec. Symb. Bot. ii, o, and Isert sec. DC. Prodr. xi, 

 327); St. Thomas (Nees). 



622. Dianthera pectoralis, Mnrr. (v. Garden Balsam). 



Fl. Dec-March. Used against coughs. Naturalized near dwellings 

 and in gardens. — All islands. 



623. D. sessilis, Gris. {.Tustida imudflora, Valil in Eclog. Am. i, 2). ■ 



Fl. June-July. Flowers often cleistogamous. Ehizome perennial. 

 In thickets, here and there. — St. Croix (Salt River); St. Thomas. 



624. Justicia carthagenensis, Jacq. 



Fl. Dec-March. Along ditches and in forests. — AU islands. 



625. J. reflexiflora, Rich. (Vahl's Ennm. Plant, i, 157), var. glandulosa. Egg. 



Fl. all the year round. Bracts densely glanduliferous. Seeds glo- 

 bose, brown. Procumbent among bushes. — St. Croix (rare, Fair Plain); 

 St. Thomas; Buck Island (not uncommon). 



626. J. periplocaefolia, Jacq. 



St. Thomas (Schl.). 



627. Beloperone nemorosa, Nees. 



Fl. Jan.-March. Calyx one-sixth of the lengtli of the coroUa. In 

 forests, rare. — St. Croix (Caledonia, Ham's Bluff VaUey). 



