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782. Madura tinctoria, Dou (v. Fustic). 



Fl. Juue-Oct. YouDg shoots with deeply serrate leaves. Wood 

 affording an excellent timber, but now very scarce. In forests, here 

 and there. — All islands. 



783. Fleurya aestuans, Gaud. 



Fl. June-Dec. On rocks in shady forests, here and there. — St. Croix 

 (Spring Garden); St. Thomas (Crown). 



784. Urera elata, Gris. 



St. Croix (Spring Garden, West, p. 306 ; his specimen in Hb, Havn.). 



785. U. baccifera, Gaud. 



St. Thomas (Wedd. in DC. Prodr. xvi, i, 93). 



(West's Urtica elongata, Vahl, said, p. 306, to occur in St. Croix, and 

 probably intended for an Urera, I have not been able to identify, from 

 want of description and specimens.) 



785. Pilea microphylla, Liebm, a), /5) trianthemoides, Lindl., and y) succulenta 

 (v. Duck-weed). 



Fl. all the year round. On rocks and stones in shady situations. «) 

 uncommon; /?) and y) common. — ^All islands. 



787. p. semidentata, Wedd. 



Fl. March-July. Gregarious among rocks on high hills, not uncom- 

 mon.— St. Thomas (St. Peter). 



788. P. grandis, Wedd. 



Fl. June. In leaf-mould on high hills, gregarious, uncommon. — St. 

 Thomas (Crown, 1500'). 



789. P. nummularifolia, Wedd, 



St. Tlioraas (Hornbeck in Hb. Havn.); Vieques (near Campo Asilo). 



790. P. inaequalis, Wedd. 



Fl. July-Aug. Gregarious on rocks in forests, uncommon. — St. 

 Thomas (Signal Hill, Crown). 



791. P. Sanctae-Crucis, Liebm. (Vid. Selsk. Skrift., v. Rsekke, ii, 301). 

 St. Croix (Orsted, 1. c). 



792. Roussella lappulacea, Gaud. 



St. Thomas (DC. Prodr. xvi, i, 235 ; Gris. Fl. p. 160). 



[Cultivated species: Ficus Carica, L. (v. Fig-tree), and F. elastica, L.] 



ARISTOI^OCHIACE^. 



793. Aristolochia trilobata, L. (v. Tobacco-pipe). 



Fl. May-Aug. On fences and in forests on high hills. — St. Croix 

 (West, p. 305) ; Virgin Islands (not uncommon). 



