FLOEA OF ST CKOIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 59 



ARAI^IACEiE. 



372. Panax speciosum, Willd. (Spec. Plaut. iv, p. 1126). 



Kot seen flowering. Leaflets 8, of unequal size, the central ones lar- 

 gest. Margin slightly undulate and denticulate. Upper surface covered 

 with distant and deciduous muricate hairs; tomentum on the lower sur- 

 face deciduous. A low tree. In forests, very rare. St. Jan (King's 

 Hill, 1000', on the northern slope of the hills). (Cuba, Porto Eico, Ca- 

 racas.) 



UMBEI.LIFER/£. 



373. Eryngium fcBtidum, L. 



Fl. Sept.-May. Biennial. Along rivulets and in moist places, rare. 

 —St. Thomas (Caret Bay). 



374. Anethum graveolens, L. (v. Dill). 



n. March-Oct. Naturalized along roads and near dwellings. — All 

 islands. 



[Cultivated species: Petroselinum sativum, Ho&m. (v. Parsley); Daucus 

 Carota, L. (v. Carrot) ; Pimpinella Anisum, L. (v. Anise) ; Fesniculum vul- 

 gare, Gsertn. (v. Fennel); Anthriscus cerefolium, L. (v. Chervil), and 

 Apium graveolens, L. (v. Celery).] 



I^ORAI^TTHACE^ 



375. Loranthus emarginatus, Sw. (v. Baas-fram-boom). 



Fl. all the year round. Inflorescences uniserial. On trees, especially 

 Acacia Lehhelc and Pisonia subcordata. Common. — All islands. 



376. Phoradendron flavens, Gris. 



Fl. April-June. Seed compressed, green, with white bands. On Pi- 

 sonia subcordata, rare. — St. Croix (Stony Ground). 



CAPKIFOI^IACE^. 



[Cultivated occur: Sambucus nigra, L. (Fl. April-July), and Lonicera 

 Caprifolium, L. (v. Honey-suckle).] 



RUBlACEiE. 



377. Genipa americana, L. 



Fl. July. In forests on high hills, rare. — St. Thomas (Crown) ; St. Jan 

 (Eogiers). 



378. Catesbaea parviflora, Sw. 



Fl. Sept.-Dec. Fruit black, shining. In dry thickets, uncommon. — 

 St. Croix (Fair Plain). 



