84 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



662. C. villosum, Jacq. (Icou. Var. t. 118). 



St. Thomas (Sclileclit., Bertero, Ducliass. sec. Gris. Sj'st. Hut.;. 



663. Duranta Plumieri, Jacq. 



Fl. ]\Iay-Dec. Along roads and in thickets, common. — All islands. 



664. Callicarpa reticulata, Sw. 

 St. Croix (West, p. 2G9). 



665. .Sjgiphila martiniceusis, Jacq. 



Fl. Aug.-Jan. Flowers often heterostylous. In forests, common. — 

 St. Croix. 



666. Clerodendron aculeatum, L. (v. Chuc-cliuc). 



Fl. all the year round. Common on dry hills and in marshy soil. — 

 All islands. 



667. C. fragrans, W. 



Fl. all the year round. Long creeping rhizome. Gregarious on high 

 hills in shady i)laces, naturalized. — St. Thomas (Dorothea, Liliendal). 



668. Petitia domingensis, Jacq. a). 



Fl. i\Iay-Sept. Leaves often ternate. Druj^e commonly 4-loculate. 

 A tree up to 50' high. In forests, not uncommon. — St. Croix (Caledo- 

 nia, Punch, Wills Bay). 



669. Vitex divaricata, Sw. 



Fl. May- July. Filaments glandular-pilose. A low tree, here and 

 there in forests. — St. Croix (Caledonia, Wills Bay) ; St. Thomas (Crown) ; 

 St. Jan (Cinnamon Bay). 



670. Aviceania nitida, Jacq. 



Fl. all the year round. Upper surface of leaves always covered with 

 small salt crystals. Along the seashore and lagoons, common. — All 

 islands. 



671. A. tomentosa, Jacq. 



St. Croix (West, p. 269) ; St. Thomas (Schl.). 



[Cultivated species: Verbena chamcedrifoUa, Juss., in several varie- 

 ties, Petrwa volubilis, Jacq. (v. Wreath-plant), Aloysia citriodora, Ortega 

 (v. Lemon-scented Verbena), Vitex Agmis-castus, L. (v. Wild Black Pep- 

 per), and HolmsTijoldia sanguinea, Eetz.] 



MYOPORACE^. 



672. Bontia daphnoides, L. (v. White Ailing). 



Fl. all the year round. On sandy shores. — St. Croix (rare, Turner's 

 Hole) ', Virgin Islands (not uncommon). 



