54 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



LYTIIRARIEJC. 



325. Ammania latifolia, L. 



n. Dec- June. Here and there in moist localities. — St. Croix (Lower 

 Cove, Anna's Hope) ; St. Thomas (Flag Hill). 



326. Antherylium Rohrii, Vahl (Symb. Bot. iii, 66) (v. Prickle-wood). 



Fl. Oct.-March. Precocious. Petiole bibracteate above the middle. 

 In marshy soil near the coast. — St. Croix (rare; Fair Plain, Stony 

 Ground) ; Virgin Islands (common). 



[Cultivated species : Lawsonia inermis, L. (v. Mignonette), and Lager- 

 stromia indica, L. (v. Queen of Flowers).] 



ONAGRACE^. 



327. Jussieua suffruticosa, L. a) ligustrifolia, Ktb. 



Fl. all the year round. Here and there in moist places. — St. Croix 

 (Crequis, Golden Eock) ; St. Thomas (Caret Bay). 



RHIZ0PH0RA€£JE:. 



328. Rhizophora Mangle, L. (v. Mangrove, Maiigelljoom). 



Fl. all the year round. Gregarious along the shore of lagoons. — All 

 islands. (See Botaniska Notiser, 1877, Lund, and Vidensk. Medd. fi;a 

 Katurhist. Forening in Copenhagen, 1877-78.) 



COMBRETACE^. 



329. Terminalia Catappa, L. (v. Almoud-tree). 



Fl. Jan.-April and Sept. Naturalized in valleys and near dwellings. — 

 St. Croix (common) ; Virgin Islands (rare). 



330. Laguncularia racemosa, G. (v. White Mangrove). 



Fl. all the year round. Wood used for fishpots. Common in salt- 

 water lagoons. — AU islands. 



331. Bucida Buceras, L. (v. Gregery). 



Fl. May-xVug. A splendid timber tree. Leaves often attacked by a 

 fungus {Erineum^ vide Kunze mycol. Hefte, ii, 148). Flowers often trans- 

 formed into long monstrosities (figured already in P. Browne's Jamaica, 

 tab. 23). Common in valleys and especially along the coast. — All isl- 

 ands. 



332. Conocarpus erecta, L. (v. Button-wood), u) and B) procumbens, Jacq. 



Fl. all the year round. Common along the coast and in lagoons. — 

 All islands. 



(Cultivated species : Quisqualis indica, L.] 



