102 FLOKA OF ST. CKOIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



G47. Pappophoium alcpccuroides, Vuhl. 



Fl. Eeb.-Marcb. I'-'S' high. Amoug rocks near the coast, rare. — 

 Buck Ishmd, near St. Thomas ; Virgin Gorda (Vahl in Symb. Bot. iii, 10). 



848. Bouteloua litigiosa, Lag. 



n. Oct.-Jan. Anthers red ; stigmas white. In thickets and waste 

 l)hices, not uncommon. — St. Thomas (Cowell's Hill — Town). 



849. Leptochloa mucronata, Kth. 



Fl. May-Oct. Spikelets often 1-flowered. Along ditches, not un- 

 common. — St. Croix. 



850. L. virgata, P. Br. a), (i) gracilis, Ns., and y) multiflora, Egg. 



Fl. May-Dec. Anthers white ; stigmas purple, y) spikelets 9-flow- 

 ered. Awns very short ; fertile glumes not ciliate. Along roads, com- 

 Vion. — a) and /?) aU islands; y) St. Croix (Work and Rest). 



851. Chloris eleusinoides, Oris. 



Fl. May-Nov. Along ditches, here and there. — St. Croix (Beeston 

 Hill, Mount Welcome). 



852. Ch. radiata, S\v. 



Fl. May-Oct. Stigmas brown. Gregarious along roads, common. — 

 All islands. 



853. Ch. ciliata, Sw. 



Fl. Feb.-Sept. Anthers rosy. My specimens show only one sterile 

 flower in each spikelet besides the fertile one (see Swartz's Flora Ind. 

 Occ. p. 189). Along roads, not uncommon. — All islands. 



854. Dactyloctenium aegyptiacum, W. (v. Ten-per-cout Grass). 



Fl. March-Nov. Anthers straw-coloured; stigmas white. A good 

 pasture-grass. Along roads and in fields, common. — All islands. 



855. Eleusine indica, L. 



Fl. March-Dec. Anthers greyish; stigmas purple. Common every- 

 where. — All islands. 



856. Cynodon Dactylon, Pers. (v. Bay Grass, Billy Grass). 



Fl. May-Oct. Anthers straw-coloured, with purple spots; stigmas 

 Ijurple. A good pasture- grass, and fit for making good hay, but at the 

 same time a most troublesome weed in cane-fields on account of its long 

 and creeping rhizome. Said to have been introduced. Along the coast 

 and in fields, gregarious. — St. Croix and St. Thomas (very common); St. 

 Jan (uncommon, Little Plantation). 



