thrives in the open fields, quickly spoiling good pasture 
land if not eliminated. 
Leucaena glauca (L.) Bentham. Leguminosae. 
Winp PAMARIND. 
This weedy shrub rapidly takes possession of any ter- 
ritory available. [It has overgrown some of the trails ren- 
dering them impenctrable. (See also under edible and 
wood producing plants). 
Acacia riparia Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth. 
Leguminosae, 
CATCH AND KEEP. 
A very common and rapidly spreading vine. The stems 
are covered with small retrorse barbs, like tiny cat’s claws, 
which cause severe skin lacerations. Public enemy num- 
ber one of St. John. 
Cuscuta americana Linnaeus. Convolvulaceae. 
YELLOW Love. 
This dodder infests many species of the island flora. At 
times the individual plants cover the vegetation on sev- 
eral hundred square feet of ground. It is also a medicinal 
plant, 
MISCELLANEOUS USEFUL PLANTS 
Bambusa sp. Gramineae. 
BAMBOO. 
The small stems serve as fish poles. Large stems, five 
inches in diameter, are cut into sections for floats, for fish 
pots and for seines. The mature dried stems are used in 
general construction, as poles for small craft, and in many 
incidental ways. 
Caesalpinia divergens Urban. Leguminosae. 
Nicon, NikKER Nu‘. 
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