2G FLORA OF ST. CKOIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



30. Casearia sylveatris, Sw. 



11. Jau.-Feb. aixl ]May-Julj. Seed covered by a red aiillns. Com- 

 iiioii ill forests and tllieket^^. — All islands. 



31. C. parvifolia, AV. <t) aud ,3) microcarpa, K.u'g. 



Fl. Maicli-July. Flowers odorous. Stamens alternately of equal 

 length. Not uneommon in forests. A low tree. — a) Virgin Islands; 

 /3) fniit small, 2'" tliam., St. Croix. 



32. C. ramiflora, Vahl. < ). 



Fl. Jan.-Feb. and July-Aug. Pedicel articidatc below the middle. 

 Arillus fibrous. Common in forests. — All islands. 



33. Samyda glabrata, S\v. 



Fl. June, l^are, in thickets on highest hill-tops. — St. Thomas (Crown, 

 1400'). 



34. S. serrulata, L. 



Fl. Feb.-]May. Flowers odorous, precocious. Pedicels ai'ticulated at 

 tlic middle. Leaves of young radical shoots linear. Common in thick- 

 els. — All islands. 



TIOLACE^. 



35. lonidium strictum, Vent. 



Fl. all the year round. Flower matutine. Rather uncommon in lis- 

 sures of rocks in thickets. — St. Croix ; Water Island. 



TA.^IARICACE.E. 



36. Tamarix iudica, AVilld. (v. Cypress), 



Fl. Sept.-Oct. Naturalized in gardens. — St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 

 POLVGALACE.l]. 



37. Polygala angustifolia, 1II5. Ktb. 



Fl. Dec.-Feb. Jn the shade of dense thickets. Kare. — St. Thomas 



(Cowcirs Hill). 



38. Securidaca Bio'wnei, C!r. {S. bcandcnn of West). 



¥]. Feb.-Ai)ril. Naturalized around Christiausted, v. Eohr. — St. 

 Croix. 



39. S. erecta, L. 



St. Thomas (DC. Prodi, i, 311; Oris. Fl. p. 30). 



40. Krameria Izina, L. 



Fl. .Tilly. The Ihrco narrow ju'tals, resembling abortive stamens, are 

 bent forward and cover the anthers. Tlic iwo lateral oi.es are fleshy, 



