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274. A. macracantha, HB. /3) glabrens (v. Stiuk Cashu). 



n. Dec- April. A shrub or low tree. AVood exhaling a very dis- 

 agreeable odour. Conimon in thickets on dry hills. — All ishinds. 



275. A. tortuosa, W. (v. Casba). 



Fl. ail the year round. Flowers fragrant. Bracteoles rhomboid, ciliate. 

 Often gregarious. Common on dry hills. — All islands. 



276. A. Farnesiana, AV. (v. Cash;!). 



Fl. all the year round. Flowers fragrant ; bracteoles spathulate, ciliate. 

 Foliage of this and the two former species eaten by goats, and their wood 

 generally ua!;ed for making charcoal. Common in dry locahties.^All 

 islands. 



277. A. arabica, W. 



Fl. y<)v.-Jan. ]S"aturalized near dwellings. — St. Croix; St. Thomas. 



278. A. Lebbek, W. (v. Thibet-tree). 



Fl. April-Sept. Leaves deciduous Kov.-March. Flowers fragrant. 

 Foliage eaten by cattle. The tree is often overgrown by Loranthus emar- 

 fjinatus. Naturalized in pastures and elsewhere. — St. Croix (very com- 

 mon) ; Virgin Islands (common, except St. Jan, w^here the tree seems not 

 to thrive). 



(A. frondom, W., var. ecjlandulosa, St. Thomas, is mentioned by 

 Schlcchtciidal as spontaneous, but, being an East Indian species, is most 

 luobably only cultivated or at most naturalized. I have not seen the 

 species in the island.) 



279. Calliandra portoricensis, Ijcutli. 



Fl. Feb. Climbing by the aid of young branches that twine themselves 

 around the branches of other trees. In forests, rare. — St. Jan (King's 

 nill) ; Vieques. 

 230. C. purpurea, Bi'uth. (v. Soklier-Avood, West). 



St. Croix (Gris. Fl. p. 224, probably on the authority of West. This 

 author, however, says, p. 312, that the tree is only cultivated in the isl- 

 and. Uis specimens are in existence in lib. Havn. I have not seen the 

 tree on the island). 



281. C. Saman, Gri.s. (v. Giant Tliibet-trcc). 



Fl. ]\Iay-Aug. A very large tree of quick growth. Xaturalized near 

 dwellings and planted along roads. — St. Croix; St. Thomas. 



282. Pitheco'.obium unguis-cati, Btiitb. a) and /3) forfex, Ktb. (v. Crab-prickle). 

 Fl. Sept.-Jan. Gynophore V" long. Seeds black, shining; arillus 



rosy. Wood used ibr iishpots. Both forms common on limestone and 

 in marshy soil. — All islands. 



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