54 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



LYTIIRAKIE/E. 



325. Ammania latifolia, L. 



Fl. Dec-June. Here aud there in moist localities. — St. Croix (Lower 

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



326. Antherylium Rohrii, Viilil (Syuib. 13ot. iii, 6t5) (v. Pricklt-wood). 



Fl. Oc't.-Martli. Precocious. Petiole bibraeteate above tlie miiUHe. 

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

 Ground) ; Virgin Islands (common). 



[Cultivated species: Laicsonia hiermls, L. (v. Mignonette), and Lager- 

 str'omia indica, L. (v. Queen of Flowers).] 



ONACiRACE.i:. 



327. Jussieua su.flfruticosa, L. a) ligustrifolia, Kth. 



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

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



KIIIZOPIIOKACE.E. 



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



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

 islands. (See Botaniska Notiser, 1S77, Lund, and Vidensk. Medd. fra 

 Is'aturhist. Foreuing in Coi^enhagen, 1877-78.) 



COITIBK£TAC£^. 



329. Termiualia Catappa, L. (v. Almoud-trec). 



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

 St. Croix (common) ; Virgin Islands (rar«). 



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



Fl. all the year round. AVood used for fislipots. Common in salt- 

 water lagoons. — All islands. 



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



Fl. May-Aug. A splendid timber tree. Leaves often attackcdlty a 

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

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

 tab. -3). Common in valleys and especially along the coast. — All isl- 

 ands. 



332. Conocarpus erecta. L. (v. Button-wood). «) «nd 8) procumbens, Jacq. 



I'l. all the year round. Common along the coast and in lagoons. — 

 All islands. 



fCnltivatcd species: (JuisqiKtlis indica, L.J 



