C6 FLORA OF ST, CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



457. Syiiedrella uodiflora, G. (v. Fatten barrow). 



Fl. all the year round. A common weed evorywlieie. — All i.siands. 



458. Pectis punctata, .Tacci- 



JL Oct.-.Maicb. In pastures and along ditches, common. — .\.ll 

 islands. 



459. p. linifolia, Less. 



St. Thomas (Less. Gris. Fl. p. 378). 



460. P. humifusa, Sw. 



Fl. all the year round. Gregarious on rocks and between stone.*?, not 

 uncommon. — All islands. 



461. Egletes domingensis, Ca.ss. a) glabrata. DC. ; 3) carduifolia. IX'.: ; ) genuiiia. 

 Fl. all the year round. On the sandy .seashore, a) and y) rather com- 

 mon, ft) found by Oersted (Vid. Mcdd. 1852, p. lOG).— St. Thomas. 



462. Erechtbites hieracifolia, T\af. a) and ;) cacaloides, Less. 



Fl. all the year round. In moist localities, not unconMiion. — St. Croix 

 (;-); St. Thomas («). 



463. Emilia sonchifolia, DC. 



Fl. Jan. -Oct. In shady localities. ^Natiiralized, common. — All 

 islands. 



464. E. sagittata, DC. (Prodr. vi, iWi) {Cacalia coichua, Siui.s.). 



Fl. all the year round. Naturalized in gardens. — St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 



{CaeaVia coccinca, Sims., is, according to DC. Prodr. vi, 332, a synonym 

 for EmiUa coccinea. This latter species does, however, not occur in the 

 Prodromus at all, and on a former page, 302, the Cacalia of Sims. is given 

 as syncmymous with E. sagittata.) 



465. Leria nutans, DC. 



Fl. June-March. In .shady localities on hills, not uncommon. — All 



islands. 



466. Brachyrhamphus intybaceus, DC. (.Tacq. Icon.Rar. i. t. KvJ). 



I'l. all tlic year round. Near dwellings and in waste places, a com- 

 iiKta weed. — All i.siands. 



467. Sonchus oleraceus, I.. ^\. W'iM Salad). 



I"l. all the yv.w lound. AclK-niuin mostly t-i'urrowed. Along roads 

 and near dwellings, common. — All islands. 



{Clni/sof/onum divhotomum, sp. nov., N'alil. mentioned in West, j). 303, 

 as occurring in St. Croix, is not describetl in any of Vahfs publications ; 



