G8 FLOKA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIKGIN ISLANDS. 



473. 5. Sideroxylcn, Oris. (v. Bully wood). 



Xot seen in flower. A tall tree, affording a spleiKlid piir]»l(', very 

 hard timber. In fore.st.^, rare. — St. Jau (Baas Gut). 



479. Siderosylon Mastichcdendron, Jacq. (v. Mastic). 



n. Au<,^-Sept. An excellent t ind)er tree. In forests, rare. — St. Croix 

 (Lebanon Hill); St. Thomas (Northsido Bay); St. Jan (Baas Gut) 

 (Montserrat, Ryan in Hb. Havn.). 



480. Dipholis salicifolia, DC. 



Fl. Feb.-March. In thickets and forests. — St. Croix (not uncommon 

 in the western i)art of the island) ; St. Jan (Klein Cancel Bay). 



481. Bumelia cuneata, S\v. (v. Break-bill). 



Fl. Feb.-April. r.ranches often transformed into long spines. Very 

 good timber tree. Along the coast principally in marshy soil, not un- 

 common. — All islands. 



482. Lucuma multiflora, DC. {Achras macrophyUa, Valil in Hl>. Ilavn.). 



Fl. June-July and Dec-Jan. Leaves as much as Ih' long. — St. Croix 

 (Hb. Ha\ni. from Wills Bay) ; St. Thomas (here and there in forests j 

 Signal Hill, 1500'). 



STYRACEiE. 



483. Symplocos martiuiceusis, .Ja«ii. 



I'l. JMarch-Au.u. In forests on high hills. Flowers fragrant. — St. 

 Thomas (Signal Hill above 1200', not uncommon). 



EBEIVACE^. 



484. Maccreightia caribaea, A. DC. 



Vieques (Duchassaing sec. Gris. System. Unters. p. 01). 



OLEACE.E. 



485. Liiiociera compacta. IJ. Rr. 



• FL May-Oct. In forests, rather common. — St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 



486. Forestiera poriilosa, I'nir. a) and ,,?) Jacquiiiii, I'giT. (Jacii. Ic Uar. t. n*J.".). 

 J'l. Felt, and Se])t.-Oct. h\ thickets near the coast, uncommon. — '/) 



St. Thomas (Cowell's Hill) ; ft) St. Croix (northern shore near Claremont). 



.fAS.lII.-VArE.E. 



487. Jasminum pubescens, W. (v. Star .Tos.saniini>). 



Fl. all tlic year round. Naturalized in gardcMis. — All islands. 

 [Cultivated species: J. officinale^ \j.', J. rci'olntum, L. (v. Xepaul Jes- 

 fiamiue), aiul Xyctanllics Sdmhac, L. (v. Double Jessamine).] 



