TO FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



501. E. barbata, Dc-sv. 



iSt. Croix; St. Thoiuas (DC. Pnulr. viii, 453). 



[Cultivated species : Allumanda cathartita, L., and TaberiKvnwntana 

 cupcnsisj L. (v. Cape Jessamine).] 



ASCLEPlADACEiE. 



502. Metastelma parviflorum, K. Dr. 

 St. Tlioinas (Ducliass). 



503. M. Schlechtendalii, Dies. (J/, alhijiorum, Gris.). 



Fl. all the year round. In dry thickets, very coniinoii. — All i.slands. 

 (The specific distinction of Grisebach's si)ecies does not seem to be 

 sufficiently permanent to justify a separation into two.) 



504. Asclepias curaasavica, L. (v. Wild Ipecacuana). 



Fl. all the year round. Eoot used as an emetic. Along roads and 

 ditches, coinnion. — ^Ul islands. 



505. A. uivea, L. 



St. Thomas (Gris. Fl. 410). 



506. Sarcostemma Bro-wnei, Mt-y. 



St. Thomas (West, p. 278, as Asclepias riininaUs, Sw.). 



507. Calotropis procera, R. IU-. (v. Silk Catti'm). 



Fl. all the year round. Xatur.alized in dry localities, commtMi. — All 

 islands. 



508. Ibatia murlcata, Gris. 



V]. ;ill tlie year round. In dry tliickcis, roimnon. — All island.'^. 



509. Fischeria scandens, DC. 



Fl. Aug. ]n forests, rare. — St. Croix (Spring-gut). 

 [Cultivated species; Hof/a carnosa, W. 1\y. (v. Wax-flower) and Ste- 

 Ithanotis Jlorihunda, A. lirongn.] 



COIVVOLVl I.AC'E.E. 



510. Ipomcea bona-nox, I-. 



Fl. Oct.-May. Naturalized in ganh-iis.— St. Crobc ; St. Thomas, 



511. I. Tuba, Don. 



I'l. all the year round. On shrubs near the coast, uncommon.— All 

 islands. 



