74 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



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547. Cordia GerascauthuB, Jatfi. /3) subcanescens (v. Rosewood, Cuppar). 



Fl. Oct. All cxcc'lk'nt timber tree. In forests, not very eoimuon. — 

 A'ir<;in Island. 



548. C. alba, R. S. (v. White Maujack). 



Fi. jMareli-Seyt. In thickets and along roads, not uncommon. — St. 

 Croix (eastern i)art of the island). 



549. C. Sebestena, .Tacq. u) (Bot. Mag. t. 794). /3) rubra, Egg. (v. Scarlet Cordia, 



Fluytc boom). 



Fl. all the year round, ft) leaf-ribs red; calyx scarlet as the corolla. 

 Both forms common in forests and i)lanted near dwellings. — All islands. 



550. C. Collccocca, L. (v. Maujack). 



Fl. March-April. Precocious. In forests, common. — All islands. 



551. C. nitida, Vahl. 



Fl. -laii.-Feb. and Sept.-Oct. Flowers slightly odorous. In forests, 

 not unconunon. — All islands. 



552. C. laevigata. Lam. 



St. Thomas (Schl.). 



553. C. sulcata, DC. 



Fl. June. Leaves up to 1^' long. In forests, not common. — Virgin 

 Islands ; St. Croix (West, p. 275). 



554. C. ulmifolia, .Tn.s.s. a) ovata, /i) ovalis, and ;. ) Ifneata. 



Fl. .May-Aug. In dry thickets, common. — '-<) all islands ; ft) St. Thomas 

 (Ledru) ; y) St. Croix (West). 



555. C. cylindiistachya, Sprengl. a) portoricensis, Sprgl. /?) floribunda, Sprgl. 



(>) graveolens, Klli. 

 FL all the year round. Ou dry hills. All three forms common. — St. 

 Croix ; St. 'J'liomas. 



556. C. martinicensis, R. S. 



St. Croix (Griseb. Fl. p. 481). 



557. C. globc^a, Ktli. 



I'l. Jiily-Scpf. In thickets, not uncommon. — St. Croix; St. Thomas. 



558. Beurieria succulenta, .Tacq. (v. .Tiniipi r). 



i'l. .hine-Se})t. In forests and thickets, common. — All islands. 



559. Rochefortia acanthophora, (Jri.s. 



I'l. ,Junc-Sci»t. hi thickets. — St. Croix (rare. Fair IMain. Jacob's 

 Feakj ; A'irgin Islands (not uncomimui). 



