80 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



ACAl^TIIACE^. 



616. Ruellia tuberosa. L. (v. Christmas-pride). 



Fl. all the year round; most abundantly towards Clnistinas. Along 

 r()a«ls and ditches, coniinon. — All islands. 



617. R. strepens, L. 



St. Croix (Iscrt sec. DC. Prodr. xi, ll'l). 



618. Stemonacauthus coccineus, Oris. 



Fl. Jan.-April. Cleistogamous flowers in July: also an intermediate 

 form between cleistogamous and normal flowers. Jn shady forests, 

 ijire. — St. Croix (Caledonia, "Wills Bay); St. Jau (Bordeaux Uills); St. 

 Thomas (Wydl. .«ec. DC. Prodr. xi, 217). 



619. Blechnum Brownei, .Jii.ss. (v. Penguin nalsaiu). 



Fl. Dec.-April. Used against cough. In pastures and along ditches, 

 coniinon. — All islands. 



620. Barleria lupulina, Limll. (Hot. Reg. t. \i<i). 



Fl. Dec.-April. Naturalized near dwellings and in gardens. — St. 

 Thomas ; St. Jan. 



621. Thyrsacanthus nitidus, Xs. 



St. Croix (v. Bohr sec. Symb. Bot. ii, 5, and Isert see. DC. Prodr. xi, 

 .".27); St. Thomas (Xees). 



622. Dianthera pectoralis, Mnrr. (v. Garden Balsam). 



Fl. Dec-March. Used against coughs. jSaturalized near dwellings 

 and in gardens. — All islands. 



623. D. sessilis, Gri.s. {Jitxficia paucifora, Valil in Kciog. Ani. i, 2). 



Fl. .luuc-.Iuly. Flowers often cleistogamous. Ivhizome perennial. 

 Tn thi<-k<'ts, here and then*.— St. Croix (Salt BivcrV, St. Thomas. 



624. Justicia carthagenensis, .Tacq. 



y\. Dfc -:\Iarch. Along ditches and in forests.— .Ml islands. 



625. J. reflexiflora, Rich. (Valil's Enuni. Riant, i. V>7^. var. glnndulosa. I'.gg. 



11. all the year round. Bracts densely glanduliferous. Seeds glo- 

 bose, In-own^ IMocuiiibciit among bushes. — St. Croix (rare. Fair Plain); 

 St. Thomas; I'.uck Island (not uncommon). 



626. J. periplocajfolia, .Jacq. 

 St. Thomas (Schl.). 



627. Beloperone nemorosa, \t < s. 



I'l. ,lan.-March. Calyx one-sixth of the Icn-th of tiic coi<»lla. In 

 forests, rare. — St. Croix (Caledonia, llam's Blufl \ alley). 



