88 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AM> THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



POLYOO^ACE^. 



708. Coccoloba uvifera, Jacq. (v. Sea-grape). 



Fl. .1 lily-Dec. Wood hard, duik piiii)le, used for shipbuilding. On 

 the sandy .seashore, commou. Sometimes in the interior as high up as 

 120(1'.— All islands. 



709. C. leogauensis, Jacq. 



Fl. ^lay-July. Flowers in fascicles of 3-4, of which, however, one 

 only bears fruit. Drupe oval, violet, 4'" long. On sandy shores, rare. — 

 St. Croix (Sandy Point). 



710. C. rugosa, Do.sf. (DC. Prodr. xiv, 15'2 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4536). 

 St. Thomas (DC. Prodr. 1. cX 



711. C. laurifolia, Jacq. (Hurt. Selicenbr. iii, p. 9, t. 2G7). 



Fl. ]March-July. Leaves deciduous April to ]\Iay. Fruit purplish, 

 pointed at both ends. In thickets, hero and there. — St. Croix (Sandy 

 Point, Hard Labour). 



712. C. diversifolia, Jacq. 



Fl. May-July. O'-S' high. Along the coast, uncommon. — St. CroLs 

 (La Yalh^e, Claremout). 



713. C. obtusifolia, Jacq. 



St. Croix (West, p. 281). 



714. C. punctata, .Jacq. a) Jacquinii, ,3) barbadensis, Jacq., 6) parvifolia (v. Red 



AVddd, Rocbout), y) microstichya, W. 



Fl. Aug.-Dec. a) leaves as much as I'l' long. A shrul> or low tree. 

 «>) and y) common; a) and ,3) uncommon. — All islands. 



715. C. iiivea, .Jac(i. 



I'l. June-Sept. Flowers delicately odorous. Fruit white wlicn ripe. 

 In Ibrests, not uncommon. — All i.slands. 



{€. Klotzschiaiia, Meissn., and C. Kunthiaita, Meissn. (DC. Prodr. xiv, 

 155 and IGG), are said to have been found in St. Thomas, but tlu-y are 

 both very doubtful species, founded on single specimens, and have 

 therefore been here omitted.) 



[Cidtivated .species: Antigonon cordntnm. Mart. & Galeotti (v. Mexican 

 Wreath -plant), and Rumex resimriiis, L.] 



716. Ciuuamomuiu zeilaiiicum, Itl. 



V\. .V]>ril-]May. Naturalized in a few places in shady vidley.s. — St. 

 Croix (Cre(pii.s). 



