90 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 



EUPIIORBIACE^. 



727. Bu2UB Vahlii, Baill. (DC. Protlr. xvi, i, p. l(i) {Tricera laviyutd, .S\v., var. SaJicta- 



Cntcia, Eggcrs in Fl. St. Crucis, p. 111). 

 VI. Jime-Oct. Oil limestone, rare.— St. Croix (Stony Ground). 



728. Savia sessiliflora, W. (Spec. Plaut. iv, p. 771). 



I'l. rlinu-JJcr. In thickets on dry liills, not uncommon. — All Islands. 



729. Phyllanthus acuminatus, Vnhl (Syuib. Bot. ii, 95). 



St. Thomas (Herb. DC. sec. DC. Prodr. xv, ii, 381). Vahl, however, 

 gives only Cayenne (Eohr) as habitat. 



730. Ph. Niruri, L. (v. Creole Cliiiiine). 



Fl. all the year round. Very common in gardens and along roads. — 

 All islands. 



731. Ph. distichus, Miill. (DC. Prodr. 1. c. 413) {Cicca, L.) (v. Gooseberry). 



Fl. Juiu'-Scpt. Fruit used for preserves. Naturalized near dwell- 

 ings. — All i.><lands. 



732. Ph. nobilis, Miill. (1. c. 41.'j). v) Antillana {Cieca, Ju.s.s.) (v. Gongora-hont). 

 Fl. July, and afterwards precocious in Dec-Jan. In forests, not un- 

 common. — All islands. 



733. Ph. falcatU3, Sw. (v. Boxwood). 



]"'l. all the year round. In mar.shy soil, not uncommon. — Vieques. 



734. Securinega acidothamnus, Miill. (1. 0.451) (Fliiggia, Gris.). 



Fl. ]\Iay-,luiM'. In thickets, not uncommon. — St. Croix (eastern part 

 of the ishmd). 



(I have adoi)tcd i\Iiiller's generic name, Fliif/f/ea being an older name 

 for a genus of Ophiopogoneic established by L. C. llichard.) 



735. Drypetes laevigata, Gris. ined. (£'jrc<rcflna poh/andra, Gris. Cat. PI. Cub. p. 20, 



& Idamio.s. iicuer Euphorb. p. 1^-0). 



Fl. Sept. <? . 1 have not found the female flower nor fruit, and am 

 therefore not able to supply the deliciency in this respect in Griso- 

 bach'.s Diagno.si.s. — St. Croix (Fair riain) ; St. Jan (Cinnamon Bay). 



736. D. glauca, Vabl. 



St. Croix (111.. ll:ivn. Kyan, IJohr; '-Hollow berry of Bugby nole*") 

 (Montserrat, Byan in IIIi. Ilavn.). 



737. Croton abtroites, .Ml. (v.Wliitc Mariiu). 



Fl. Dec.-.July. Style H! branched. In dry thickets, very common. — 

 All islands. 



