94 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 



770 Pedilauthus tithymaloides, Poit. a), /?) padifollus, Poit., aii.l y) angusti- 

 folius, Poit. 

 11. all the year louiul. Tn tliickets and gaidcns. iiiicoiimioii. — All 

 islands. 

 All Euplwrbiacecc are proterog^Tious. 



I (Cultivated species: Jatroj}ha paudurafoUa, Andr., Codkvnm varieffa- 

 tum, ]\liill. a) pktum^ Euphorbia pulchei-rima^ ^Y., E. splendcns, Bqj., and 

 E. antiquorum, L.] 



URTICACE.*:. 



771. Celtis trinervia, Lam. 



Fl. June-Dee. In forests and tliickets, not nncomiuon. — All islands. 



772. C. aculeata, Sw. n) ami fi) serrata. 



Fl. ^Tarch-Sept. Proterogynous. Both fomis not uncoiiiinttu in 

 thickets. — All islands. 



773. Sponia micrantha, Docs. 



Fl. April-Sept. In forests, here and there. — All islands. 



774. Ficus crassinervia, Desf. 



Fl. Jan. In forests, not uneoninion. — St. Croix (Crequis, Wills Bay). 



775. F. trigonata. T>. 



F'l. ;May-Aug. In forests. — St. Croix (rare, Crequis"): ^■ir.^•in Islands 

 (not uncommon). • 



776. F. Isevigata, Vahl. 



Fl. Jan.-March. lu forests and on rocks, not uncommon. — St. Croix 

 (Cre«]uis, Jacob's Peak). 



777. F. lentiginosa, Vahl. 



Fl. May. In forests on high hills, uncommon.— St. Thomas (Signal 

 Hill). 



778. F. populnea, W. 



IK July-Aug. Figs geminate in the axils, red with dark sjtots. 

 Oil rocks and epiphytic on trees, not uncommon. Long ai-rial root.s. — 

 All i.slauds. 



779. F. peduuculata, Ait. 



Fl. Jaii.-]May. F'igs red, generally inhabited by a suiall hymeuopte- 

 rous insect. On rocks, walls, and trees, common. Long aerial roots. — 

 All i.slauds. 



780. Artocarpus incisa, L. (v. Bread fruit-treo). 



Fl. May-July, l-'ruit not edible. Naturalized in shady valleys. — All 

 islands. 



781. Cecropia peltata, L. (v. 'I rniiiiMi-titf). 



I'l. Apiil-Juuc. hi shady forests, not uih'Ouiukui. — All islands. 



