102 FLOKA or bT. CKOIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



047. Pappopho:uni slopccuroides, Valil. 



Fl. l'\'l).-3Iuich. I'-o' liigh. Ai!i()ii<;- rocks near the coast, rare. — 

 lliick Island, near St. Thomas; A'irgin Gorda (Vabl iu iSymb. J5()t. iii. 10). 



848. Bouteloua litigiosa, Lag. 



n. Oct.-Jan. Anthers red; stigmas wliite. In thickets and waste 

 l^laces, not iincomnion. — vSt. Tliomas (Cowell's Hill — Town). 



849. Leptochloa mucronata, Ktb. 



Fl. ]May-Oct. Si)ikelets often 1 -flowered. Alon;: ditches, not nn 

 coniinou. — St. Croix. 



050. L. virgata, V. Br. a), /3) gracilis, Ns., auil >) luultiflora, Kgj?. 



Fl. May-Dec. Anthers white; stigmas purple. ;') spikelets 9-flow- 

 ered. Awns very short; fertile glumes not ciliate. Along roads, com- 

 mon. — a) and fi) all islands ; y) St. Croix (Work and Eest). 



851. Chloris eleusiuoides, Gris. 



Fl. ]May-Xov. Along ditches, here and there. — St. Croix (Beeston 

 Jlill, Mount Welcome). 



852. Ch. radiata, S\v. 



Fl. May-Oct. Stigmas browu. Gregarious along roads, common. — 

 All islands. 



853. Ch. ciliata, Sw. 



Fl. Feb.-Sei)t. Anthers rosy. My specimens show only one sterile 

 flower in each spikelet besides the fertile one (see Swartz\s I'lora Ind. 

 Occ. p. 180). Along roads, not uncommon. — All islaiid.s. 



054. Dactylocteniiini aegyptiacum, W. (v. Tcu-pcr-cfiit Gniss). 



Fl. March-Nov. Anthers straw-coloured; stigmas white. A good 

 pasture-grass. Along roads and in fields, comjiion. — All islands. 



855. Eleusiue indica, L. 



Fl. .March-Dec. Anthers greyish; stigiaas purple. Common every- 

 wher<'. — All islands. 



056. Cynodon Dactylon, IVrs. (v. Ray Gra.s.s, Rilly fJra.ss). 



J'l. May-Oct. Anthers straw-coloured, with jmrplc spots; stigmas 

 purple. A good i)asture-grass, and lit for making good hay, but at the 

 same time a mo.st troublesome weetl in cane-fields on account of its long 

 and creeping rhizome. Said to have been introduced. Along the coast 

 and in lidds, gregarious. — St. Croix and St. Thomas (very conunon); St. 

 .Ian (uuconunon, Little IMantation). 



