106 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



891. Lappago aliena, Spreng. 



Fl. May-Dt'c. Sti^^iiias Aviiite. Generallj^ both spikclets fertile. 

 Xeur ditches and in tliieUets, comnion. — All islands. 



892. ^ndropogon saccharoides, L. 



11. Au^.-Oct. Anthers li^ht yellow; stigmas dark pmple. Awn not 

 twisted. Along roads, here and there. — St. Croix (Beestou Hill Grange). 



893. Anatherum bicorne, P. Br. (v. Jolly Gras.s). 



Fl. Jnly-Oct. 2'—^' high. Used for thatching roofs. >Tot eaten l)y 

 the cattle. Gregarious on high hills, where it is dillicult to counteract 

 its spreading, even by burning it now and then. — St. Thomas (northern 

 .slope of the highest ridge). 



894. Sorghum vulgare, Peivs. (v. Giiint'a Corn). 



n. Dec. 8'-lG' high. Xaturalized and cultivated for herbage and 

 for making flour of the grain. — All i.slaiuls, principally St. Croix and 

 Vierpu^s. 



895. Saccharum cfiScinarum, L. (v. Siif^ar-caiK-). 



n. Dec-May. Katuralized an<l culliN atcd. Sugar- growing islands 

 are now only two, viz., St. Croix and Vieques, whilst the other Virgin 

 Islands have only a very few cane estates, principally for .selling the 

 raw cane in the markets. The average i)vodnce of sugar from both the 

 above-mentioned islands is about 2."> million ])()uii(ls. The i»l;int is pi-oj»a- 

 gated by cuttings that are laid entirely under ground. 



(The genus ranicum excei>ted, all (iramindcea' are proterogynons.) 

 [Cultivated species: Andropoijon Svhananihria^ L. (v. Lemon-grass), 

 Zea Mays, L. (v. Indian Corn), and Coix Lacrt/ma, L. (v. Job's Tears).] 



cypeka€e;e. 



896. Cyperus polystachyus, Rottb. 



V\. -Inly. On liigli liill.s, rare.— St. Tlionias (("lown. I.'.OO'). 



897. C. l^vigatus, L. (Cod. ]>. til) {('. miicroiKihis, Unilh.). a) albidus. 



11. .March- Oct. Connective i)ointed. Along rixnlrts, nut uncom- 

 mon.— St. Croix; St. Thomas (Sehl., iJiickeler). 



893. C. compressus, L. 



Fl. Dec. I'lowcis 1' androns. Near 1 he coast in iiioisl phiccs, uncom- 

 mon. — ."-^t. 'Ihoiiias (lla\cn Sight). 

 899. C. coufertus, Sw. 



Fl. Dec. In Ihickct.s, here and there. — St. Thomas (Cowelfs IJill); 

 St. Croix (Gris. Fl. o03). 



