20 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



vated, mainly of St. Croix, a few from St. Thomas and St. Jan. Some of 

 the descriptions are by Vahl. A number of the plants listed have not been 

 observed on St. Croix by subsequent collectors and some of them are obscure. 

 The author was rector of a school at Christiansted. The book is very rare. 

 I am indebted to The New York Public Library for a photostat copy. 

 Andre Pierre Ledru. "Voyage aux iles de Teneriffe, La Trinite, Saint-Thomas, 

 Sainte Croix et Porto Ricco, execute par ordre du gouvernement frangais, 

 depuis le 30 septembre 1796 jusqu' au 7 juin 1798, sous la direction du capitaine 

 Baudin, pour faire des recherches et des collections relatives a I'histoire natur- 

 elle; contenant des observations sur le climat, le sol, la population, I'agricul- 

 ture, les productions de ces iles, le caractere, lea moeurs et le commerce de 

 leurs habitants." Ouvrage accompagne de notes et d'additions par M. 

 Sonnini. Avec une tres belle carte gravee par J. B. Tardieu d'apres Lopez. 

 Paris. 2 vol. 18 10. 



Ledru was the botanist and Anselme Riedle the gardener of an expedition 

 sent out by the Paris Museum of Natural History 1 796-1 798. Unfortunately, 

 many of the specimens attributed to St. Thomas were in all probability col- 

 lected on Porto Rico. Many Hving plants were brought back to the Jardin 

 des Plantes. The botanical parts of the report are general and not extensive. 

 D. F. L. de Schlechtendal. "Florula insulae Sti. Thomae Indiae occidentalis." 

 Linnaea, 3: 251-276; 4: 78-93; 5: 177-200, 682-688; 6: 722-772. 1828-1831. 

 About 400 species are enumerated. The plants were collected by C. A. 

 Ehrenberg, a merchant, in the years 1827 and 1828. The records are anno- 

 tated and there are some descriptions. 

 Henry Krebs. "Catalogue of plants found on the island of St. Thomas, W. I." 

 1852. [In John P. Knox: A historical account of St. Thomas, W. I., with 

 its rise and progress in commerce, missions and churches, climate and its 

 adaptation to invalids, geological structure, natural history and botany. 

 New York. ] 



Over 1,200 plants are enumerated alphabetically, including many in culti- 

 vation and some algae. Many of the records can not now be substantiated. 

 Krebs had previously published an account of the geographic distribution of 

 the Flora of St. Thomas. 

 J. P. Knox. "Catalogue des plantes qui naissent spontanement dans I'isle de Saint- 

 Thomas." 1857. [Memorie della r. Acad, di Torino, II, 16: Ixxvi- 

 Ixxxix.] 



This is essentially the same document as the preceding. 

 H. F. A. Eggers. "St. Croix's Flora." Vidensk. Meddel. Kj0benhavn. Pp. 33- 

 158. 1876. 



Baron Eggers was a Danish official on St. Croix from 1869 to 1874, and 

 made extensive botanical collections. He records 738 species, with anno- 

 tations. 

 H. F. A. Eggers. "Flora of St. Croix and the Virgin Islands, West Indies." Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 13. Pp. 133. 1879. 



Baron Eggers was in command of Danish troops on St. Thomas during 

 most of the period between 1874 and 1887, and visited St. Jan. In this cat- 

 alogue he enumerates 881 indigenous or naturalized species, with annotations, 

 and also records many of the plants in cultivation. 

 H. F. A. Eggers. "Supplement til St. Croix's og Jomfru0ernes Flora." Vidensk. 

 Meddel. Kj0benhavn, pp. 11-21. 1889. 



This work contains additional records to those previously published by 

 the author. 



