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Epidendrum ciliare L. On shaded rocks and trees, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Epidendrum cochleatum L. On trees, Mt. Eagle and Jacob's 

 Peak, St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



Epidendrum patens Sw. On rocks, Signal Hill, St. Thomas (ac- 

 co ding to Eggers). 



Epidendrum carinatum Vahl, of St. Croix, is a species unknown 

 to modern botanists. 



Tetramicra elegans (Hamilt.) Cogn. [Cyrtopodium elegans' 

 Hamilt.; Epidendrum subaequale Eggers.] Rocky hillsides, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Brassavola cucullata (L.) R. Br. [Epidendrum cucullatum L.] 

 On rocks, St. Thomas. 



lONOPSis UTRiCULARioiDES (Sw.) Lindl. [Epidendrum utricidari- 

 oides Sw.] St. Thomas (according to Cogniaux). 



Oncidium Leiboldi Rchb. f. Flag Hill, St. Thomas (according to 

 Cogniaux). 



Oncidium variegatum Sw. On shrubs and trees, rarely on rocks, 

 St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Oncidium intermedium Bertero. [0. Lemonianum Lindl.] For- 

 ests and thickets, rare, Picaria Peninsula and Fortuna, St. Thomas 

 (according to Eggers). 



CASUARINACEAE 



Casuarina EQUiSETiFOLiA L. Planted; occasionally spontaneous 

 on St. Thomas. 



PIPERACEAE 



Piper Amalago L. [P. medium Jacq. ; P. Sieberi C. DC] Wood- 

 lands and forests, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Piper dilatatum L. C. Rich. [Piper Bredermyeri of Eggers and 

 of Millspaugh.] Shaded valleys, St. Croix. 



Piper blattarum Spreng. Forests, Crown and Signal Hill, St. 

 Thomas (according to Eggers) ; known otherwise only from Porto 

 Rico. 



Piper reticulatum L. St. Croix (according to West). 



Piper auritum Kunth, is recorded by C. de Candolle, with doubt, 

 as collected on St. Thomas by Friedericksthal ; the record is probably 

 erroneous. 



Piper tenuiflorum Vahl, St. Croix (according to West). A 

 species not understood by modern botanists. 



Piper incurvum Sieb., is recorded from St. Croix; the record is 

 questioned by C. de Candolle. 



