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NYMPHAEACEAE 



Castalia ampla (DC.) Salisb. [Nymphaea ampla DC; N. ampla 

 parvifolia Eggers.] In rivulets and ponds, St. Croix. 



MENISPERMACEAE 



CissAMPELOS Pariera L. [C. piicrocarpa DC] Woods and 

 thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan. 



Hyperbaena laurifolia (Poir.) Urban. [Cissampelos laurif alius 

 Poir. ; Cocculiis laurif olius of Eggers.] Woodlands, St. Thomas. 



Hyperbaena domingensis (DC.) Benth. [Cocculus domingensis 

 DC] Forest, near St. Peter, St. Thomas (according to Eggers). The 

 species is not accredited to St. Thomas by Urban (Symb. Ant. i : 306). 

 Eggers's record probably refers to H. laurifolia. 



ANNONACEAE 



OxANDRA LAURIFOLIA (Sw.) A. Rich. [Uvaria laurifolia Sw.; 

 U. excelsa Vahl.] St. Croix (according to West). 



Guatteria caribaea Urban. [G. Ouregou Griseb., not Dunal.] 

 St. Thomas (according to Grisebach). 



Annona muricata L. Woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Annona palustris L. [A. glabra L.; A. laurifolia Dunal.] 

 Borders of marshes and coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Annona squamosa L. [Annona cinerea Dunal.] Woods, hill- 

 sides and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Annona reticulata L. Woods and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan ; St. Croix. 



Annona Montana Macf. Fredericksted, St. Croix. 



LAURACEAE 



Hufelandia pendula (Sw.) Nees. [Laurus pendula Sw.; H. 

 thomae Nees.] St. Thomas (DC. Prodr. 15^: 65); recorded from St. 

 Thomas as collected by Riedle (Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 21). 



AcRODiCLiDiUM SALiciFOLiUM (Sw.) Griseb. Forests, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Persea Persea (L.) Cockerell. [Laurus Persea L.; Persea 

 americana Mill.; P. gratissima Gaertn. f.] Spontaneous after plant- 

 ing, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Phoebe cubensis Nees. [P. antillana cuhensis Meissn.; P. 

 elongata of Eggers.] St. Croix (West, according to DC. Prodr. 15': 

 31, and also recorded by Mez). 



