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modium spirale DC] Hillsides and banks, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze. [Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.; 

 Desmodium tortuosum DC] ' Banks, hillsides and thickets, St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix. 



Meibomia scorpiurus (Sw.) Kuntze. [Hedysarum scorpiuriis 

 Sw.; Desmodium scorpiurus Desv.] Grassy places, St. Thomas (ac- 

 cording to Grisebach) ; St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



LouREA VESPERTiLiONis (L.) Desv. [Hedysarum vespertilionis L.] 

 Naturalized in gardens, St. Thomas; St. Croix (according to Eggers). 

 Planted for ornament. 



Alysicarpus nummularifolius (L.) DC [Hedysarum nummu- 

 laris olium L.; H. vaginale L.; Alysicarpus vaginalis DC] Waste and 

 cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ecastophyllum Ecastophyllum (L.) Britton. [Hedysarum Ecasto- 

 phyllum L.; Pterocarpus Ecastophyllum of West; Ecastophyllum 

 Brownei Pers.; Dalbergia Ecastophyllum Taubert.] Coastal thickets, 

 St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Drepanocarpus lunatus (L. f.) Meyer. [Pterocarpus lunatus 

 L. f.] Coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix (according to West 

 and to Eggers). 



ICHTHYOMETHIA PisciPULA (L.) Hitchc. [Erythriua Piscipula L.; 

 Piscidia Erythrina L.; P. Piscipula Sargent.] Thickets and wood- 

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



Andira jamaicensis (W. Wright) Urban. [Geoffraea jamaicensis 

 (inermis) W. Wright; G. inermis Sw. ; Andira inermis H.B.K.; 

 Vouacapoua americana of Millspaugh.] Woods and along rivulets, 

 St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Abrus Abrus (L.) W. F. Wight. [Glycine Ahrus L. ; Abrus 

 praecatorius L.] Thickets and hedges, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Clitoria ternatea L. [Terftatea vulgaris H.B.K.] Thickets 

 and hedges, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze. [Clitoria virginiana L.; 

 Centrosema virginianum Benth.; C. virginianum angustifoUum Griseb.] 

 Banks, fields and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. (^roix. 



Bradburya Plumieri (Turp.) Kuntze. [Clitoria Plitmieri Turp.; 

 Centrosema Plumieri Benth.] Sugar Estate, St. Thomas. 



Teramnus labialis Spreng. [T. uncinatus albiflorus Eggers.] 

 Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Erythrina corallodendron L. Hillsides, St. Thomas; St. 

 Croix. Planted for shade and ornament. 



Erythrina horrida Eggers. Hillside, Flag Hill, St. Thomas. 

 Recorded from all three islands by Eggers. 



