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LucuMA MULTiFLORA A. DC. [Achras multiflora Vahl, according 

 to Eggers.] Forests, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



SiDEROXYLON FOETiDissiMUM Jacq. [S. mastichodendfon Jacq.] 

 Forests, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



DiPHOLis SALiciFOLiA (L.) A. DC. [AcJiras salicijolia L.; Bumelia 

 salicifolia Sw .] Forests and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Bumelia obovata (Lam.) A. DC. [Sideroxylon obovatum Lam.; 

 B. cimeata Sw.] Coastal hillsides, shores and borders of marshes, 

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



Chrysophyllum Cainito L. St. Thomas; St. Croix, occasionally 

 planted, perhaps spontaneous. 



Chrysophyllum Eggersii Pierre. [C. microphyllum of Eggers; 

 ? C. oliviforme monopyrenum of Eggers.] Woods and hillsides, St. 

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



Chrysophyllum pauciflorum Lam. [C. glahrum of Eggers and 

 of Millspaugh; C. pauciflorum nervosum Pierre.] Forests and hill- 

 sides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. Otherwise known only from 

 Porto Rico. t 



Chrysophyllum bicolor Pierre. St. Thomas (according to 

 Pierre and Urban) ; known otherwise only from Porto Rico. 



Mimusops nitida (Sesse & M05.) Urban. [Sapota Sideroxylon 

 of Eggers.] Forests, St. Jan. Determined from foliage only; its 

 flowers and fruit have not been collected by botanists, and the identi- 

 fication is, therefore, uncertain. 



Mimusops Elengi L. Planted, St. Thomas. 



SYMPLOCACEAE 



Symplocos martinicensis Jacq. Forest, Signal Hill, St. Thomas, 



OLEACEAE 



Forestiera segregata (Jacq.) Krug & Urban. [Myrica segregata 

 Jacq.; Forestiera porulosa Poir; F. poriilosa Jacqiiinii Eggers.] 

 Thickets, St. Croix. 



Forestiera Eggersiana Krug & Urban. Thickets, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan. Known otherwise only on Culebra, Vieques and Virgin 

 Gorda, thus endemic in the Virgin Islands. 



Forestiera rhamnifolia Griseb. [Drypetes laevigata of Mills- 

 paugh.] Bluffs of Salt River, St. Croix. 



Mayepaea caribaea (Jacq.) Kuntze. [Chionanthus caribaea 

 Jacq.; C. compacta Sw.; Linociera compacta R. Br.] Forests, St. 

 Thomas; St. Croix. 



Jasminum Sambac (L.) Soland. [Nyctanthes Sambac L.; /. 

 quinqueflorum Heyne.] Spontaneous after planting, St. Croix. 



