90 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



Brunfelsia AMERICANA L. [B. americatia puhescens Griseb.] 

 Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. Sometimes 

 planted for ornament. 



Petunias are planted in gardens. 



SCROPHULARIACEAE 



Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small. [Erinus procumhens 

 Mill.; Herpestis chamaedryoides H.B.K.; Lindernia dianthera Sw.; 

 Monniera dianthera Millsp.] Wet grounds, St. Croix. 



Herpestis stricta Schrad., accredited to St. Thomas by Bentham, 

 according to Eggers, is probably an error in record. 



Bramia Monniera (L.) Drake. [Gratiola Monniera L.; Herpestis 

 Monniera H.B.K..; Monniera Monniera Britton; M. calycinaKuntze.] 

 Wet sandy or muddy situations, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Capraria biflora L. [C. biflora pilosa of Eggers.] Fields, 

 banks, waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Vandellia diffusa L. St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



ScoPARiA DULCis L. [Capraria dulcis Kuntze.] Wet or moist 

 situations and in cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



RussELLiA equisetiformis Schl. & Cham. [R. jiincea Zucc] 

 Cultivated for ornament. 



Maurandya Barclayana Lindl. Cultivated for ornament. 



BIGNONIACEAE 



Macrodiscus lactiflorus (Vahl) Bureau. [Bignonia lactiflora 

 Vahl; Distictis lactiflora DC] Thickets and roadsides, St. Croix. 

 Cultivated on St. Thomas (according to Eggers). 



Cydista aequinoctialis (L.) Miers. [Bignonia aequinoctialis L. ; 

 B. spectabilis Vahl.] Forests and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Batocydia Unguis (L.) Mart. [Bignonia Unguis L.] Forests, 

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



Macrocatalfa LONGissiMA (Jacq.) Britton. St. Thomas (accord- 

 ing to Grisebach). The record is probably erroneous. 



Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton. [Raputia (?) hetero- 

 phylla DC; Tecoma Berterii of Eggers, not DC; Tecoma triphylla of 

 Kuntze; Tecoma Leucoxylon Mart.; Tecoma pentaphylla Leucoxylon 

 Kuntze.] Dry thickets, especially near the coasts, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan. 



Tabebuia pallida Miers. [Bignonia pentaphylla L.; Tecoma 

 pentaphylla Juss., not Tabebida pentaphylla Hemsl.; T. Leucoxylon 

 of Eggers.] Forests and hills and much planted for shade, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



