96 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



LuFFA ACUTANGULA (L.) Roxb., accredited to St. Thomas by 

 Cogniaux as collected by Finlay, was really from Trinidad. 



CucuMis Anguria L. Fields and banks, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



CucUMis SATivus L. Cultivated for its fruit. 



CucuMis Melo L. Cultivated for its fruit. 



CucuRBiTA Lagenaria L. [Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.; L. vulgaris 

 viscosa Eggers; L. Lagenaria Cockerell.] Waste grounds, spontaneous 

 after cultivation, St. Thomas; St. Croix. Cultivated for its fruit. 



CucuRBiTA FiciFOLiA Bouche is recorded by Millspaugh as escaped 

 from cultivation on St. Croix. 



Pepo moschata (Duch.) Britton. [Cucurhita moschata Duch.; C. 

 Pepo of Eggers.] Spontaneous after cultivation, St. Thomas; St. 

 Croix. 



Cayaponia AMERICANA (Lam.) Cogn. [Bryonia americana Lam.; 

 B. ficifolia Vahl; Trianosperma graciliflora Griseb.; T. ficifolia of 

 Eggers; Cayaponia graciliflorum Griseb.] Woods and thickets, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Cultivated for its fruit. 



CiTRULLUS CiTRULLUS (L.) Karst. [C. vulgaris Schrad.] Culti- 

 vated for its fruit. 



CocciNiA CORDIFOLIA (L.) Cogn. [Cephalandra indica Naud.] 

 Cultivated; recorded by Eggers as naturalized in shaded valleys, St. 

 Croix. 



LOBELIACEAE 



IsoTOMA LONGIFLORA (L.) Presl. [Lobelia longiflora L.] Moist 

 banks, fields and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix (according 

 to Eggers). 



GOODENIACEAE 



ScAEVOLA Plumierii (L.) Vahl. [Lobelia Plumierii L.] Coastal 

 sands, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



CICHORIACEAE 



SoNCHUS OLERACEUS L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Lactuca intybacea Jacq. [Brachyramphus intybaceus DC] 

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



Lactuca sativa L. Cultivated for salad. 



AMBROSIACEAE 



Xanthium longirostre Wallr. [X. orientale of Schlechtendal: 

 X. macrocarpum of Eggers; A^. strumarium of Millspaugh; X. echi- 



