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natum of Urban.] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; all 

 islands (according to Eggers). 



Ambrosia cumanensis H.B.K. [A. artemisiaefolia trinitensis 

 Griseb.] Waste places, St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



CARDUACEAE 



Struchium sparganophorum (L.) Kuntze. [Etkulia spargano- 

 phora L.; Sparganophorus Vaillantii Crantz.] Moist grounds, St. 

 Thomas (according to Eggers). 



Vernonia SERiCEA L. C. Rich. [Lepidoploa phyllostachya Cass.; 

 Vernonia arhorescens Swartziana, Lessingiana and divaricata of Eggers; 

 V. arhorescens of Schlechtendal and of Millspaugh; V. phyllostachya 

 Gleason; Cacalia arhorescens Lessingiana Kuntze.] Thickets, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Vernonia albicaulis Pers. [V. longifolia Pers.; V. Vahliana 

 Less.; V. thomae Benth.; V. punctata of Eggers and of Millspaugh; 

 Cacalia thomae Kuntze; ? Conyza friiticosa of West.] Thickets, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less. [Conyza cinerea L.] Waste and 

 cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



PiPTOCOMA rufescens Cass. Thickets, Water Island, St. Thomas ; 

 St. Jan. 



Elephantopus mollis H.B.K. [E. tomentosus of Millspaugh.] 

 Banks, fields and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Pseudelephantopus spicatus (Juss.) Rohr. [Elephantopus spi- 

 catus Juss.; Distreptus spicatus Rohr.] Banks, fields, hillsides and 

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



Ageratum CONYZOIDEs L. [Carelia conyzoides rohusta Kuntze.] 

 Banks, fields and roadsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



EuPATORiUM macrophyllum L. [HehecUnium macro phyllum DC] 

 Forests, St. Thomas; St. Croix (according to West and to Eggers). 



Eupatorium odoratum L. [E. conyzoides Vahl.] Banks, hill- 

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



Eupatorium cuneifolium Willd., cited by Eggers from DeCandolle 

 (Prodr. 5: 177) as from St. Thomas, was not from our island St. 

 Thomas. 



Eupatorium atriplicifolium Lam. [E. repandumWiWd.; Erig- 

 eron atriplicifolium of Millspaugh.] Hillsides and coastal thickets, 

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



Eupatorium sinuatum Lam. [E. canescens Vahl.] Rocky thick- 

 ets, St. Thomas (according to DeCandolle); rocky hillsides, St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



