BRIXTON: THE VEGETATION OF ANEGADA 567 



Siiriana maritima. This we found abundant in sandy parts 



of the west end. 

 Bignojtia Leucoxylon, on islands in the Flamingo Pond. This 

 is evidently Tahebuia heterophylla, which we saw at several 

 points. 

 Species of Malpighia, Mimosa, Eugenia, Croton, Agave, and 

 Epidendrum are mentioned as plants not observed by him 

 on the other Virgin islands. His Mimosa may be the tree 

 here described as a new Acacia; we found species of the 

 other four genera. 

 Malpighia angustijolia, which he records as in great abun- 

 dance about the settlement, is evidently M. linearis. 

 Malpighia urens, west of the settlement. 

 Malpighia (perhaps coccifera) , growing with M. urens. 

 Laurus Culilaban. — We saw no Lauraceae. 

 Coccoloha Uvifera, in great quantities at the west end, where 



we also found it abundant. 

 Rhizophora Mangle, which is abundant. 

 Scaevola Lobelia, which is what we call Scaevola Plumieri 



and is plentiful on coastal sands. 

 Robijzia squamata "with showy yellow flowers," is evidently 



Pictetia aculeata. 

 Agave vivipara, probably Furcraea. 



A Croton, "which, amongst the Virgin Islands, is peculiar 

 to Anegada, seems to extend over the whole island." We 

 saw only Croton discolor. 

 A red Ulva, on margins of ponds. 

 During our visit of two days, specimens of 123 species of land 

 plants were obtained ; the collection is probably insufficient to base 

 any general conclusions upon, because, presumably, there are more 

 species growing there ; we took a specimen of every species we saw, 

 examined at least a square mile of the sandy plain toward the 

 west end and an equal area of the rocky plain toward the east 

 end, and the surface conditions are very uniform, but we did not 

 have time to traverse the whole island. I hope that a collector 

 may be located there for a considerable period of time and the 

 entire flora ascertained. 



It is probable that some of the species of trees and shrubs ori- 

 ginally growing on Anegada have been exterminated. Schom- 



