570 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 



COMMELINA ELEGANS H.B.K. 



Frequent on the rocky plain. St. Thomas:— Florida; Bermuda; 

 West Indies and continental tropical America. 



FURCRAEA TUBEROSA Ait. f. 



On the rocky plain near the settlement. Probably introduced. 

 Porto Rico; Vieques; Culebra; St. Croix:— St. Kitts. 

 Agave missionum Trelease. 



Frequent on the rocky plain. Virgin Gorda; St. Jan; St. 

 Thomas; Culebra. 



Ibidium lucayanum Britton. 



Occasional under bushes on the rocky plain. Florida ; Bahamas ; 

 Porto Rico. 



Epidendrum papilionaceum Vahl. 



Frequent on low trees and shrubs. Virgin Gorda; Tortola; St. 

 Thomas; Culebra; Vieques: — Hispaniola; Alona; Porto Rico; 

 St. Barts. Recorded from the Bahamas and St. Croix. 



Tetramicra ELEGANS (Hamilt.) Cogn. 



Frequent on the sandy plain, West End. St. Jan; St. Thomas; 

 St. Croix: — Porto Rico; Antigua; Guadeloupe. 



Batis maritima L. 



Common in salinas, West End. St. Thomas; Culebra; Vieques; 

 St. Croix: — southeastern United States; southern California; 

 Bahamas; Jamaica; Cuba; Hispaniola; Porto Rico; Anguilla; 

 Martinique; Margarita; Bonaire; Curasao; continental tropical 

 America; Sandwich Islands. 



PiLEA TENERRIMA Miquel. 



Occasional on the rocky plain. Florida; Bahamas; Cuba; 

 Jamaica. 



PiLEA trianthemoides (Sw.) Lindl. 



Occasional on the rocky plain. West Indies. 

 Dendropemon caribaeus Krug & Urban. 



On a tree near the settlement. St. Jan ; St. Thomas ; St. Croix :— 

 Porto Rico; Antigua to St. Vincent. 



SCHOEPFIA obovata C. Wright. 



Occasional on the sandy plain, West End. Bahamas; Cuba; 

 Porto Rico. 



