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Illecebrum ficoideum L.; Alternanthera ficoidea R. Br.] Moist places 
and on shores, St. Thomas. 
ACHYRANTHES PORTORICENSIS (Kuntze) Standley. [Alternanthera 
portoricensis Kuntze.] Rocky hills, Little St. James Island, St. Jan. 
GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA L. Subspontaneous after cultivation, St. 
Thomas; St. Croix. : 
IRESINE ANGUSTIFOLIA Euphr.  [J. elatior L. C. Rich.] Thickets, 
and banks, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
PHILOXERUS VERMICULATUS (L.) R. Br. [Illecebrum vermiculatum 
L.; Lithophila vermiculata Uline; Jresine vermicularis Miq.| Saline 
soil along the coasts, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
LITHOPHILA MUSCOIDES Sw. Rocks on the shore, Judith’s Fancy, 
St. Croix. 
NYCTAGINACEAE 
MIRABILIS JALAPA L. [M. dichotoma L.1 Waste grounds, St. 
ibhomas:25¢., Croix. 
BOERHAAVEA ERECTA L. Waste and cultivated ground, St. Croix. 
BOERHAAVEA COCCINEA Mill. [B. paniculata L. C. Rich.; B. 
diffusa Sw.; B. decumbens Vahl; B. hirsuta Willd.; B. diffusa panicu- 
lata Kuntze; B. repens of Millspaugh.] Dry soil, St. Thomas; St. 
Groix; St. Jan. 
~COMMICARPUS SCANDENS (L.) Standley. [Boerhaavea scandens L.| 
Rocky hillsides, St. Thomas. 
PISONIA ACULEATA L.  Hillsides, woods and thickets, St. Thomas; 
St. Croix. 
PISONIA SUBCORDATA Sw. [P. nigricans of West.| Thickets and 
woods, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
TORRUBIA FRAGRANS (Dum.-Cours.) Standley. [Pisonia fragrans 
Dum.-Cours.; Pisonia inermis of Eggers, of Kuntze and of Millspaugh; 
? P. coccinea of West.] Forests and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
BOUGAINVILLEA SPECTABILIS Willd. Cultivated for ornament. 
EGGERSIA BUXIFOLIA Hook. f. [Neea buxifolia Heimerl.] Dry 
hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan. 
BATIDACEAE 
BATIS MARITIMA L. Shores of salt water lagoons, St. Thomas; 
St. Croix. 
PHY TOLACCACEAE 
RivinaA HumiLiIs L. [R. laevis L.; Tithonia humilis Kuntze.] 
Dry, shaded situations, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
TRICHOSTIGMA OCTANDRUM (L.) H. Walt. ([Rivina octandra L.; 
Villamilla octandra Hook. f.; Rivina scandens Mill.| Woods and 
thickets, St). Thomas: St. Jan; St. Croix: 
