62 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 
CROTON OVALIFOLIUS Vahl. [Oxydectes ovalifolia Kuntze.|  Hill- 
sides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
CROTON HASTATUS West, of St. Croix (hyponym) is not identified. 
An arboreus Croton, not found in flower, occurred on Flag Hill, 
St. Thomas, according to Eggers. 
DiraxiIs FASCICULATA Vahl. [Argyrothamnia fasciculata Muell. 
Arg.| Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Cror. 
ARGYTHAMNIA CANDICANS Sw. Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; 
Sian St Croix: 
RICINELLA RICINELLA (L.) Britton. [Adela Ricinella L.; R. 
pedunculosa Muell. Arg.] Hillsides and thickets, St. Thomas; St. 
Jansist (Croix. 
ACALYPHA PORTORICENSIS Muell. Arg. Rocky slopes, St. Croix. 
ACALYPHA CHAMAEDRIFOLIA (Lam.) Muell. Arg. [Croton chamae- 
drifolius Lam.; Acalypha reptans Sw.; A. corchorifolia Willd.; A. 
chamaedrifolia genuina and brevipes of Eggers.|_ Rocky soil, St. Thom- 
ase St. Crom, : 
ACALYPHA POLYSTACHYA Jacq. St. Thomas (according to Eggers). 
The record is probably an error in determination. 
TRAGIA VOLUBILIS L. Thickets, banks and hillsides, St. Thomas; 
Sevians St.Crom 
DALECHAMPIA SCANDENS L. Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 
Croix. 
RICINUS COMMUNIS L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; 
Sian ot. Crom. 
ALEURITES MOLUCCANA (L.) Willd. [Jatropha moluccana L.]| 
Roadsides and near dwellings, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
JarTropHa Curcas L. Hillsides and near dwellings, St. Thomas; 
Stwlans.ot. Croix. 
JATROPHA GOsSYPIFOLIA L. [Adenoropium gossypifolium Pohl; 
J. gossypifolia staphisagriaefolia and elegans of Eggers.| In dry soil, 
fields and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
JATROPHA MULTIFIDA L. Roadsides and planted in gardens, St. 
Thomas: St. Cro: 
JATROPHA PANDURAEFOLIA Andr. Planted for ornament. 
Maninot Mantinot (L.) Cockerell. [Jatropha Manthot L.| Spon- 
taneous or persistent after cultivation, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 
Croix. 
SAPIUM LAuROCERASUS Desf. [Excoecaria Laurocerasus Muell. 
Arg.; °? EF. Laurocerasus laurifolia of Eggers.| <A high tree in forests, 
Cinnamon Bay, St. Jan, not seen flowering (according to Eggers). 
Otherwise known only from Porto Rico. 
HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA L. Coastal woods, St. Thomas; St. 
Crom; 
