BRITTON: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 69 
HIBISCUS MUTABILIS L. Planted for ornament. 
CIENFUEGOSIA HETEROPHYLLA (Vent) Garcke. [Fugosia hetero- 
phylla; Kosteletzkya pentasperma of Eggers.| Moist soil, St. Thomas. 
ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) Moench. [Hibiscus esculentus L.] 
Spontaneous after cultivation, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
THESPESIA POPULNEA (L.) Soland. [Hibiscus populneus L.| 
Coastal woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. Com- 
monly planted. 
GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE L. Thickets and hillsides, spontaneous 
after cultivation, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
GOSSYPIUM VITIFOLIUM Lam. is recorded by Schlechtendal as 
naturalized in St. Thomas; Eggers suggests it may formerly have 
been cultivated there. 
ALTHAEA ROSEA Cay. Planted for ornament. 
BOMBACACEAE 
CEIBA PENTANDRA (L.) Gaertn. [Bombax pentandrum L.; B. 
heptaphyllum of West; Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.|_ Hills, forests 
and roadsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
ADANSONIA DIGITATA L. Naturalized in wooded valleys, St. Croix 
(according to Eggers). Planted for shade on St. Thomas and St. 
Croix. 
QUARARIBAEA TURBINATA (Sw.) Poir. [Myrodia turbinata Sw.] 
Woods, St. Jan; Spring Garden, St. Croix (according to West). 
PACHIRA ALBA Walp. Planted, St. Thomas. 
PACHIRA AQUATICA Aubl. [Carolinea princeps L. {.]| Planted, St. 
er Oix. 
STERCULIACEAE 
MELOCHIA NODIFLORA Sw. [Riedleia nodiflora DC.] Hillsides, 
banks and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
Moluchia pyramidata (L.) Britton. [Melochia pyramidata L.| 
Grassy places, waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas (according 
to West); St. Croix. 
Moluchia tomentosa (L.) Britton. [Melochia tomentosa L.|  Hill- 
sides and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
WALTHERIA AMERICANA L. [W. indica L.] Fields, banks and 
hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
AYENIA PUSILLA L. Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 
Se Croix. 
THEOBROMA Cacao L. Naturalized in shaded valleys, St. Croix 
(according to Eggers). Planted for its seeds. 
GuazuMA GuAzuMA (L.) Cockerell. [Theobroma Guazuma L.; 
