26 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



30. Oasearia sylvestris, Sw. 



El. Jan.-Feb. and May-July. Seed covered by a red arillus. Com- 

 mon in forests and thickets. All islands. 



31. C. parvifolia, W. a) and J3) microcarpa, Egg. 



Fl. March-July. Flowers odorous. Stamens alternately of equal 

 length. Not uncommon in forests. A low tree. a) Virgin Islands j 

 ft) fruit small, 2'" diam., St. Croix. 



32. C. ramiflora, Vahl. c). 



Fl. Jan.-Feb. and July-Aug. Pedicel articulate below the middle. 

 Arillus fibrous. Common in forests. All islands. 



33. Samyda glabrata, Sw. 



Fl. June. Bare, in thickets on highest hill-tops. St. Thomas (Crown, 



1400'). 



34. S. serrulata, L. 



Fl. Feb.-May. Flowers odorous, precocious. Pedicels articulated at 

 the middle. Leaves of young radical shoots linear. Common in thick- 

 ets. All islands. 



VIOLACE^E. 



35. lonidium strictum, Vent. 



Fl. all the year round. Flower matutine. Rather uncommon in fis- 

 sures of rocks in thickets. St. Croix j Water Island. 



TAUIAKICACEJE. 



36. Tamarix indica, Willd. (v. Cypress). 



Fl. Sept.-Oct. Naturalized in gardens. St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 

 POLYCJALACEJE. 



37. Poly gala angustifolia, HB. Kth. 



Fl. Dec.-Feb. Jn the shade of dense thickets. Bare. St. Thomas 

 (CowelFs Hill). 



38. Securidaca Brownei, Gr. (S. scandens of West). 



Fl. Feb.-April. Naturalized around Christiansted, v. Eohr. St. 

 Croix. 



39. S. erecta, L. 



St. Thomas (DC. Prodi-, i, 341; Gris. Fl. p. 30). 



40. Krameria Ixina, L. 



Fl. July. The three narrow petals, resembling abortive stamens, are 

 bent forward and cover the anthers. The two lateral oi.es are fleshy, 



