30 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



70. A. indicum, G. Don (v. Mahoe). a) and /3) asiaticum. 



Fl. all the year round. Flower expanded after 3 P. M. only. Both 

 forms common along roads and on waste places. St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 



71. A. lignosum, Rich. (v. Marsh-mallow). 



Fl. Nov.-May. Flower expanded during the afternoon only. Seeds 

 irregularly triangular, verrucose, grey. St. Croix. 



72. Bastardia viscosa, Kth. a). 



Fl. all the year round. Flower expanded during the afternoon only. 

 Common along roads and in dry. localities. All islands. 



73. Malachra capitata, L. a) and /3) alceifolia, Jacq. 



Fl. Dee.-March. Flower expanded only till 2 P. M. Along ditches 

 and in moist places, a) rather common ; ft) less common. All islands. 



74. M. ureiis, Poit. 



Fl. April. Petals yellow, puberulous externally. Seeds smooth, gla- 

 brous. Uncommon on waste places. St. Thomas (western shore of the 

 harbour). 



75. Urena lobata, L. a) americana. 



Fl. Nov.-June. Flower expanded till 10 A. M. In forests. St. Croix 

 (rare; Prosperity on the north coast); St. Thomas; St. Jan (not un- 

 common). 



76. Pavonia spinifex, Cav. 



Fl. Oct.-Dec. Eather common in thickets and forests. All islands. 



77. P. racemosa, Sw. 



Fl. Oct. In marshy soil among Laguncularia and Conocarpus. St. 

 Croix (uncommon ; Salt Biver). 



78. Kosteletzkya pentasperma, Gr. 



Fl. Aug. Flower expanded till 10 A. M. In marshy soil. Bare. St. 

 Thomas (Krumbay). 



79. Abelmoschus esculentus. W. A. (v. Okro). 



Fl. all the year round. Fruit used immature as a vegetable. Culti- 

 vated and naturalized near dwellings. All islands. 



80. Hibiscus clypeatus, L. 

 St. Croix (West, p. 298). 



81. H. vitifolius, L. 



Fl. Dec.-March. Along roads and in thickets. St. Croix (naturalized 

 in the eastern part of the island). 



