38 FLORA OP ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



151. Pagara microphylla, Desf. (v. Ramgoat-T)nsh) (F. tragodes, Jacq. in West). 

 Fl. June-Dec. Dots of the leaves pellucid. The whole plant has a 



strong smell. Not uncommon in thickets. St. Croix; Buck Island, 

 near St. Croix. 



152. Zanthoxylum Clava-Herculis, L. (v. White Prickle). 



Fl. April-June. Aculei corky, 6'" long, greyish, with a narrow brown 

 point. In forests, not uncommon. All islands. 



153. Z. flavum, Vahl (Naturh. Selsk. Skrift. vi, 132, 1810) (v. Yellow Sander). 



Not seen flowering. A fine timber- tree, used for furniture. Not un- 

 common in forests in former times, but now nearly extinct. St. Jan 

 (Bordeaux Hills) (St. Croix? St. Thomas?) (Montserrat, Eyan in Hb. 

 Havn.) 5 Martinique (West in Hb. Havn.). 



154. Z. Ochroxyltim, DC, (v. Yellow Prickle) (Z. simplicifolium, Vahl in Hb. Havn.). 



Fl. June-Nov. $ Panicle V long $ pedicels %'" long, bracteole at 

 the base deciduous. Calyx 5-partite, y" diam. Petals 5, imbricate, 

 white, f '" long, pellucid-dotted. Style thick, y high ; stigmas trian- 

 gular. Ovaries 3 on a short gynophore. Carpids 3 (1-2) globose, ver- 

 rucose, partly dehiscent, 1-J-"' diam. Seed shining-black. Stem armed 

 with large corky aculei, often connected and forming long ridges down 

 the stem. Wood yellow. The whole plant is possessed of the same 

 strong smell as Fagara. Not uncommon in forests. St. Thomas (Flag 

 Hill 600') ; St. Jan (Eogie^rs) (Montserrat, Eyan in Hb. Havn. ; Marti- 

 nique, South America, Hb. Havn.). (A branch without flowers, marked 

 Z. macrophyllum, St. Croix, Eyan in Hb. Havn., seems to belong to this 

 species.) * 



155. Quassia amara, L. fil. (v. Quassia). 



Fl. Nov.-Feb. Naturalized in gardens. All islands. 



156. Castela erecta, Turp. 



Fl. Feb.-June. Petals purple. 9 with 8 rudimentary stamens, alter- 

 nately of equal size. Carpids 2-3-4. In dry thickets along the south 

 coast, not uncommon. St. Croix. 



157. Ficraena excelsa, Lindl. (v. Bitter-ash). 



Not seen flowering. Wood very bitter, used for stomachic properties 

 in drinks. In forests, rare. St. Croix ; St. Jan. 



OLACACE^E. 



158. Schoepfia arborescens, R. S. 



Fl. Feb.-March. Fruit nearly always 1-seeded by abortion. Here 

 and there in forests. St. Croix (Saltriver, Wills Bay) 5 St. Thomas 

 (Crown, 1400'). 



