40 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



RHAMNACEJE. 



169. Reynosia latifolia, Gris. (Cat. PI. Cub. 34) (v. Guama). Emend, in Eggers, 

 Videnskab. Medd. fra Naturliist. Forening, Copenhagen, 1878, cuni icone,p. 173. 



Fl. June-July. Common in dry thickets. Virgin Islands. 



170. R. mucronata, Gris. (1. c.) (Eggers, 1. c). 



Not seen flowering. Rare in dry thickets near the coast. St. Croix 

 (easternmost part of the island, near Tague Bay). 



171. Condalia ferrea, Gris. (v. Edden-wood). 



Fl. Sept.-Jan. Keel of the calyx-lobes foliaceous. Drupe oval, 2J'" 

 long. Not uncommon in thickets and forests. All islands. 



172. Colubriua ferruginosa, Brongn. 



Fl. Jan. and May-July. A low shrub. Common on sandy shores. 

 All islands. 



173. C. reclinata, Brongu. (v. Snake-root, Mabee-bark). 



Fl. Nov.-March. Style 2-3-partite. Leaves used for the preparation 

 of stomachic drinks. Not uncommon in thickets. All islands. 



174. Zizyphus reticulata, DC. (Prodr. ii,20) (Palhirus, Yalil, Eel. Am. iii, G). 



Fl. July. Disc brownish. Capsule 3-locular, one seed in each cell, 

 5'" long, glabrous. Seeds purple 5 pulp reddish brown. In dry 

 thickets, rare. St. Croix (Fair Plain). 



175. Gouania domiiigeusis, L. (v. Soap-stick, Silvi). 



Fl. Oct.-Jan. Stem used as rope. Common in thickets. All islands. 

 TEREBINTHACE^E. 



176. Bursera gummifera, L. (v. Turpentine-tree). 



Fl. April-Sept. Protandrous. Easily propagated by large cuttings, 

 and generally used for forming fences. Common in forests and along 

 roads. All islands. 



177. Hedwigia balsamifera, Sw. 



St. Croix (West in Hb. Havn. and p. 281 as Idea altissima). 



178. Amyris sylvatica, Jacq. (v. Flamboyant). 



Fl. Feb.-April and July-Sept. Inflorescence trichotomous. Wood 

 resinous and used for torches, especially in catching lobsters at night. 

 Not uncommon in forests. All islands. 



179. Spondias lutea, L. (v. Hog-plum). 



Fl. March, coetanous, and later July. Leaves deciduous in Feb. 

 Fruit oval, edible. Common in forests. All islands. 



