54 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



JLYTHRARIEJE:. 



325. Ammania latifolia, L. 



Fl. Dec.-June. Here and there in moist localities. St. Croix (Lower 

 Cove, Anna's Hope) ; St. Thomas (Flag Hill). 



326. Antherylium Rohrii, Vahl (Symb. Bot.iii, 66) (v. Prickle-wood). 



Fl. Oct.-March. Precocious. Petiole bibracteate above the middle. 

 In marshy soil near the coast. St. Croix (rare; Fair Plain, Stony 

 Ground) ; Virgin Islands (common). 



[Cultivated species : Lawsonia inermis, L. (v. Mignonette), and Lager- 

 stromia indica, L. (v. Queen of Flowers).] 



ONAORACE.E. 



327. Jussieua suffruticosa, L. a) ligustrifolia, Kth. 



Fl. all the year round. Here and there in moist places. St. Croix 

 (Crequis, Golden Bock); St. Thomas (Caret Bay). 



RHIZOPHORACEJE. 



328. Rhizophora Mangle, L. (v. Mangrove, Mangelboom). 



Fl. all the year round. Gregarious along the shore of lagoons. All 

 islands. (See Botaniska Notiser, 1877, Lund, and Vidensk. Medd. fra 

 Naturhist. Forening in Copenhagen, 1877-78.) 



COMBRETACE^E. 



329. Terminalia Catappa, L. (v. Almond-tree). 



Fl. Jan.- April and Sept. Naturalized in valleys and near dwellings. 

 St. Croix (common) ; Virgin Islands (rare). 



330. Laguncularia racemosa, G. (v. White Mangrove). 



Fl. all the year round. Wood used for fishpots. Common in salt- 

 water lagoons. All islands. 



331. Bucida Buceras, L. (v. Gregery). * 



Fl. May- Aug. A splendid timber tree. Leaves often attacked by a 

 fungus (Erineum, vide Kunze mycol. Hefte, ii, 148). Flowers often trans- 

 formed into long monstrosities (figured already in P. Browne's Jamaica, 

 tab. 23). Common in valleys and especially along the coast. All isl- 

 ands. 



332. Conocarpus erecta, L. (v. Button-wood), ) and 3} procumbens, Jacq. 



Fl. all the year round. Common along the coast and in lagoons. 

 All islands. 

 (Cultivated species : Quisqualis indica, L.] 



