FLORA OF ST CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 59 



ARAL.IACEJE. 



372. Panax speciosum, Willd. (Spec. Plant, iv, p. 1126). 



Xot seen flowering. Leaflets 8, of unequal size, the central ones lar- 

 gest. Margin slightly undulate and denticulate. Upper surface covered 

 with- distant and deciduous muricate hairs ; tomentuin on the lower sur- 

 face deciduous. A low tree. In forests, very rare. St. Jan (King's 

 Hill, 1000', on the northern slope of the hills). (Cuba, Porto Eico, Ca- 

 racas.) 



UMBELLIFERJB. 



373. Eryngium fcetidum, L. 



Fl. Sept.-May. Biennial. Along rivulets and in moist places, rare. 

 St. Thomas (Caret Bay). 



374. Anethum graveolens, L. (v. Dill). 



Fl. March-Get. Naturalized along roads and near dwellings. All 

 islands. 



[Cultivated species: Petroselinum sativum 7 Hoffiu. (v. Parsley) 5 Daucus 

 Carota, L. (v. Carrot) ; Pimpinella Anisum, L. (v. Anise) ; Fceniculum vul- 

 gare, GaBrtu. (v. Fennel); Anthriscus ccrefoliwn, L. (v. Chervil), and 

 Apium graveolens, L. (v. Celery).] 



LORANTHACEJE 



375. Loranthus emarginatus, Sw. (v. Baas-frani-boom). 



Fl. all the year round. Inflorescences uniserial. On trees, especially 

 Acacia Lebbek and Pisonia siibcordata. Common. All islands. 



376. Phoradendron flavens, Gris. 



Fl. April-June. Seed compressed, green, with white bauds. On Pi- 

 sonia subcordata, rare. St. Croix (Stony Ground). 



CAPRIFOMACEjE. 



[Cultivated occur: Sambucus nigra, L. (Fl. April- July), and Lonicera 

 Caprifolium, L. (v. Honey-suckle).] 



377. Genipa americana, L. 



Fl. July. In forests on high hills, rare. St. Thomas (Crown) j St. Jan 

 (Eogiers). 



378. Catesbaea parviflora, Sw. 



Fl. Sept .-Dec. Fruit black, shining. In dry thickets, uncommon. 

 St. Croix (Fair Plain). 



