G6 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



457. Synedrella nodiflora, G. (v. Fatten barrow). 



Fl. all the year round. A common weed everywhere. All islands. 



458. Pectis punctata, Jacq. 



Fl. Oct.-March. In pastures and along ditches, common. All 

 islands. 



459. P. linifolia, Less. 



St. Thomas (Less. Gris. Fl. p. 378). 



460. P. humifusa, Sw. 



Fl. all the year round. Gregarious on rocks and between stones, not 

 uncommon. All islands. 



461. Egletes domingensis, Cass. a) glabrata, DC.; /?) carduifolia, DC.; 7) genuina. 

 Fl. all the year round. On the sandy seashore, ) and y) rather com- 

 mon. /?) found by Oersted (Vid. Medd. 1852, p. 106). St. Thomas. 



462. Erechthites hieracifolia, Raf. a) and 7) cacaloides, Less. 



Fl. all the year round. In moist localities, not uncommon. St. Croix 

 ( r )} St. Thomas (). 



463. Emilia sonchifolia, DC. 



Fl. Jan.-Oct. In shady localities. Naturalized, common. All 

 islands. 



464. E. sagittata, DC. (Prodr. vi, 302) (Cacalia coccinea, Sims.). 



Fl. all the year round. Naturalized in gardens. St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 



(Cacalia coccinea, Sims., is, according to DC. Prodr. vi, 332, a synonym 

 for Emilia coccinea. This latter species does, however, not occur in the 

 Prodromus at all, and on a former page, 302, the Cacalia of Sims, is given 

 as synonymous with E. sagittata.) 



465. Leria nutans, DC. 



Fl. June-March. In shady localities on hills, not uncommon. All 

 islands. 



466. Brachyrhamphus intybaceus, DC. (Jacq. Icon.Rar. i, t. 162). 



Fl. all the year round. Near dwellings and in waste places, a com- 

 mon weed. All islands. 



467. Sonchus oleraceus, L. (v. Wild Salad). 



Fl. all the year round. Achenium mostly 4-furrowed. Along roads 

 and near dwellings, common. All islands. 



(Chrysogonum dickotomum, sp. nov., Valil, mentioned in West, p. 303, 

 as occurring in St. Croix, is not described in any of VahFs publications ; 



