68 FLORA OP ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



473. S. Siderosylcn, Gris. (v. Bully wood). 



Not seen in flower. A tall tree, affording a splendid purple, very 

 hard timber. In forests, rare. St. Jan (Baas Gut). 



479. Sideroxylon Mastichcdendron, Jacq. (v. Mastic). 



Fl. Aug.-Sept. An excellent timber tree. In forests, rare. St. Croix 

 (Lebanon Hill); St. Thomas (Northside Bay); St. Jan (Baas Gut) 

 (Montserrat, Kyan in Hb. Havn.). 



480. Dipholis salicifolia, DC. 



Fl. Feb.-March. In thickets and forests. St. Croix (not uncommon 

 in the western part of the island) ; St. Jan (Klein Cancel Bay). 



481. Bumelia cuneata, Sw. (v. Break-bill). 



Fl. Feb.-April. Branches often transformed into long spines. Very 

 good timber tree. Along the coast principally in marshy soil, not un- 

 common. All islands. 



482. Lucuma multiflora, DC. (Achras macrophylla, Valil in Hb. Havn.). 



Fl. June-July and Dec.-Jan. Leaves as much as 1J' long. St. Croix 

 (Hb. Havn. from Wills Bay) 5 St. Thomas (here and there in forests ; 

 Signal Hill, 1500'). 



STYRACE^E. 



483. Symplocos martinicensis, Jacq. 



Fl. March-Aug. In forests on high hills. Flowers fragrant. St. 

 Thomas (Signal Hill above 1200', not uncommon). 



EBENACEjE. 



484. Maccreightia caribaea, A. DC. 



Vieques (Duchassaing sec. Gris. System. Unters. p. 91). 



OLEACE.E. 



485. Linociera compacta, R. Br. 



Fl. May-Get. In forests, rather common. St. Croix ; St. Thomas. 



486. Forestiera porulosa, Poir. a) and /?) Jacquinii, Egg. (Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 625). 

 Fl. Feb. and Sept.-Gct. In thickets near the coast, uncommon. ) 



St. Thomas (Cowell's Hill) 5 /3) St. Croix (northern shore near Claremont). 



487. Jasminum pubescens, W. (v. Star Jessamine). 



Fl. all the year round. Naturalized in gardens. All islands. 

 [Cultivated species: J. officinale, L.; J. revolutum, L. (v. Nepaul Jes- 

 Bamine), and Nyctanilies Sambac, L. (v. Double Jessamine).] 



