78 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 



597. S. polygamum, Valil (v. Kakkerlakka-berry). 



Fl. all the year round. In dry thickets, common. Virgin Islands. 



(In DO. Prodr. xiii, i, 197, it is stated that this species has been found 

 in St. Croix by Wydler, which, however, appears doubtful to me. West, 

 p. 275, only gives St. Jan as habitat, yet Valil in his Synib. Bot. iii, 39, 

 and after him probably Griseb. Fl. p. 443, refer to West as the authority 

 for St. Croix as habitat.) 



593. Oestrum laurifolium, L'Her. 



Fl. Jan.- April. Petiole black ; berry dark purple. In forests, not 

 uncommon. All islands. 



599. C. diurnum, L. 



Fl. Feb.-June. In forests, uncommon. Virgin Islands; St. Croix 

 (West, p. 270). 



600. C. nocturnum, L. 



Fl. March. In forests, rare. St. Jan (Rogiers, Joshee Gut). 



| Cultivated species: Datura suaveolens, HBK.j Petunia nyctaginiflora^ 

 Juss., and P. violacea^ Liudl.; Solatium Seaforthianum, Andr., 8. tuber o- 

 sum 7 L. (v. Irish potato), and 8. Melongena, L. (v. Egg-plant, Beranger).] 



SCROPHIHLARIACEJE. 



601. Scoparia dulcis, L. 



Fl. all the year round. A common weed along roads and in moist 

 localities. All islands. 



602. Capraria biflora, L. a) and ) pilosa (v. Goat-weed). 



Fl. all the year round. Leaves used for tea. Both forms along roads, 

 common, a) in moist, /3) in dry localities. All islands. 



603. Herpestis stricta, Schrad. 

 St. Thomas (Benth.). 



604. H. chamsedryoides, Ktli. 



Fl. Dec.-March. Pedicel bearing two bracteolae at the base. The 

 two innermost calyx-lobes setaceous. In moist localities, rare. St. 

 Croix (Spring-gut). 



605. H. Monniera, Kth. 



Fl. all the year round. Along rivulets and on the margins of lagoons, 

 common. All islands. 



606. Vandellia diffusa, L. 



St. Croix (Ryan in Hb. Havn., Vahl's Eclogue, ii, 47) (Montserrat, 

 Ryan in Hb. Havn., "vulgaris"). 



