88 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 



POI/TGONACE^E. 



708. Coccoloba uvifera, Jacq. (v. Sea-grape). 



Fl. July-Dec. Wood hard, dark purple, used for snip -building. On 

 the sandy seashore, common. Sometimes in the interior as high up as 

 1200'. All islands. 



709. C. leoganensis, Jacq. 



Fl. May-July. Flowers in. fascicles of 3-4, of which, however, one 

 only bears fruit. Drupe oval, violet, 4'" long. On sandy shores, rare. 

 St. Croix (Sandy Point). 



710. C. rugosa, Desf. (DC. Prodr. xiv, 152 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4536). 

 St. Thomas (DO. Prodr. 1. c.\. 



711. C. laurifolia, Jacq. (Hort. Schcenbr. iii, p. 9, t. 267). 



Fl. March-July. Leaves deciduous April to May. Fruit purplish, 

 pointed at both ends. In thickets, here and there. St. Croix (Sandy 

 Point, Hard Labour). 



712. C. diversifolia, Jacq. 



Fl. May-July. 6'-8' high. Along the coast, uncommon. St. Croix 

 (La Valle"e, Claremont). 



713. C. obtusifolia, Jacq. 



St. Croix (West, p. 281). 



714. C. punctata, Jacq. a) Jacquiuii, ft) barbadensis, Jacq., d) parvifolia (v. Red 



wood, Roehout), y) microstachya, W. 



Fl. Aug.-Dec. ) leaves as much as 1^' long. A shrub or low tree. 

 d) and ft common ; ) and ft) uncommon. All islands. 



715. C. nivea, Jacq. 



Fl. June-Sept. Flowers delicately odorous. Fruit white when ripe. 

 In forests, not uncommon. All islands. 



(C. Klotzschiana, Meissn., and C. Kuntliiana, Meissn. (DC. Prodr. xiv, 

 155 and 166), are said to have been found in St. Thomas, but they are 

 both very doubtful species, founded on single specimens, and have 

 therefore been here omitted.) 



[Cultivated species : Antigonon cor datum, Mart. & Galeotti (v. Mexican 

 Wreath -plant), and Rumex vesicarius, L.] 



716. Cinnamomum zeilanicum, Bl. 



Fl. April-May. Naturalized in a few places in shady valleys. St. 

 Croix (Crequis). 



