90 * FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 



727. Buxus Vahlii, Baill. (DC. Prodr. xvi, i, p. 1C) (Triccra lavigata, Sw., var. Sanctai- 



Crucis, Eggers in Fl. St. Crucis, p. 111). 



Fl. June-Oct. On limestone, rare. St. Croix (Stony Ground). 



728. Savia sessiliflora, W. (Spec. Plant, iv, p. 771). 



Fl. June-Dec. In thickets on dry hills, not uncommon. All islands. 



729. Fhyllanthus acuminatus, Vahl (Synib. Bot. ii, 95). 



St. Thomas (Herb. DC. sec. DC. Prodr. xv, ii, 381). Vahl, however, 

 gives only Cayenne (Eohr) as habitat. 



730. Ph. Niruri, L. (v. Creole Chinine). 



Fl. all the year round. Very common in gardens and along roads. 

 All islands. 



731. Ph. distichus, Mull. (DC. Prodr. 1. c. 413) (Cicca, L.) (v. Gooseberry). 



Fl. June-Sept. Fruit used for preserves. Naturalized near dwell- 

 ings. All islands. 



732. Ph. nobilis, Mull. (1. c. 415). ?) Antillana (Cicca, Juss.) (v. Gongora-hout). 



Fl. July, and afterwards precocious in Dec.-Jan. In forests, not un- 

 common. All islands. 



733. Ph. falcatus, Sw. (v. Boxwood). 



Fl. all the year round. In marshy soil, not uncommon. Vieques. 



734. Securinega acidothamnus, Mull. (1. c. 451) (Fliiggea, Gris.). 



Fl. May-June. In thickets, not uncommon. St. Croix (eastern part 

 of the island). 



(I have adopted Muller's generic name, Fliiggea being an older name 

 for a genus of Opliiopogonece established by L. C. Eichard.) 



735. JDrypetes laevigata, Gris. ined. (Excoccaria polyandra, Gris. Cat. PI. Cub. p. 20, 



& Diagnos. neuer Eupliorb. p. 180). 



Fl. Sept. $ . I have not found the female flower nor fruit, and am 

 therefore not able to supply the deficiency in this respect in Grise- 

 bach's Diagnosis. St. Croix (Fair Plain) ; St. Jan (Cinnamon Bay). 



736. D. glauca, Vahl. 



St. Croix (Hb. Havn. Kyan, Eohr; "Hollow berry of Bugby Hole") 

 (Montserrat, Eyan in Hb. Havn.). 



737. Croton astroites, Ait. (v. White Maran). 



Fl. Dec.-July. Style 16-branched. In dry thickets, very common. 

 All islands. 



