94 FLORA OF ST. CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 



770 Pedilanthus tithymaloides, Poit. a), /3) padifolius, Poit., and 7) angusti- 



folius, Poit. 



Fl. all the year round. In thickets and gardens, uncommon. All 

 islands. 



All Euphorbiacece are proterogynous. 



[Cultivated species : Jatropha pandurcefolia, Andr., Codiceum variega- 

 tum, Mull, a) pictum, Euphorbia pulcherrima, W., E. splendens, Boj., and 

 E. antiquorum, L.] 



URTICACE^E. 



771. Celtis trinervia, Lam. 



Fl. June-Dec. In forests and thickets, not uncommon. All islands. 



772. C. aculeata, Sw. a) and (3) serrata. 



Fl. March-Sept. Proterogynous. Both forms not uncommon in 

 thickets. All islands. 



773. Sponia micrantha, Dees. 



Fl. April-Sept. In forests, here and there. All islands. 



774. Ficus crassinervia, Desf. 



Fl. Jan. In forests, not uncommon. St. Croix (Crequis, Wills Bay). 



775. F. trigonata, L. 



Fl. May- Aug. In forests. St. Croix (rare, Crequis) ; Virgin Islands 

 (not uncommon). 



776. F. leevigata, Valil. 



Fl. Jan.-March. In forests and on rocks, not uncommon. St. Croix 

 (Crequis, Jacob's Peak). 



777. F. lentiginosa, Vahl. 



Fl. May. In forests on high hills, uncommon. St. Thomas (Signal 

 Hill). 



778. F. populnea, W. 



Fl. July- Aug. Figs geminate in the axils, red with dark spots. 

 On rocks and epiphytic on trees, not uncommon. Long aerial roots. 

 All islands. 



779. F. pedunculata, Ait. 



Fl. Jan.-May. Figs red, generally inhabited by a small hymenopte- 

 rous insect. On rocks, walls, and trees, common. Long aerial roots. 

 All islands. 



780. Artocarpus incisa, L. (v. Breadfruit-tree). 



Fl. May-July. Fruit not edible. Naturalized in shady valleys. All 

 islands. 



781. Cecropia peltata, L. (v. Trumpet-tree). 



Fl. April-June. In shady forests, not uncommon. All islands. 



