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of call made it possible to go ashore at St. Thomas, St. Croix 
and Guadaloupe, ex route, and in this way it was possible to get 
a glimpse at the vegetation of these islands. St. Thomas and 
the adjacent archipelago are distinctly xerophytic, as also is 
St. Croix, as compared with the more southerly of the Leeward, 
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Avenue of ‘‘ Sablier ’’ trees, or Sandbox trees (ura crepitans) in Point 
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and of the Windward Islands. This is distinctly indicated by 
the prevalence of cacti and the viviparous agave or century plant 
which are found farther south only in those limited areas 
in the various islands where lessened rainfall coupled with 
peculiarities of the soil, produces desert or dry savannah condi- 
ions. Nevis, and the southern part of St. Kitts, reproduce these 
