288 Phytogeographical. 



This Crotonvegetation has another aspect as the one of St. Eusta- 

 tius, owing to different other plants that are intermixed with the 

 St. Eustatiusplants viz. Croton betulinus, Euphorbia petiolaris, 

 Plumiera alha, Fagara spinifex, Fagara trifoliata, Ditaxis fasciculata, 

 Argithamnia candicans, Adelia ricinella, Comocladia ilicifolia, 

 Melochia tomentosa, Phyllanthus epyphyllanthus, Coccoloba Krugii, 

 Jacquinia Berteri. 



Here also the Crotonvegetation shows some likeness with the 

 Eriodendronvegetation and especially in the Lowlands and near 

 Orientbay we see the Crotonvegetation gradually intermixed with 

 or replaced by the Eriodendronvegetation ; there we find the 

 following plants: Eugenia axillaris, Capparis frondosa, Chiococca 

 racemosa, Picramnia pentandra, Capparis cynophallophora, Pithe- 

 colobium ungius-cati, Comocladia ilicifolia, Casearia parvifolia, 

 Samyda serrulata, Croton flavens, Melochia tomentosa, Plumiera alba. 

 Acacia Farnesia, Lantana Camara, Lantana involucrata, Argithania 

 candicans, Kauwolfla Lamarkiana, Clerodendron aculeatum, Como- 

 cladia ilicifolia, Capparis jamaicensis. Byrsonima lucida, Eugenia 

 axillaris, Myrcia coriacea, Calyptranthes Boldinghii, Terntroemia 

 peduncularis, Chrysobalanus Icaco, Eugenia ligustrina, Ficus lae- 

 vigata, Clusia alba, Psidium Guajava, Randia aculeata, Pisonia 

 subcordata, Bursera simaruba. Euphorbia petiolaris, Cassia polya- 

 dena, Paspalum paniculatum, Stigraatophyllon sericeum, Croton 

 betulinus, Ruellia tuberosa, Cassia occidentalis, Stachytarpheta 

 jamaicensis, Melocactus communis. 



LITTORAL VEGETATION. 



The Littoralvegetation may easely be divided into : 



1. Vegetation of the beach. 



2. Vegetation of the rocky slopes near the seashore. 



3. Vegetation of the lagoons and the saltponds. 



I. Vegetation of the Beach. 



This vegetation is characterised by: 



Hippomane mancinella, Erithalis fruticosa, Exostemma caribaeum, 

 Suriana maritima, Canella alba, Tournefortia gnaphalodes, Scaevola 

 Plumieri, Coccoloba uvifera, Ipomoea pescaprae, Heliotropium curas- 

 savicum, Sporobolus virginicus. 



