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DICHROMENA RADICANS Schl. & Cham. Shaded banks, St. Thomas. 
RyNcCHOSPORA BERTERII (Spreng.) Clarke. [Hypolytrum Berteru 
Spreng.; Rynchospora pusilla (Sw.) Griseb., not R. pusilla Chapm.] 
Pastures, Signal Hill, St. Thomas (according to Eggers). 
RYNCHOSPORA PODOSPERMA C, Wright. St. Thomas; a specimen 
in the Arnott Herbarium (according to Clarke). : 
SCLERIA DISTANS Poir. St. Thomas (according to Clarke). 
SCLERIA LITHOSPERMA (L.) Sw. [Scirpus lithospermus L.; Scleria 
filiformis Sw.] Rocky thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
SCLERIA PTEROTA Presl. [Scleria pratensis Nees; S. communis 
of Millspaugh.] Moist woodlands, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
SCLERIA SCINDENS Nees. Forests, Signal Hill, St. Thomas. 
ARECACEAE 
COCCOTHRINAX ARGENTEA (Lodd.) Sarg. [C. sancti-thomae Bec- 
cari; C. Eggersiana Beccari; C. Eggersiana sanctae-crucis Beccari; 
Thrinax argentea Lodd.; ? T. parviflora of Eggers.] Hillsides, Water 
Island and Flag Hill, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
ACROCOMIA ACULEATA (Jacq.) Lodd. [Cocos aculeata Jacq.] 
Hillside, St. Peter, St. Thomas. 
RoysTONEA REGIA (H.B.K.) O. F. Cook. [? Areca oleracea of 
West; Oreodoxa regia H.B.K.; ?0O. oleracea of Kuntze.] Wooded 
ravine, Tutu, St. Thomas; St. Croix. Planted for ornament. 
Cocos NUCIFERA L. Spontaneous after planting, especially in 
coastal sands, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
SABAL Planted, Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas. 
BORASSUS FLABELLIFER L. Recorded by West as found on St. 
Croix. An East Indian palm. 
ARACEAE 
ANTHURIUM ACAULE (Jacq.) Schott. [Pothos acaulis Jacq.; 
Anthurium Huegelii of Eggers.] On rocks and trees in shaded situa- 
tions, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix (according to Eggers). 
ANTHURIUM GRANDIFO LIUM (Jacq.) Kunth. [Pothos grandifolia 
Jacq.; A. macrophyllum of Eggers.] On rocks in woodlands, St. 
Thomas; St. Jan. 
ANTHURIUM CoRDATUM (Willd.) D. Don. [Pothos cordata Willd.; 
? P. macrophyllum of West.] On rocks in forests, St. Jan; St. Croix. 
ANTHURIUM SELLOUM C. Koch. On trees and rocks in forests, St. 
an. : 
PHILODENDRON Kressii Schott. [P. hederaceum of Eggers.] On — 
trees in forests, Crown, St. Thomas. 
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