BRITTON: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 37 
paugh; F. hexapetala of Urban, in part.] Thickets, St. Thomas; 
Se. Crores 
HypoxIs DECUMBENS L. Grassy banks, St. Jan. 
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA L. Planted for ornament. 
POLIANTHES TUBEROSA L. Planted for ornament. 
DIOSCOREACEAE 
DIOSCOREA PILOSIUSCULA Bert. Forests, high hills of St. Thomas; 
St. Jan. 
DIOSCOREA ALATA L. Persistent after cultivation, St. Thomas; 
at. (foes St. Jan. 
DIosCOREA SATIVA L. [D. altissima of Eggers, at least in part.] 
Persistent after cultivation, all islands (according to Eggers). Culti- 
vated for its roots. 
RAJANIA CORDATA L. [R. pleironeura Griseb.; R. hastata of 
Eggers.] Forests, hills of St. Thomas. 
IRIDACEAE 
Galatea bulbosa (Mill.) Britton. [Sisyrinchium bulbosum Mill.; 
S. palmifolium Cav.; Cipura plicata Griseb.; Eleutherine plicata 
Herb.] Valleys, St. Croix. Grown in flower gardens. 
MUSACEAE 
MuSA PARADISIACA L. Cultivated for its fruit. 
MUSA SAPIENTUM L. Cultivated for its fruit. 
ZINGIBERACEAE 
ALPINIA OCCIDENTALIS Sw. [Amomum sylvestre of West; Reneal- 
mia occidentalis Sweet; R. sylvestris of Eggers.]| Forests and shaded 
situations, Golden Rock, St. Croix; Signal Hill, St. Thomas. 
ZINGIBER ZINGIBER (L.) Karst. [Amomum Zingiber L.; Zingiber 
officinale Rosc.] Spontaneous after cultivation. St. Thomas; St. 
Croix. 
CurcUMA LONGA L. Cultivated for tumeric. 
LANGUAS SPECIOSA (Wendl.) Small. [Zerumbet speciosum Wendl.; 
Alpinia nutans Rosc.] Planted for ornament. 
CANNACEAE 
CANNA INDICA L. Moist waste places, St. Thomas; St. Croix (ac- 
cording to Eggers). The plant may have been mistaken for C. 
coccinea Ait. 
