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POLYGONACEAE 
CoccoLopis Krucit Lindau. Rocky Hills, Little St. James 
Island, St. Jan. 
COccCOLOBIS PYRIFOLIA Desf. [C.Kunthiana Meissn.; C. pyrtfolia 
Jacquini of Eggers.] St. Thomas (according to Lindau). 
COCCOLOBIS OBTUSIFOLIA Jacq. [C. mucrostachys Willd.;  C. 
microstachya ovalifolia Meissn.; C. punctata microstachya of Eggers; 
C. punctata parvifolia of Millspaugh.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. 
Jan; St. Croix. 
CoccoLopis KLOTZSCHIANA Meissn. St. Thomas and St. Croix 
(according to Lindau). Endemic. Perhaps not distinct from the 
preceding species. 
COCCOLOBIS DIVERSIFOLIA Jacq. [C. barbadensis Jacq.; C. pune- 
tata of Eggers; C. coronata of Millspaugh.] Woods and thickets, St. 
Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
COCCOLOBIS LAURIFOLIA Jacq. [C. leoganensis of Eggers.] Thick- 
ets, St. Croix. : 
CoccoLOBIs RUGOSA Desf. St. Thomas (according to de Candolle, 
a specimen being preserved in the Delessert Herbarium); not known 
to be on St. Thomas at the present time but may have been there 
before the forests were cut away; known otherwise only from Porto 
Rico. 
CoccoLoptis Uvirera (L.) Jacq. [Polygonum , Uvifera L.; C. 
leoganensis Jacq.; Uvifera leoganensis Kuntze.| Coastal thickets and 
locally on hills, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
CoccoLoBIS VENOSA L. [C. excoriata L.; C. nivea Jacq.] Woods 
and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
ANTIGONUM CINERASCENS M. & G._ [A. cordatum of Eggers and of 
Millspaugh.] Roadsides, St. Thomas; cultivated for ornament, St. 
Thomas and St. Croix. 
FAGOPYRUM FaGopyruM (L.) Karst. [Polygonum Fagopyrum L.] 
Planted for food. 
RUMEX VESICARIUS L. Recorded by Eggers as cultivated. 
MUHLENBECKIA PLATYCLADA (F. Muell.) Lindau. Planted for 
interest. 
CHENOPODIACEAE 
CHENOPODIUM MURALE L. Walls and waste grounds, St. Thomas; 
Shs ATOR. ; 
CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES L. [? C. cuneifolium Vahl.] Walls 
and waste grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
ATRIPLEX PENTANDRA (Jacq.) Standley. [Axyris pentandra Jacq.; 
Atriplex cristata H. & B.; Obione cristata Moq.] Coastal sands, St. 
Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
