+4 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 
SALICORNIA PERENNIS Mill. [.S. ambigua Michx.] Salt marshes, 
St. Croix. 
BETA VULGARIS L. Cultivated for food. 
AMARANTHACEAE 
CELOsSIA NITIDA Vahl. _[? C. paniculata of Schlechtendal.] Woods 
and thickets, St, Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
CELOSIA ARGENTEA L. [C. margaritacea L.] Waste and culti- 
vated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
CELOSIA CRISTATA L. Planted for ornament. 
CHAMISSOA ALTISSIMA (Jacq.) H.B.K. [Achyranthes altissima 
Jacq.; Kokera paniculata Kuntze.] Forests and thickets, St. Thomas; 
St. Croix: 
AMARANTHUS:DUBIUS Mart. [A. tristis Willd., not L.; A. panicu- 
latus of Eggers and of Millspaugh.] Waste grounds, St. Thomas; 
St. Jan; St. Croix. 
AMARANTHUS sPpInosus L. Waste and cultivated grounds, 5t. 
Thomas; St. Croix. 
AMARANTHUS CRASSIPES Schl. [Scleropus amarantoides Schrad.} 
Dry soil, waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
AMARANTHUS CAuDATUS L. St. Croix (according to West). 
AMARANTHUS POLYGONOIDES L. [Amblyogyne polygonoides Raf.] 
Sandy soil, roadsides and waste grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
AMARANTHUS GRACILIS Desf. [Chenopodium caudatum Jacq.; 
? Amaranthus oleraceus of West; Euxolus caudatus Moq.; E. oleraceus 
of Eggers.] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 
St. Croix. 
AMARANTHUS GANGETICUS L.  [A. incomptus Willd.; A. tricolor L.] 
Planted for ornament. 
CENTROSTACHYS INDICA (L.) Standley. [Achyranthes aspera indica 
L.; Achyranthes aspera obtusifolia Griseb.; A. aspera simplex 
Millsp.] Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
_ CENTROSTACHYS ASPERA (L.) Standley. [Achyranthes aspera L.; 
A. argentea Lam.] is recorded from the islands by Eggers, but I have 
seen no specimens nor find any other record; the plant occurs, how- 
ever, on Tortola. : 
ACHYRANTHES POLYGONOIDES (L.) Lam. [Gomphrena polygonoides 
L.; Alternanthera polygonoides R. Br.; Alternanthera paronychioides 
St. Hil.] Waste grounds, St. Thomas. ° 
ACHYRANTHES REPENS L. [Alternanthera Achyrantha R. Br.; 
A. paronychioides of Millspaugh.] Rocky waste places, St. Thomas; 
St. Croix. 
ACHYRANTHES FICOIDEA (L.) Standley. [Gomphrena ficoidea L.; 
