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NYMPHAEACEAE 
CASTALIA AMPLA (DC.) Salisb. [Nymphaea ampla DC.; N.ampla 
parvifolia Eggers.] In rivulets and ponds, St. Croix. 
MENISPERMACEAE 
CISSAMPELOS PARIERA L. [C. microcarpa DC.] Woods and 
thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan. 
HyYPERBAENA LAURIFOLIA (Poir.) Urban. [Cissampelos laurifolius 
Poir.; Cocculus laurifolius of Eggers.] Woodlands, St. Thomas. 
HYPERBAENA DOMINGENSIS (DC.) Benth. [Cocculus domingensis 
DC.] Forest, near St. Peter, St. Thomas (according to Eggers). The 
species is not accredited to St. Thomas by Urban (Symb. Ant. 1: 306). 
Eggers’s record probably refers to H. laurifolia. 
ANNONACEAE 
OXANDRA LAURIFOLIA (Sw.) A. Rich. [Uvaria laurifolia Sw.; 
U. excelsa Vahl.] St. Croix (according to West). 
GUATTERIA CARIBAEA Urban. [G. Ouregou Griseb., not Dunal.] 
St. Thomas (according to Grisebach). 
ANNONA MURICATA L. Woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 
St. Croix. 
ANNONA PALUSTRIS L. [A. glabra L.; A. laurifolia Dunal.] 
Borders of marshes and coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
ANNONA SQUAMOSA L. [Annona cinerea Dunal.] Woods, pea 
sides and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
ANNONA RETICULATA L. Woods and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. 
Jan; St. Croix. 
ANNONA MONTANA Macf. Fredericksted, St. Croix. 
LAURACEAE 
HUFELANDIA PENDULA (Sw.) Nees. [Laurus pendula Sw.; H. 
thomae Nees.] St. Thomas (DC. Prodr. 151: 65); recorded from St. 
Thomas as collected by Riedlé (Mez, Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 21). 
ACRODICLIDIUM SALICIFOLIUM (Sw.) Griseb. Forests, St. Thomas; 
St. Jan; St. Croix. 
PERSEA PERSEA (L.) Cockerell. [Laurus Persea L.; Persea 
americana Mill.; P. gratissima Gaertn. f.] Spontaneous rae plant- 
ing, St. Thatas' St. (Cron: 
PHOEBE CUBENSIS Nees. [P. antillana cubensis Meissn.; P. 
elongata of Eggers.] St. Croix (West, according to DC. Prodr. 15!: 
31, and also recorded by Mez). 
