BRITTON: FLORA OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 59 
CLAUSENA Wamp! Blanco. [Cookia punctata Sonn.| Planted for 
shade. 
SURIANACEAE 
SURIANA MARITIMA L. Coastal sands, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 
Croix. 
SIMAROUBACEAE 
QUASSIA AMARA L. Naturalized in and about gardens, St. Thomas; 
St. Croix. Planted for shade. 
CASTELARIA NICHOLSONI (Hook.) Small. [Castela Nicholsoni 
Hook.; C. erecta of Eggers and of Millspaugh.] Thickets, St. Croix. 
AESCHRION ANTILLANA (Eggers) Small. [Rhus antillana Eggers; 
Quassia excelsa of West; Picrasma antillana Urban; Picraena excelsa 
_ of Eggers and of Millspaugh.] Forests, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 
Croix. 
BURSERACEAE 
ELAPHRIUM SIMARUBA (L.) Rose. [Pistacia Simaruba L.; Bursera 
gummifera L.; Bursera Simaruba Sargent.] Woods and hills, St. 
Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA (Sw.) Kuntze. [Hedwigia balsamifera 
Sw.; ?JIcica altissima of West.] St. Croix (according to West). 
MELIACEAE 
SWIETENIA MAHAGONI Jacq. Hillsides and valleys, St. Thomas; 
St. Croix. Often planted; perhaps not native. 
Metta AzepDARACH L. Roadsides; occasional in woods, St. 
Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
TRICHILIA HIRTA L. [T. spondioides Jacq.] Woods, thickets and 
hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
TRICHILIA WAWRANA ANTILLANA C. DC., desceted: as from St. 
Croix from a specimen in the Copenhagen tiechartiais. is otherwise 
unknown 
Guarea TRICHILIOIDES L., was recorded by West from St. Croix, 
but the record was questioned by Eggers. It is abundant in Porto 
Rico. 
MALPIGHIACEAE 
HIRAEA FAGINEA (Sw.) Ndz. [H - faginea glandulifera Ndz.], 
recorded by Niedenzu from St. "Hiainis: is probably an error in 
locality. 
BANISTERIA PURPUREA L. [Heteropteris purpurea H.B.K.; H. 
parvifolia DC.] Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 
Croix. 
