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BYRSONIMA MARTINICENSIS Krug & Urban. St. Croix (according 
to Small). : 
POLYGALACEAE 
POLYGALA ANGUSTIFOLIA H.B.K. Thickets, southern side of St. 
Thomas. 
SECURIDACA BROWNEI Griseb. [S. scandens West.] Naturalized 
around Christiansted, St. Croix, and on St. Thomas (according to 
Eggers). 
SECURIDACA ERECTA L. Dry soil, St. Croix; St. Thomas (accord- 
ing to de Candolle). 
EUPHORBIACEAE 
SAVIA SESSILIFLORA (Sw.) Willd. [Croton  sessiliflorum Sw.] 
Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
Asterandra grandifolia (L.) Britton. [Phyllanthus grandifolius L.] 
St. Thomas (according to Urban). 
PHYLLANTHUS NrrurI L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. 
Thomas; St. Croix. 
PHYLLANTHUS ACUMINATUS Vahl is accredited to St. Thomas by 
Mueller (DC. Prodr. 15?: 381) who records a specimen in the Candol- 
lean herbarium, but the shrub is not known to inhabit St. Thomas now. 
Cicca DisTIcCHA L. [Phyllanthus distichus Muell. Arg.] Spon- 
taneous after planting, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
MARGARITARIA NOBILIS L. f. [Phyllanthus nobilis Muell. Arg.; 
Cicca antillana A. Juss.; P. nobilis antillanus Muell. Arg.] Forests, 
St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix (according to Eggers). 
SECURINEGA ACIDOTHAMNUS (Griseb.) Muc"'t. Arg. [? Adelia 
Acidoton of West; Flueggea Acidothamnus Griseb.] Thickets, St. 
Thomas; Little St. James Island, St. Jan; eastern St. Croix (according 
to Eggers). 
DRYPETES GLAUCA Vahl. St. Croix (according to Eggers). 
CROTON ASTROITES Dryand. [C. phlomoides Pers.] Thickets, St. 
Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
CROTON BETULINUS Vahl. Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 
Croix. 
CROTON FLAVENS L. [C. balsamifer Jacq.; C. flavens rigidus 
Muell. Arg.; Siege flavens Kuntze.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. 
Jan; St. Croi 
CROTON DISCOLOR Willd. Rocky thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
CROTON LOBATUS L. [Oxydectes lobata Kuntze.] Waste and 
cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan. 
CROTON HUMILIS L. Hillside thickets, St. Thomas. 
CROTON GLANDULOsUS L. St. Croix (according to Urban). 
