62 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 
CROTON OVALIFOLIUS Vahl. [Oxydectes ovalifolia Kuntze.] Hill- 
sides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
CROTON HASTATUS West, of St. Croix (hyponym) is not identified. 
An arboreus Croton, not found in flower, occurred on Flag Hill, 
St. Thomas, according to Eggers. 
DiTaxIs FASCICULATA Vahl. [Argyrothamnia fasciculata Muell. 
Arg.] Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
ARGYTHAMNIA CANDICANS Sw. Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; 
St. Jan; St; Crom: } 
RICINELLA RICINELLA (L.) Britton. [Adelia Ricinella L.; R. 
pedunculosa Muell. Arg.] Hillsides and thickets, St. Thomas; St. 
Jan; St. Croix. 
ACALYPHA PORTORICENSIS Muell. Arg. Rocky slopes, St. Croix. 
ACALYPHA CHAMAEDRIFOLIA (Lam.) Muell. Arg. [Croton chamae- 
drifolius Lam.; Acalypha reptans Sw.; A. corchorifolia Willd.; A. 
chamaedrifolia genuina and brevipes of Eggers.] Rocky soil, St. Thom- 
as; St. Croix. 
ACALYPHA POLYSTACHYA Jacq. St. Thomas (according to Eggers). 
The record is probably an error in determination. 
TRAGIA VOLUBILIS L. Thickets, banks and hillsides, St. Thomas; 
St. Jan; St. Croix. 
DALECHAMPIA SCANDENS L. Thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 
Croix. 
Ricinus communis L. Waste and cultivated grounds, St. Thomas; 
st. Jan: St: Crom. 
ALEURITES MOLUCCANA (L.) Willd. [Jatropha moluccana L.] 
Roadsides and near dwellings, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
JATROPHA Curcas L. Hillsides and near dwellings, St. Thoma 
St. ban: ot; Cron, 
JATROPHA GOssyPIFOLIA L, [Adenoropium gossypifolium Pohl; 
J. gossypifolia staphisagriaefolia and elegans of Eggers.] In dry soil, 
fields and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
JATROPHA MULTIFIDA L. Roadsides and planted in gardens, St. 
Thomas; St. Croix. 
JATROPHA PANDURAEFOLIA Andr. Planted for ornament. 
Manisot Mantuot (L.) Cockerell. [Jatropha Manihot L.] Spon- 
taneous or persistent after cultivation, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St- 
Croix. 
Sapium Laurocerasus Desf. [Excoecaria Laurocerasus Muell. 
Arg.; ? E. Laurocerasus laurifolia of Eggers.] A high tree in forests, 
Cinnamon Bay, St. Jan, not seen flowering (according to Eggers). 
Otherwise known only from Porto Rico. 
HipPOMANE MANCINELLA L. Coastal woods, St. Thomas; St. 
Croix. 
