74 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 
THYMELAEACEAE 
DAPHNOPSIS CARIBAEA Griseb. [Nectandra antillana of Mills- 
paugh.] . Forests and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
LYTHRACEAE 
AMMANNIA COCCINEA Rottb. Moist ground, St. Thomas; St. 
Jan; St. Croix. . 
AMMANNIA LATIFOLIA L, [A..sanguinolenta Sw.] Moist ground, 
St. Thomas; St. Croix. 
GinoriA Rowri (Vahl) Koehne. [Antherylium Rohrii Vahl.] 
Coastal thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
LAWSONIA INERMIs L. Spontaneous after cultivation, St. Thomas; 
St. Croix. 
LAGERSTROEMIA INDICA L. Commonly planted for ornament. 
PUNICACEAE 
Punica Granatum L. [P.nanaL.] Spontaneous after planting, 
St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. Grown for its fruit. 
RHIZOPHORACEAE 
RHIzZOPHORA MANGLE L. Mangrove swamps, St. Thomas; St. 
Jan; St. Croix. Not very common. 
COMBRETACEAE 
TERMINALIA Cataprpa L. [Buceras Catappa Hitchc.] Hillsides, 
valleys, and commonly planted, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
Conocarpus ERECTA L. [C. erecta procumbens Jacq.] Coastal 
rocks and mangrove swamps, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
Buca Buceras L. [Buceras Buceras Millsp.; Myrobalanus 
Buceras Kuntze.] Moist soil, mostly near the coasts, but occasional 
on hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA (L.) Gaertn. [Conocarpus racemosa L.] 
Coastal swamps, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
QUISQUALIS INDICA L. is commonly cultivated as an ornamental 
vine. 
MYRTACEAE 
Psipium GuajaAva L.  Thickets, hillsides, and commonly planted 
for its fruit, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 
PsIDIUM AMPLEXICAULE Pers. [P. cordatum Sims.] _ Hillsides, 5t- 
Thomas; St. Jan; planted on St. Croix. Occurs also on Tortola. 
Apparently endemic in the Virgin Islands, although recorded from 
Nevis. 
