THE BOTANY OF BERMUDA. 97 



Lantana Camara, Linn. Eed sage. 



Naturalized and abundant. It was introduced from Madeira about 

 1819, and formerly called Madeira sage = L. aculeata, Linn. 



L. crocea, Jacq. Prickly sage. 



Less com men ; flowers more yellow. It was brought from Madeira in 

 1818. 



X. odoratd, Linn. Common sage. 



Introduced from the Bahamas by Colonel Spoffoth toward the end of 

 the last century, with the idea that it would be good for firing, which it 

 is not. It is now the pest of Bermuda, overrunning woods and past- 

 ares, and permitted by the supineness of the inhabitants to render thou- 

 sands of acres of land valueless. 



Citharexylon quadrangulare, Linn. Fiddlewood. 



Naturalized and common, although said to have been first introduced 

 by Archdeacon Spenser at Paynter's Vale, about the year 1830. 



Duranta Plumieri^ Linn. Pigeon beiTy. 



Naturalized and common. The native species is unarmed. Some 

 plants imported from Maderia in 1873 proved to be spiny, and the flow- 

 ers somewhat larger and of a deeper blue than the common species. 



lUdlkarpaferrugineaf Sw. Turkey berry. 



One of the most ornamental of native plants, from its large masses of 

 magenta-colored fruit. Found chiefly in the Walsingham tract; flowers 

 in Jnue. 



Volkameria aculeata, Linn. Prickly myrtle. {Clerodendron aculeaUim, 



Gr.) 



Naturalized at Spanish Point and ou Ireland Island, but not very 

 often met with. 



Clerodendron capitatum. 



Wild around Pembroke workhouse, formerly the rectory ; .probably 

 introduced. 



Avicennia nitida, Linn. Black mangrove. 



Native; usually accompanies the mangrove proper; there is a grove 

 of trees on comparatively dry soil at Shelly Bay. The popular name, 

 black mangrove, is derived from the color of the wood. {A. tomentosa, 

 Linn,, in Lane's list.) 



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