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crevices of ledges. In many places a troublesome weed. Said to 
have been introduced in the latter part of the 18th century by Col. 
Spofforth, to furnish fuel. It is very useful on the sand dunes in 
arresting the drifting sands. (See pp. 475-6.) The flowers, which 
are pale lilac, are abundant at most seasons. The stems are not 
prickly. 
Red Sage ; Red-flowered Sage Bush. (Lantana camara L.) 
Naturalized and common in most places. Native of tropical 
America and West Indies, but said to have been brought here from 
Madeira, about 1819. ‘The flowers are light orange-red. 
Prickly Sage Bush ; Yellow-flowered Sage. (Lantana crocea Jacq.) 
Naturalized and common, but less abundant than the others. The 
flowers are light orange-yellow. 
Pigeon Berry. (Duranta Plumieri Jacq.) 
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A common, naturalized, tropical American shrub, of the Verbena- 
family, with blue flowers in racemes. The plant is not prickly; leaves 
smooth, glossy ; berries yellow, wax-like, poisonous. 
It is allied to the native Turkey Berry (Callicarpa ferruginea), a 
shrub which has bluish white flowers and bears large clusters of 
round, red or magenta berries. 
Prickly Myrtle. (Clerodendron aculeatum Gr.) 
A tropical American shrub, allied to the last, naturalized on Ire- 
land Island and elsewhere. It has white flowers, about half an inch 
long, with exsert purple stamens. 
Another species (C. capitatum=? Whitfieldi Seem. ?) was found as 
a naturalized plant about the Pembroke Workhouse, by Lefroy. 
Cassava; Cassada; Tapioca-plant. (Manthot utilissima Pohl.=Jani- 
pha manihot Kth.) See p. 525. 
Introduced about 1616, and still cultivated. A tuberous rooted 
euphorbiaceous shrub, with a milky poisonous sap, but yielding a 
large amount of starchy food from the roots, by special preparation 
(tapioca, etc.). Native of tropical South America, but early natural- 
ized in the West Indies. 
