276 CI. VERBENACE# (BAKER). [ Lantana. 
limb } in. diam. Outer flowers red; inner yellow-white. Drupe 
black, shining, the size of a small pea.—JL. aculeata, Linn. Syst. Veg. 
ed. xiv. 566, ex parte; Bot. Mag. t. 96. ZL. scabrida, Ait. Hort. Kew. 
ed. 1, ii, 352. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Freetown, Kirk, 44! Johnston, 1! in 
gardens, Barter ! Gold Coast : Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 28! 69! Accra, Vogel, 4+ 
Lagos, Moloney, 15! Rowland ! Egba country, at Otta, Barter, 3318! Cameroons: 
Batanga, Bates, 166 ! 
" Bower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 5650! 5658! 5676! 5715! 5722! 
5723! Ambriz, Monteiro ! 
A native of Tropical America, now established in many places in the Old World. 
2. L. antidotalis, Schumach. & Thonn. ; Schauer in DC. Prod. x. 
598. Branches subhexagonal, hispid, unarmed or prickly. Leaves 
ternate, ovate, acuminate, coarsely crenate, rugose. Heads globose ; 
bracts linear-subulate, the outer as long as the corolla-tube. Corolla- 
tube pubescent, } in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leligvre. Guinea, Thonning. 
3. L. viburnoides, Vahl ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 605. Anerect 
little-branched shrub. Stems densely hairy upwards, without any 
prickles. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, ovate, often 3-4 in. long, 
conspicuously crenate, scabrous above, slightly rugose and pubescent 
beneath. Spikes axillary, peduncled, elongating, finally 1-1} in. long + 
bracts ovate, acute, very hairy, the upper } in., the lower 4 in. long. 
Corolla very small; tube pubescent, 4 in. long; limb j, in. diam. 
Drupe purple, the size of a small pea, ribbed vertically when dry.— 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 168 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 120; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfil. Trop. Afr. 355. Lippia Schimperi, Hochst. 10 
Flora, xxiv. (1841) i. Intell. 23. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 1286! 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: at the foot of Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 257! and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 455! British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, 
Schweinfurth, 2342! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 4400 ft., Johnston, gl! 
Volkens, 265! 
Also in Arabia. 
4. L. salvifolia, Jacq. Hort. Schoen. iii. 18, t. 285; Schauer m 
DC. Prod, xi. 605, A much-branched shrub, 3-6 ft. high. Stems 
without any prickles, densely hairy upwards. Leaves opposite, shortly 
petioled, ovate, crenate, 1-2 in. long, very rugose in the typical form, 
scabrous above, densely pubescent beneath, with raised veins. Spikes 
at first globose, finally oblong, about an inch long ; bracts ovate, acute, 
hairy, the lower } in. long. Corolla lilac or pink ; tube about } in. long ; 
limb } in. long. Drupe purple, edible.— Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 355. JZ. Kisi, A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 169; Schweinf. Beitr. 
Fl. Aethiop. 120, Lippia? kitwiensis, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 528. 
