562 CXI. VERBENACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [.Phryma. 
rounded patent lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous; anthers round. Ovary 
oblong, oblique; ovule 1, erect, attached on one side near the base; style 
linear; stigma shortly unequally 2-lobed. Utricle membranous, enclosed 
in the reflexed calyx; radicle superior, cotyledons convolute. 
P. leptostachya, Linn. ; Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 520; leaves ovate 
or ovate-lanceolate thinly pubescent, peduncles terminal and from the upper 
axils. Gaertn. Fruct. i. 363, t. 75, fig. 10; Lamk. Ill. t. 516; Wall. Cat. 
2088; Schnizl. Ic. Fam. Nat. t. 150a; Walp. Rep. iv. 36. 
W. HIMALAYA, alt. 3-7000 ft.; from Kashmir to Nepal frequent, Wallich, Royle, 
&c. Knasia Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft; H. f. 4 T., &c.—DisTRIB. Amurland and 
Japan, Temp. N. America. . 
Height 1-2 ft. Leaves 2-4 in. ; petiole }-1} in. Spikes 6-15 in.; flowers alter- 
nate. Calyz-íube } in.; nerves 15, in 5 groups of 3; teeth jj in. with purplish 
hooks. Corolla 4-4 in., pink or pale purple. Calyz in fruit deflexed and appressed to 
the rachis, Utricle } in., oblong.. 
IL LANTANA, Linn. 
Rambling shrubs, pubescent or scabrous; brariches tetragonous, some- 
times prickly. Leaves simple, petioled, crenate, often rugose. Spikes 
peduncled, capitate, ovoid or cylindric; bracts conspicuous, exceeding the 
calyx; bracteoles 0. Calyx small, membranous, truncate or sin uate-toothed. 
Corolla-tube slender, cylindric; lobes 4—5, spreading. Stamens 4, didyna- 
mous, included ; anthers broadly oblong. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled; style 
short, stigma oblique subcapitate. Drupe fleshy or nearly dry, containing 
2 bony, 1-celled pyrenes. Seed without albumen; radicle 1nferior.— Species 
40, tropical or subtropical, mostly American. 
L. Camara, Linn. (Schauer in DC, Prodr. xi. 598; L. aculeata, Linn.; Rozb. 
Hort. Beng. 46. ? L. mixta, Linn. in Thwaites Enum. 242), an American plant, has 
run wild in India, especially in the W. Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. lt is readily 
recognized by the numerous recurved prickles on the branches. 
1. L. indica, Rozb. Hort. Beng. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 89; leaves ovate 
or lanceolate softly hairy above, bracts ovate or elliptic acuminate softly 
loosely hairy. Wall. Cat. 1823, type sheet a,b; Wight Ill. t. 173 b, fig. 3, 
and Je. t. 1464. L. latifolia, Tausch in Flora 1836, 391. L. dubia, Wall. 
Cat. 1821, 2 and C not 1; Royle Ill. 300, t. 73, fig. 2. L. collina, Decne. m 
Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 136, t. 14l. L. alba, Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 606; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 198; Brandis For. Fl. 369; Kurz For. Fl. i. 253; 
Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 532, not of Miller, Dcne., nor Link. 
Throughout INDIA and CEYLON in the warmer parts, common ; on the river- 
banks of Bengal one of the commonest weeds.— DrsrRIB. Beloochistan, Trop. Africa. 
A shrub, 3-8 ft. high; branches long, rambling, appressedly scabrid-pubescent, Or 
towards the tips patently densely fulvous-hairy. Leaves 1-3 in., opposite or ternate, 
tip not rounded, rugose, above softly hairy, beneath more densely often woolly some- 
times white-woolly ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles numerous, axillary 1-3 in., usually 
opposite; heads ovoid, usually 3-3 in., sometimes in fruit 2-3 in. long, cylindric; 
bracts 4-3 in., upper smaller, ovate or even cordate in the typical form, but varyivg 
tolanceolate. Calyx less than 4 in., hairy. Corolla 4 in., hairy, mouth } in. diam., 
usually pink, the tube yellowish, varying from dull purple to white. Drupe j-i i" 
diam., purple. 
Var. albiflora, Wight ms.; leaves small obtuse, outer bracts ovate minutely 
closely pubescent. L. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 2655. Lantana n. 1, Herb. Ind. Or. 
H. f. § T.—S. Madras, in or near the hills; Pulney Mts. and Courtallum, Wight, 
&c.—Leaves 3-3 in. Corolla $ in. diam. Drupe jin. diam. 
