( 3110 ) 



Lantana nivea, var. mutabilis. White- 

 flowered Lantana, Changeable var. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Verbenace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. brevissimus, obsolete dentatus. Cor. tubulosa, lim- 

 bo inasqualiter bilobo. Sta?n. inclusa. Drupa baccata, 

 1-pyrena, pyrene biloculari, 2-spermo, rima loculis interpo- 

 sita. Spr. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Lantana nivea; foliis oppositis ovatis acuminatis scabris in 

 petiolum attenuatis, capitulis hemisphaericis, bracteis 

 linearibus tubo brevioribus, caule frutescente aculeate 



Lantana nivea. Willd. Enum. p. 631. Vent. Malm. p. 8. 

 t. 8. Bot. Mag. t. 1946. 



(/*.) floribus flavis demum roseis. (Tab. nostr. t. 3110.,) 



Descr. A shrub, four or five feet high, branched, the 

 branches four-sided, glabrous, but furnished with strong, 

 short, often curved aculei, set principally upon the angles. 

 Leaves large, of a deep green colour, scabrous, ovate, acu- 

 minate, obtusely serrated, much nerved, diffusing an un- 

 pleasant odour, at the base gradually tapering into a rather 

 long petiole. From the axils of the upper leaves, the 

 peduncles arise, equal in length with the leaves or sometimes 

 longer, four-sided and slightly aculeated, rarely branched, 

 bearing a large and beautiful head of changeable flowers 

 at the extremity. These flowers are collected upon an 

 oblong, fleshy receptacle, which has sometimes a pair of 

 opposite small leaves at the base. Bracteas, one to eacli 



flower, 



