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Lantana Sevtoviana. Mr. SELLow’s 
LANTANA. | 
SHEESH eisiakikektek 
Class and Order. 
Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—VERBENACEZ. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Cal. brevissimus, obsolete dentatus. Cor. tubulosa, 
limbo inequaliter bilobo. Stam. inclusa. Drupa baccata, 
1-pyrena, pyrene 2-loculari, 2-spermo, rima loculis in- 
terposita. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lantana* Selloviana ; foliis subsessilibus (petiolatisve) 
ovatis acutis rugosis piloso-scabris, capitulis subglo- 
ssn involucris cordatis capitulo minoribus. Link et 
tto. 
Lantana Selloviana. Link et Otto. Ic. Pl. Sel. v. 1. p. 
107. ¢. 50. 
Lippra oO Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. P. HI 
p- 231. 
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Descr. Stem, in our plant, twiggy, slender, branched, 
procumbent, pubescent. Leaves opposite, ovate, somewhat 
pointed, on petioles less than half their own length, cre- 
hato-serrated, pubescent on both sides, wrinkled, middle- 
rib and veins prominent behind; veins oblique, branching 
only towards the edge of the leaf, but connected by small 
transverse, secondary veins. Peduncles (two and a half 
inches 
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ce From lento, to bind, a name formerly applied to a species of VipuRNUM, 
With which these plants somewhat agree in habit. 
