VERBENACEZ. 527 
Order CII]. VERBENACE. 
Verbenacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 11381. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. There are fifty-nine genera, comprising about 700 species, 
generally dispersed in warm countries, rare in temperate regions, especially in the 
north, and absent from the arctic and alpine regions. The species are greatly in need 
of revision, especially (as far as the Mexican are concerned) of the genera Lantana, 
Lippia, and Verbena. | 
1. LANTANA. 
Lantana, Linn, Gen. Plant. n. 765; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1142. 
Shrubs or rarely herbs. About fifty species have been described, some of them 
probably under more than one name. The greater part inhabit Tropical and Sub- 
tropical America, a few Asia and Africa. 
1. Lantana camara, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 874; DC. Prodr. xi. p. 598; A. Gr. Synop. 
FIN. Am. ii. p. 340. ; 
Lantana aculeata, Linn.; Bot. Mag. t. 96. 
Lantana scabrida, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. p. 852; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1171. 
Lantana polyacantha, Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 597? 
Groreia; FLoripa; Texas.—Mexico, Acatlan ( Andrieux), Mazatlan (Seemann, 1501), 
valley of Cordova (Pourgeau, 1506); Guatemata, Volcan de Fuego (Salvin) ; Honpuras, 
Gulf of Fonseca (Sinclair); Panama (Seemann; S. Hayes).—Generally dispersed in 
Tropical Sourn America and the West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
2, Lantana canescens, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 259; DC. Prodr, xi. 
p. 607. 
Lantana lamiifolia, Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. ix. p. 372. 
Lippia pallescens, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 245. 
Norra Mexico, Santa Rosa, Coahuila (Bigelow), without locality (Berlandier ; 
Ehrenberg).—VENEZUELA; CoLomBia; Gutana; Braziu. Hb. Kew. 
8. Lantana hirsuta, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. p. 826; DC. Prodr. 
xl. p. 099. 
SoutH Mexico, Jalapa, Mirador, and Zacuapan, at 2000 to 4000 feet (Galeotti, 749), 
Acatlan, Puebla (Andrieur, 136), Jalapa (Linden, 140), Chiapas ( Ghiesbreght), valley 
of Cordova (Bourgeau); Nicaracua, Greytown (Tate). Hb. Kew. 
4, Lantana hispida, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. il. p. 260; DC. Prodr. xi. 
p. 603. 
Lantana geroldiana, Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. ix. p. 372. 
Lantana teucriifoliia, Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. ix. p. 371. 
Lantana hirta, Grah. in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. ii. p. 186? 
Sout Mexico, near Jalapa, at 4200 feet (Humboldt & Bonpland), Oaxaca (Andrieus, 
137), region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2625 bis), Chiapas ( Ghiesbreght, 632). Hb. Kew. 
