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706. VERBENA littoralis, var.? glabrior, foliis hine inde trifidis grosse et obtusiuscule inciso- 
dentatis. An species propria? Folia V. menthefolie, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p- 21. sed flores parvi 
V. littoralis.—Peita. 
707. Verbena fasciculata, sp. n., suffruticosa? adscendens, ramosa, hirsutissima, foliis 3-5- 
partitis, segmentis lanceolatis linearibusve integerrimis vel 3-5-fidis, spicis sessilibus vel breviter 
pedunculatis densis, bracteis lanceolato-subulatis calyces aequantibus, calycis hirti costati dentibus 
setaceis, corollee tubo exserto.—Huamantango. 
Affinis V. Aubletiw, sed hirsutior et folia diversa, Caulis basi lignosus videtur, decumbens, ramis 
adscendentibus vel erectis $-1-pedalibus. Folia arcte sessilia, usque ad basin dissecta et sic quasi verticillata, 
Juniora in axillis fasciculata ; segmenta majora 14-2-pollicaria, 2 lin. lata, alia minora et multo angustiora, 
omnia acuta. Calyces et bracteee V. Awbletia, sed spica brevior et corolle minores, tubo calycem param 
excedente. Antherarum loculi distincti, latiusculi. Styli lobus superior brevissimus, crasse pulvinato- 
stigmatosus, inferior brevis sed pulvinum superans, incurvo-acutus, nudus. Carpidia oblonga, maturitate 
sponte secedentia, externe rete elevata venarum rugosa. Seminum testa tenuissima, membranacea; albumen 
parcissimum, sed non omnino deesse videtur. 
Cuming’s n. 954, from the coast of Peru, appears to be the same plant, with 
rather blunter lobes to the leaves. 
708. Lippra nodiflora, Rich.—Walp. Rep. 4. p. 49.—Guayaquil. 
There are several varieties of this plant in the collection, some of which may 
turn out to be distinct species, but the characters upon which the several species of 
Lippia and Lantana are made to rest are at present so vague and uncertain, that 
it is exceedingly difficult to determine them, and even the number of genera into 
which the very numerous species should be distributed must remain very doubtful 
until the whole shall have been worked up systematically. This task has, it is 
understood, been undertaken by Professor Schauer, for De Candolle’s Prodromus. 
In the mean time, I have considered the three genera Lippia, Lantana, and 
Camara as distinguished by the fruit, as stated in Taylor’s Ann. Nat. Hist., v. 2, 
p. 446, 447. 
709. Liepta asperifolia, Rich. ex Hook. et Arn. Bot, Beech. p. 442.—Lantana lippioides, Hook. 
et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 305.—Manzanilla Bay; Realejo. 
710. Lxppra geminata, Humb. et Kunth ex Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 442.—Realejo. 
711. Lirpra cardiostegia, sp. n., strigoso-puberula, foliis ovatis serrato-crenatis basi cuneatis 
utringue scaberrimis, pedunculis in axillis pluribus folio brevioribus, bracteis cordatis acuminatis, 
exterioribus flores superantibus, calyce obcompresso bifido bicarinato, carinis pilosis——Gulf of 
Fonseca. 
Fratex videtur, ramis elongatis tenuibus, pube parca strigosa scabris. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. 
lata, acuta vel obtusa, crenaturis obtusis vel acutatis, basi breviter vel longius angustata, membranacea, parum 
rugosa, utrinque viridia et scaberrima, pilis brevissimis rigidis in pagina superiore e tuberculis ortis, in 
inferiore presertim secus venas dispositis. Pedunculi in axillis seepius gemini, graciles, longitudine varii, 
rarius tamen pollicem excedentes. Capitula subglobosa vel demum parum elongata, circa 4 lin. diametro. 
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