Lantana. dtdynamia angiospermia. 89 



purpose's. On the Coiomandel co.nsf, Avhere it is common, 1 

 have only foujul it in the slate of a ramous shrub. 



Leaves opposite, short-petioled, obovate, and oval, entire, 

 obtuse, very hoary underneath. Panicles terminal, tricho- 

 tomous, bearing- the flowers in terminal, single, rigid heads. 

 Flowers numerous, small, of a dark dull yellow, when dry 

 almost black. Z^roc^f^.s of the divisions of the panicle, oppo- 

 site, ovate ; of the calyx three-fold, one-flowered. Calyx 

 five leaved; (he three bractes thereof may be reckoned three 

 more. Corol ; tube short, bilabiate; 7/y>y>er //y? emarginate ; 

 the lower one of three deeply divided, equal, expanding seg- 

 ments.' Filaments from the fissures of the corol. Anthers 

 twin. Germ superior, ovate, downy. Style about the length 

 of the stamens. Stiyma of two, acute points. 



LANTANA. Schreh. gen. N. 1026. 



Calyx obscurely four-toothed. Stigma hook refracted. 

 Drupe with a trilocular nut, the lower one sterile. 



L. indica. /». 



Shrubby, straight, four-sided, hairy. Leaves opposite, 

 cordate, serrate, rugose. Peduncles solitary, axillary, shorter 

 than tde leaves. Heads ovate. Bractes ovate-lanceolate. 

 Nut tu o-celled. 



A native of Mysore, from thence Dr. B. Heyne sent the seed 

 to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plants thrive lux- 

 urianlly, and blossom during the rains. 



Stem ligneous, perennial, erect, four-sided, clothed with 

 short hairs, and tinged with dark purple. Branches few, 

 and like the stem. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, cordate, 

 swelling on the petioles, serrate, rugose, hairy underneath, 

 from three to four inches lono- and from two to three broad. 

 Stipules none. Peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than 

 the leaves, expanding, hairy, angular, and coloured like the 

 stem. Heads ovate. Bractes one-flowered, from cordate 



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