STANDLEY TREES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO. 1249 



1. Lantana camara L. Sp. PI. 627. 1753. 

 Lantana aculeata L. Sp. PL 627. 1753. 



Lantana horrida H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 261. 1817. 



ILantana mollis Graham, Eclinl)Ui-gh New Phil. Journ. 1829: 184. 1829. 



Lantana hirsuta Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 11: 326. 1844. 



Lantana polyacantha Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11: 597. 1847. 



Nearly throughout Mexico. Widely distributed in tropical America and 

 naturalized in the Old World. 



Shrub, 1 to 4 meters high, usually armed with stout recurved prickles; 

 leaves rounded-ovate to oblong-ovate, 4 to 12 cm. long, acute or short-acumi- 

 nate, sometimes obtuse, acute to subcordate at base, crenate, scabrous above, 

 variously pubescent or occasionally glabrate beneath ; heads not elongating ; 

 corolla yellow or orange, changing to red or purple, the tube about 1 cm. long ; 

 fruit black, 3 mm. long. " Hierba de Cristo " (Tamaulipas) ; " cinco negritos " 

 (Veracruz, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua); " tres colores " (Michoacan, 

 Guerrero) ; " zapotillo " (Oaxaca, Seler) ; " uiia de gato " (Morelos) ; " palabra 

 de mujer " (Sinaloa, Veracruz); " orozuz del pals" (Veracruz); " alfombriUa 

 hediouda " (Michoacan, Ramirez) ; " flor de San Cayetano" (Veracruz, Puebla, 

 Tjrhina) ; " xo-hexnuc " (Yucatan, Maya) ; " siete colores" (Jalisco) ; " peonia 

 negra " (Tamaulipas); "mora" (Colima; fruit); " matizadilla " (Oaxaca, 

 Jalisco); " confituria " (Souora, Sinaloa); "alantana," " lampana," "lantana" 

 (Veracruz, etc.); " sonora roja," " sonora,"' " confite negro," "confite," " zarza- 

 mora" (Sinaloa); " corronchocho " (Guatemala); "sorrito" (Colombia); 

 " cariaquillo," "poley cimarron" (Porto Rico); " comida de paloma " (Guate- 

 mala, Honduras); " filigrana " (Cuba); " venturosa colorada " (Venezuela); 

 "San Rafaellto " (Panama); " santo negrito," "cinco coloraditos " (El 

 Salvador). 



The lantana is a rather showy shrub when in flower and it is often planted 

 for ornament and grown in hothouses. The plants bloom nearly all the year. 

 This species has been introduced into most tropical countries, and in some 

 of them, as in Hawaii, it has become a troublesome weed. The fruit is sweet 

 and edible but not very palatable. A decoction of the leaves is sometimes 

 employed as a remedy for rheumatism and as a tonic for the stomach. In 

 Sinaloa the plant is a favorite remedy for snake bites, a strong decoction of 

 the leaves being taken internally and a poultice of crushed leaves applied to 

 the wound. 



2. Lantana involucrata L. Cent. PI. II. 22. 1756. 

 Lantana odorata L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 418. 1767. 



Lantana velutina Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 11: 325. 1844. 



Nearly throughout Mexico. Florida, Texas, West Indies, and northern South 

 America. 



Shrub, 0.5 to 4 meters high ; leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, elliptic, or rounded, 

 1 to 6 cm. long, rounded to acute at apex, finely or coarsely crenate, puberulent 

 or tomentose beneath, usually scabrous above; peduncles longer or shorter 

 than the leaves; corolla lilac or white, the tube 6 to 8 mm. long; fruit blue, 

 3 to 4 mm. long. "Or6gano " (Tamaulipas) ; " tarepe " (Michoacan) ; "peonia 

 colorada" (Tamaulipas); "confite" (Sinaloa); " cuasquito Oloroso" (Nica- 

 ragua) ; "salvia santa," " orggano del monte " (Guatemala) ; "cariaquillo de 

 Santa Maria," "Santa Maria" (Porto Rico); "hierba de la sangre," "fili- 

 grana cimarrona," " te de costa " (Cuba); " chiligiie," "cinco negritos" (EI 

 Salvador). 



