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The flowers are fragrant and the whole plant, as in other species, has a 

 strong aromatic odor. Palmer reports that in Tamaulipas pieces of the leaves 

 or stems are put in the ears as a cure for deafness. 



The only Mexican specimens which are exactly like the West Indian ones 

 are those from Yucatan. In the West Indian plant the leaves are usually 

 rounded at the apex and finely crenate, while in the common Mexican form 

 (L. velutina) the leaves are more commonly acute or acutish, more coarsely 

 crenate, and more copiously pubescent. There are, however, some interme- 

 diate forms, and it does not seem advisable to consider L. velutina a distinct 

 species. 



3. Lantana hispida H. B. K. Nov, Gen. & Sp. 2: 260. 1S17. 

 ILantana hirta Graham, Edinburgh New Phil. Jonrn. 2: 186. 1826. 

 Lantana teucriifolia Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. 9: 371. 1841. 

 Lantana geroUUana Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartenz. S: 372. 1841. 



Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas ; type from -Talapa, Veracruz. Cen- 

 tral America. 



Shrub ; leaves ovate-oblong to elliptic or ovate, 3 to 9 cm. long, acute or 

 acuminate, acute or obtuse at base, crenate, scabrous above; peduncles equal- 

 ing or shorter than the leaves ; corolla lilac or white, the tube 5 to 6 mm. 

 long. "Orozuz del pals " (Veracruz); " toltolquelite " (Nicaragua). 



Said to be used in Veracruz as a domestic remedy for tuberculosis. 



4. Lantana trifolia L. Sp. PI. 626. 1753. 



Veracruz and Chiapas. West Indies; Central and South America. 



Shrub ; leaves lanceolate to ovate, acute to long-acuminate, decurrent at 

 base, coarsely crenate, scabrous above, puberulent beneath; corolla lilac, the 

 tube 5 to 6 mm. long ; fruit purple, sweet, edible. " Filigrana de piiia " 

 (Cuba) ; "icaquito" (El Salvador). 



5. I/antana canescens H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 259. 1817. 



Coahuila to Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosl, Veracruz, and Yucatan. South 

 America ; tj'pe from Venezuela. 



Shrub ; leaves lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acute or acuminate, finely crenate 

 or subentire, densely strigose; heads 6 to 7 mm. thick; corolla white. 



6. Lantana macropoda Torr. U. S. & Mex. Bound. Bot. 127. 1859. 

 Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango. Western Texas ; type from the Rio San 



Pedro. 



Shrub, 1 meter high or less; leaves oblong-ovate to broadly ovate, 1 to 4.5 

 cm. long, obtuse or acute, coarsely crenate-serrate, strigose; corolla white 

 or purple. 



7. Lantana aehyranthifolia Desf. Cat. PI. Paris, ed. 3. 392. 1829. 



Lippia purpurea Jacq. Eclog. Amer. 1: 126. ph 58. 1816. Not Lantana pur- 

 purea Hornem. 1815. 



Lantana macropodioides Greenm. Field Mus. Bot. 2: 339. 1912, 



Sonora and Chihuahua to Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Chiapas. Central and 

 South America. 



Shrub, a meter high or less; leaves narrowly lanceolate to broadly ovate, 

 mostly 4 to 8 cm. long, acuminate, coarsely and sharply serrate, densely 

 strigose ; corolla purple or whitish. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES, 



Lantana mtjlticolob Leni. Fl. Serr. Jard. 3: Misc. 5. 1847. Described from 

 cultivated plants grown from Mexican seeds. Perhaps a species of Lippia. 



