Lantana | VERBENACEAE. 341 
2. PRIVA, Adans. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped, obliquely 5-lobed, the limb 
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) nd spreading. S s 4 in pairs, inclu ma lateral or 
anterior. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit of 2 nutl ach 2 elled, or 1-celled 
by abortion. — Flowers distant, on short pedicels in terminal spike-like 
racemes. 
Nine species, natives of America, Africa and India. 
1. P, aspera, H. B. & K. — DC. Prod. XI, 534. — A perennial herb, 
pubescent with retrorse hooked hairs. Leaves ovate-acuminate, crenate- 
dentate, suddenly contracting into a short petiole, scabro-hispid on the 
upper, gray-pubescent on the lower face. Pedicels shorter than the linear 
racts. Calyx 1'/2, scabro-pubescent. Corolla pubescent, the tube a 
little exserted and ampliate at the throat. Fruit globose, surrounded by 
the calyx, the nutlets 1-celled and 1-seeded, separating at m aturity, 
convex and sevlnkiad or, tuberculate at the back, the commissural area 
rom atd excavated. 
‘ A Mexica 
an weed, widely spread in the western division of Oahu. 
3. STACHYTARPHETA, Vahl. 
Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, irregularly 5-toothed. Cor 5-lobed, th 
tube often incurved. Stamens included, only 2 eege wi pers cells 
diverging. Stigma capitate. Ovary 2-celled, with 1 e t ovule in each 
cell. Fruit of 2 linear nutlets. — Herbs or shrubs. aes spicate, sunk 
in pits or furrows of the ae rhachis. 
, About 40 species, chiefly American 
71. S. dichotoma, Vahl. —- DC. = XI, 561. — An erect herb, 2—4 ft. 
high, pubescent, with angular branches. Leaves ovate, 2—4' long, acu- 
minate, crenate-serrate, suddenly vince to a short petiole, hispid- 
pubescent on both faces. Spikes long and slender. Bracts guys 
gibbous at the base, about as long as the calyx. Calyx tubular, 2—3” 
long, shortly 4-toothed. Corolla deep blue, the curved tube coma seca 
than the calyx. Fruiting calyx semi- -immersed in the rhac 
A troublesome weed from tropical Am , widely spread in the ai of Hilo and 
Kona, Hawaii! also called «Oi» by ‘se peer In gardens: S. muta 
4. LANTANA, L 
Calyx small and thin, truncate or dante toothed. Corolla-tube 
slender, the limb bpcokatn: 4- or 5-lobed, nearly regular or slightly 
bilab biate. Stamens 4, included. Ovary 2 -celled, each cell with 1 erect 
ovule. Fruit a fleshy drupe, the kernel 2- celled or dividing into 2 nuts. 
— Shrubs, rarely herbs. Flowers in pedunculate axillary heads, rarely 
Lap gaisaend into spikes 
nsiderable genus, chiefly from tropical and subtropical America. 
