S70 VEKBENACE.E. (VERVAIN FAMILY.) 



5. LANTANA, L. 



Calyx minute, slightly 4-toothed. Corolla bilabiate ; the upper lip notched 

 or entire ; the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Style short : 

 stigma oblique. Fruit fleshy or berry -like, of two mostly rugose or tubercu- 

 late 1-seeded nutlets, enclosed in the enlarged membrauaceous calyx. Shrubs, 

 with simple rugose serrate leaves, and axillary peduncled capitate bracted 

 flowers. 



1. L. involucrata, L., var. Floridana, Chapm. Stem much 

 branched, pubescent; leaves small ('- 1'), oval or obovate, crenate, rounded 

 at the apex, contracted into a slender petiole ; peduncles 2-3 times as long as 

 the leaA'es, the upper ones corymbose ; heads small ; bracts ovate, as long as 

 the tube of the small (2" -3") white corolla; the outer ones involucrate. 

 South Florida. 



2. L. Camara, L. Stem pubescent, hirsute, or prickly ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, crenate, short-petioled, very rough above, pubescent be- 

 neath ; peduncles as long as the leaves ; bracts lanceolate, half as long as the 

 tube of the yellow corolla; involucre none. Around homesteads, escaped 

 from cultivation. June -Nov. Shrub 2 -4 high. Leaves 2' long. Fruit 

 juicy. 



6. CITHAREXYLUM, L. 



Calyx cup-shaped or somewhat tubular, slightly 5-toothed. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, 5-lobed, the throat pubescent. Stamens 4-5, included : anthers 

 sagittate. Ovary 4-celled. Style thickened upward : stigma notched. Drupe 

 juicy, of two 2-seeded bony nutlets, partly included in the enlarged indurated 

 calyx. Trees or shrubs, with entire mostly glandular-petioled leaves, and 

 small flowers in slender spikes or racemes. 



1. C. villosum, Jacq. Pubescent or glabrous; leaves somewhat coria- 

 ceous, oblong, entire, roughened and shining above, short-petioled ; spikes 

 declining, lax-flowered ; corolla smooth, the lobes rounded or notched ; sta- 

 mens 4 ; drupe globose, half included in the enlarged calyx. South Florida. 

 Leaves 2' -5' long. Spikes 2' -4' long. Corolla 2" long. Drupe 4" in 

 diameter. 



7. DURANTA, L. 



Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, 5-toothed. Corolla somewhat bilabiate, pubescent 

 in the throat ; the upper lip 2-lobed ; the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included. 

 Ovary 8-celled. Style short : stigma oblique. Drupe baccate, of four 2-seeded 

 bony nutlets, included in the enlarged beak-pointed calyx. Shrubs. Leaves 

 opposite or whorled, entire, dotted. Flowers showy, in axillary and terminal 

 racemes. 



1. D. Plumieri, Jacq. Spineless or spiny ; branches and racemes pu- 

 bescent ; leaves oblong or obovate, obtuse, entire, or serrate near the apex, 

 tapering into a slender petiole ; racemes curving, lax-flowered ; lower bracts 

 leafy; drupe globose. South Florida. Leaves l'-2' long. Corolla 5" 

 long, lilac. Drupe yellow. 



