270 CI. VERBENACEiE (baker). [Lantana. 



limb ^ in. diam. Outer flowers red ; inner yellow -white. Drupe 

 black, shining, the size of a small pea. — L. aculeata, Linn. S)st. Veg. 

 ed. xiv. r>60, ex parte ; Bot. Mag. t. 90. Z. scabrida, Ait. Hort. Kew. 

 ed. ], ii. 352. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Freetown, Kirk, 44! Johnston, 1! in 

 frardens. Barter .' (iokl Coast : Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 28! G9 ! Accra, Vogel, 4 ! 

 Lagos, Moloneii, L5 ! Roidand ! Egba country, at Otta, Barter, 3318! Cameroons: 

 liatanga. Bates, 166 ! 



liOixrer Guinea. Angola, Weiwitsch, 5650! 5658! 5676! 5715! 5722! 

 5723 ! Ambriz, Monteiro ! 



A n;itive of Tropical America, now established in many places in ihe Old World. 



2. L. antidotalis, Schuvucch. d' Thonn. •, Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 

 598. Branches subhexagonal, hispid, unarmed or prickly. Leaves 

 ternate, ovate, acuminate, coarsely crenate, rugose. Heads globose ; 

 bracts linear-subulate, the outer as long as the corolla-tube. Corolla- 

 tube pubescent, | in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Sencgambia, Lelidvre. Gninea, Thonninq. 



?). L. vibumoides, Vahl ; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 005. An erect 

 little- branched shrub. Stems densely hairy upwards, without any 

 prickles. Leaves opposite, shortlv petioled, ovate, often 8-4 in. long, 

 conspicuously crenate, scabrous above, slightly rugose and pubescent 

 beneath. Spikes axillary, peduncled, elongating, finally J-H in. long; 

 bracts ovate, acute, very haii-y, the upper J in., the lower \ in. long. 

 Corolla very small; tube pubescent, \ in. long; limb j\y in. diam. 

 Drupe purple, the size of a small pea, ribbed vertically when dry. — 

 A. Rich. Tent. D^l. Abyss, ii. 10^^; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 120; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. o55. Lippia Schimperi, Hochst. in 

 Flora, xxiv. (1«41) i. Intell. 23. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 1286 ! 



xrile Ziand. Abyssinia: at the foot of Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 257! and 

 without pttcise locality, Schimper, 455 ! Hritish East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, 

 Schwfinfurth, 2342 ! 



Mozamb. I>ist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 44<X) ft., Johnston, 91 ! 

 Tolkpns, 265 ! 



Also in Arabia. 



4. L. salvifolia, Jacq. IJort. Schoen. iii. 18, t. 285; Schemer in 

 DC. Prod. xi. 0(J5. A much-branched shrub, 8-0 ft. high. Stems 

 without any prickles, densely hairy upwards. Leaves opposite, shortly 

 petioled, ovate, crenate, 1-2 in. long, very rugose in the typical form, 

 scabrous above, densely pubescent beneath, with raised veins. Spikes 

 at first globose, finally oblong, about an inch long ; bracts ovate, acute, 

 hairy, the lower \ in. long. Corolla lilac or pink ; tube about \ in. long; 

 limb \ in. long. Drupe purple, edible. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Air. :)55. L. Kisi, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 169 ; Schweinf. Beitr. 

 FL Aethiop. 120. Lippia ? kituiensis, Vatke in Linnaia. xliii. 528. 



