Lantana.] ci. verbenaoe^ (baker). 277 



L.indim, Roxb. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1464; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. iv. 068. L. alha^ Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. OoO, vix Miller. 



Upper Grulnea. Dagoniba : Salaga, Z'ratwc.' 



Wile I.and. Nubia : const region, Bent 1 Hor Tamanib, Lord, 101 Eritrea : 

 near Acrur, 6000 ft., Schweinfurth ^- Rira, 1013 ! Saganeiti, «H()0-74<)U ft., Srhwein- 

 furth ^' Riva, 1813 ! Keren, Steudner, 1303 I Abyssinia : Adowa. Quart in- Dillon if 

 Petit, 121! Mountains near Jaja, 3r)00-60(J(J ft., Schimper, 2193! banks of tlie 

 Hawash River, JRoth, 488! Shire, Quartin- Billon ! and witbout precise locality, 

 Schimper, 48! 377! 488! 747! Somaliland, Miss Edith CoIp ! Mrs\ Lort-PhUlips ! 

 British East Africa: Uganda, Wilson, 98! Lvkipia, 6rKK)-80(XJ ft., Thomson! 

 Kapte Plateau, 5000-6000 ^t.^ Thomson ! Ukambii, above 41)00 ft., Scott-Elliot, 

 6341! Hildebrandt, 2738 ! Maungu Mountain, 2000 ft., Johnston! MonibanH, Wake- 

 field! Kirk! Hildebrandt, 1988! Bojer ! Ribe, near Mombasa, Wakefield! Wanga. 

 Smith ! 



XiO\trer Guinea. Lower Congo, Dupuis. Angola, Welwitsch, o6()7 partly ! 

 5691! 5693! 5720! 5729! 5742! .5755! 5756! 5761! Elephants Bay, Curror, 20 

 German South- West Africa : Ainboland ; Olukonda, Schinz, ^{yO\ 



Soutli Central. Congo Free State: Lomami River, Laurent ! Mtowa, on Lake 

 Tanganyika, Descamps. 



nSozamb. Slst. Zanzibar, Bojer ! GermaTi East Africa : Usambara ; Tanga, 

 Volkens, 149! Ainboni, Hoist, 2687! Kilimanjaro ; Chagga District, New! and at 

 5000-6000 ft., Johnston! Lake Tanganyika, Cameron! Kavala Island, Carson, 

 24 ! 25 ! E;tst sliore of Lake Tanganyika, Scott-Elliot, 8335 ! Lower Plateau, north of 

 liake Nyasa, Thomson! British Central Africa : Urungii ; Fwauibo, 50<X) ft., Nutt ! 

 Carson ! Xyai^aland ; Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whi^te, 140 ! 205 ! Mount Cbirad- 

 zulu, 4000 ft., Whi/te! Shire Hiirlilands, Buchanan, 88 ! 245 ! 326 ! Scott-Elliot, 8568 ! 

 Manganja Hills, 3000 ft.. Kirk! Mellcr ! Mambane, 3000-4000 ft., Kirk ! Rhodesia; 

 Leshumo V^dley, Holuh ! Matabeleland, Elliott ! Ngamiland ; Kohis to Siiaw Valley, 

 Baines ! 



Also in South Africa and India. 



The synonyms L. indica and L. alba belong especially to the more common form 

 with the leaves in twos. The other form which difPers in having the leaves in threes, 

 but is not to be distinguished by any other character, occurs in various parts rf Arnra. 



5. L. petitiana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 1(>9. A much- 

 branched low shrub, with very slender shortly hispid branch lets 

 without any prickles. Leaves opposite, ovate, shortly petioled, crenate, 

 J in. long, very rugose, scabrous above, very hairy beneatli. Heads 

 permanently globose, \-^ in. diam. ; bracts ovate, acute, very hairy, 

 J in. long. Corolla lilac; tube about as long as the bract ; limb ^.^ in. 

 diam. — Vatke in Linnaea, xliii. 527 ; Franchet, Sert. Somal. 49. L. 

 microphijUa, Franchet, Sert. Somal. 49. 



Xrile Iiand. Abyssinia: Wojerat, Petit ! Somaliland ! Reroil, Darra-as, 5<XKtft., 

 Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. Lort- Phillips ! Maid, Hildebramit. 1418! Adda (Jalla, 

 James ^ Thrupp ! 



Also in Arabia and Afghanistan. 



6. L. trifolia, Linn.; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. (KMi. A little- 

 branched undershrub. Stems without any prickles, hairy upwards. 

 Leaves in threes, shortly petioled, ovate or oblong, faintly crenate, 

 3-4 in. long, slightly scabrous above, very slightly rugose, thinly 



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