XCIII. YERBENACE^. 291 



6. LIPPIA, Linn. 

 Calyx small, tubular, 2-winged 2-kecled or plain, 2-fid, the 

 lobes more or less 2-toothed, at length commonly 2-parted. 

 Corolla somewhat funnel-shaped; tube widening upwards; limb 

 oblique, 4-lobed, sub-2 -labiate, the upper lip entire or 2-fid, 

 lower 3-fid. Stamens 4, included, didynamous ; anther-cells 

 parallel. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; style short ; stigma 

 lateral. Fruit of 2 separating or cohering pieces, dry, girt 

 w4th the often 2-parted calyx. — DC. Prod. xi. p. 572. 



Herbs or shrubs, mostly American, very generally strongly scented. 

 Flowers capitate or spiked, small, usually subtended by large bracts. 

 Leaves opposite or whorled. — L. aspenfolia, Kicli. (//. Capensis, Spr.), a 

 shrub common to Africa and South America, and L. nodijlora. Rich., a 

 common littoral dwarf species of hot countries, occur in the Eastern district 

 and at Natal. 



7. LANTANA, Linn. 



Calyx very small, membranous, subcampanulate, obsoletely 

 4-toothed, enlarging with the fruit and enclosing it. Corolla 

 tubular-funnelshaped, the tube much longer than the calyx, 

 widening upwards ; limb oblique, 4-lobed, sub-2-labiate, the 

 upper lip entire or 2-fid, lower 3-fid. Stamens 4, included. 

 Ovary 2-celled; cells 1-ovuled; style short; stigma bent back or 

 obliquely capitate. Drupe fleshy or juicy, with 2 pyrenes. — ■ 

 DC. Fr'od. xi. p. 594. 



Shrubs or undershrubs, chiefly American, mostly strongly scented. 

 Flowers in dense heads, often lengthening into spikes during flowering. 

 Calyx pubescent, but never villous or hairy. — L. salvicefolia^ Jacq., our 

 only species, is a common shrub in the Eastern district. 



8. DURANTA, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, subplicate, the ribs running out 

 into 5 subulate teeth, beyond the subtruncate mouth. Corolla 

 somewhat salver-shaped, the tube longer than the calyx, 

 sHghtly incurved ; limb expanded, 5-fid, the lobes rounded, 

 unequal, pubescent, as is also the throat. Stamens 4, included ; 

 filaments very short ; anthers sagittate, erect. Ovary 8-celled ; 

 cells 1-ovuled ; style short ; stigma subcapitate, suboblique. 

 Drupe quite hidden in the enlarged, membranous and coloured, 

 orally-constricted calyx, containing four 2-celled pyrenes. — 

 DC.Prod.:d.p.QlD. 



Shrubs of tropical America ; but D. Plumieri seems to be wild near 

 Natal. Sent by Burke and Zeyher and by Sanderson. 



Tribe 2. Yiticeje. 



9. CLERODENDRON, E. Br. 



Calyx bell-shaped, rarely tubular, 5-fid or 5-toothed. Co- 



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