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pressed, two-toothed ; corolla-tube protruding from summit, lobes 

 flat, the two upper larger. Distribution, Bahamas and Jamaica ; 

 habitat, fields and waysides, common. Flowers blue, one-third of 

 an inch in diameter ; summer months. Leaver used as a substitute for 

 tea. in West Indies. 



Ill, LirriA. 



Prostrate herbs with opposite leaves ; flowers in dense axillary heads ; 

 bracts imbricate; calyx compressed, two-toothed; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 four to f'Ce lobed, obscurely two 'lipped : stamens four, included in tube of 

 corolla. 



1. L. nodiflora (Capeweed). An annual, smooth, prostrate plant : 

 stems of ten many feet in length, rooting at the swollen joints, down 

 appressed ; leaves one inch long, reversely lanceolate, or spatulate, 

 sharply serrated above the middle, veins terminating in the sinuses, 

 entire and wedge -shape below, tapering to the short petiole ; flower- 

 stalks simple, axillary, two to three inches long, terminating in the 

 dense ovoid head of small flowers ; bracts purple, imbricate, ovate, 

 pointletted, little shorter than corolla ; calyx obscure, membranous, 

 split to base on lower side, nearly as long as corolla-tube, to which 

 it closely adheres and finally encloses the dry, two -seeded drupe. 

 Distribution, Bahamas and Jamaica ; habitat, neglected ground, a 

 very common creeping weed. Heads one- third of an inch in diam- 

 eter, purplish -white ; summer months. Probably indigenous. 

 Leaves sometimes used as a substitute for tea. 



IV, LANTANA. 



Erect, strong -scented shrubs, with rouA/h leaves and powers collected in 

 heads; calyx membranous, obscurely four-toothed ; corolla four -lobed.. 

 slightly two-lipped, tipper Up broad, lower three-lobed, middle lobe longest ; 

 stamens included in corolla-tube ; fruit a cluster of berry-liJce drupes. 



1. L. odorata (Common Sage-bush). An erect, bushy shrub, four 

 to six feet high, with brittle, contorted branches ; stems angular, 

 covered -with a rusty pubescence ; leaves two to three inches long, 

 broadly ovate or oblong, blunt, regularly crenate, glossy above, 

 rough on both surfaces with prominent veins and short, stiif hairs ; 

 flower- stalks axillary, about two inches long, terminating in sub- 

 globose heads, surrounded with persistent leafy bracts, the two 

 outer being as long as the exterior flowers, inner bracts ovate, acute, 

 half as long as corolla-tube ; drupe compressed, pink. Distribu- 

 tion, West Indies ; habitat, hills, waysides and unreclaimed land, 

 very common, probably indigenous. Flowers pale pink, throat yellow ; 

 heads one -half to three-quarters of an inch in diameter ; summer 

 months. 



2. i. croeea (Red Sage -bush}. An erect, handsome shrub, branch- 

 ing from the base ; stems angular, regular ; branchlets herbaceous, 

 rough, with bristly hairs ; leaves two to three and a half inches long, 

 ovate, acute, regularly serrate, hispid above, thinner and less wrin- 

 kled than the last species ; flower-stalks two inches long, heads flat- 



