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Lantana. 



species In the old world, one cosmopolitical for tropical- 

 temperate regions. 



I. V. officinalis L. Sp. pi. 29 (1753); R. Brown, Prodr. 

 514; Benth. and v. Muell. Fl. austr.. V, 35: Schauer. 

 DC. Prodr. XI. 547; Forfces and Hemsley, Fl. Sin. II. 

 252; Hook. f.. Fl. Br. Ind.. IV. 565; Miqael. Fl. Ind. bat., 

 II. 908; Backer, Ann. Jard. bot. Btzg., Suppl. 3, I, 419; 

 Miquel, Ann. Mus. bot. Lugd.— Bat. II. 97. - V. 

 macrostachya F. v. Muell. Fragm. I. 60. — V. 

 menthaefolia Benth., Pi. Hartw., 21 (1839-1857) - 

 V. spuria L. sp. pi. 29 (1753). — A herb 30—60 cM.; 

 branchlets quadrangular, subglabrous, somewhat hirsute 

 on the ribs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate-attenuate, 

 pinnatifid or coarsely toothed, (sub)sessile. glabrous or 

 scabrid above, strigosely hairy beneath, especially on the 

 nerves and along the variously lobed margins; 5— 10 cM. 

 long ; spikes panicled, at first dense, ultimately interrupted 

 below; bracts ovate, acuminate; the spikes in fruit 7Vo — 

 25 cM.; calyx 0.15—0.2 cM.. minutely 5-toothed ; coroWa 

 blue. 0.6 cM. 



Distribution : cosmopolitical for tropical, subtropical and 

 temperate regions. 



Subtribe B. LantanE/E. 



II. JLANTANA L., Gen. pi. ed. I. 185,(1737); Benth. and 

 V. Muell., Fl. Austr. V. 34; Benth. and Hook. gen. PI.. 

 II. II, 1142; Schauer, DC, Prodr. XI, 594; Engl. u. Pranri, 

 Nat. Pfl. fam., IV, 3a. 150; Hook, f., Fl. Br. Ind. IV, 

 562; King and Gamble Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, LXXIV, 

 4. 795; Hasskarl. 2e Cat. 's Lands PI. tuin. Buitzg. 134; 

 Miquel, Fl. Ind. bat. II, 904; Roxb. Fl. ind. III, 89. - 

 Shrubs or undershrubs; branches usually acutely 4-ribbed, 

 hirsute, sometimes spiny, glandular; leaves simple. Opposite 

 or ternate, rugose; inflorescences axillary, spicate or 



