14 Lantana. 



4, 796. — L. alba Mill., ex Link Enum. pi. hort. berol., 

 II, 126, (1821), (or Card. Diet. ed. VIII, no. 8, (1768) V); 

 Miquel, Fl. Ind. bat. II. 904; Schauer, DC. Prodr. XI, 

 606. — L. collina Decne. in Jaqaem. Voy. Bot., 136, 

 t. 141,(18..). - L. dubia Royle. 111. Bot. Himal.. 300, 

 t. 73, 1839), ^ L. dubia Wall, ex Walp. Rep., IV, 63, 

 (1842—8). — L. Gogchana Bach.^Ham ex Voigt, 

 Hort. Suburb. Calc, 472, (1845). — L. indica Roxb. 

 Fl. ind.. Ill, 89, (1832); Hook, f., Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 562; - 

 L. latifolia Tausch. Flora XIX, 391, (1836) - 

 L. leucantha Hort ex Schau., DC. Prodr. XI, 606, 

 (1847) — L. Wightiana Wall. cat. no. 2655 (1828). _ 

 A shrub; branches without spines, tetragonous, hirsute; 

 leaves elliptical-subrotundate or -ovate, both sides acuminate 

 or base subcordate, coarsely dentate-serrate, strigosely 

 hispid above, greyish-tomentose beneath; inflorescences 

 spicate or subcapitulate, peduncled, shorter or longer 

 than the leaves, bracts obovate-subrotundate or elliptical- 

 ovate-acuminate, rugose on the backside, ciliate, as long 

 as the corolla-tube; calyx hirsutely hairy, 2-lipped, lips 

 entire, ciliate; corolla subhirsutely villous, white with 

 yellow throat, tube 0.7 cM., limb 0.5 cM.; drupe dark- 

 violet. 



Distribution; chiefly in tropical America, less in tropical 

 and southern Africa, rather common in Burma, Ceylon, 

 India, Malayan Peninsula. 



Doubtful Species: 



4. L. triplinervia Tarcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 XXXVI, II, 205, (1863). — A' shrub; branchlets acutely 

 quadrangular, scabrid on the ribs, and sometimes with short 

 spines; leaves pctioled, ovate-lanceolate; base attenuate, apex 



') In this case L. alba Mill, should have the priority. We cannot 

 give a final decision in this matter, but think it is probable that the first 

 given work contains the true description of L. alba Mill. 



