Lantana] 



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pyrenes, slioiild be mentioned: 1. L. nodiflora, Eicli. (WaJcem, Sind), common in moist 

 places tlirougliont India, a spreading annual often rooting from the nodes, 1. spatlm- 

 late, sharply serrate. 2. L. geminata, Hiimb. Bonpl. Knntli. Indigenous in tiopical 

 America, common in Lower Bengal and elsewhere. Very similar to Lantana indica. 



2. VITEX, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 583. 



Trees or shrubs, L opposite, digitately 3-5-foliokte. Hairs thin plnri- 

 cellular, not stellate, in some species round thin-walled trichomes (glands) on 

 the underside of 1. Calyx campanulate, truncate or shortly 5-toothed, corolla 

 small, tubular, limb 2-lipped, usually hairy outside and the lower lip bearded. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, anther-cells at first parallel, afterwards divaricate. 

 Ovary 2~-4-celled, ovules 4, style filiform, shortly bifid. Drupe supported by 



Fig, 175. — Yitex altissima, Linn. f. J. 



the more or less enlarged calyx, endocarp bony, l~4-celled. Species 60, 

 tropical and subtropical, in both hemispheres. 



A. Inflorescence usually a terminal thyrsus. 



1. V. Negundo, Linn.; Wight Ic. t. 519. Vern. l/anoan, Wana^Vh,] 

 Shitvali, Ningorij Ntsinda, Hind. ; 'Nirguda^ Lingicr, Mar. ; Yaaill^ Tel. ; 

 Lakki, NuJcM, Kan. ; Isfochij Tarn. 



A large shrub or small tree, strongly scented, branchlets, underside of 1. 

 and inflorescence clothed witli short grey or white pubescence. Leaflets 3 or 5, 

 lanceolate, entire, toothed or pinnatifid, the central 3-4 in. long, on pet. ^-1 in., 

 the lateral smaller, on potiolules up to |- in. long. Fl. small, bluish-purple, 

 in opposite cymes, forming an elongated "terminal thyrsus, often compound at 

 the base, calyx-teeth triangular or oblong, half or one-tbird the length of ti^be, 

 corolla |~| in. long, very hairy in the throat, distinctly 2-lipped. 



