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FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
XLVII.— VERBENACEiE, 
136 , Laiitaiia Linn. 
Leaves usually in whorls of 3, sometimes opposite ; branches covered 
throughout with spreading hairs . , , trifolia. 
Leaves usually opposite, sometimes in whorls of 3 ; branches scab- 
rid with adpressed hairs ..... indica, 
176. Lantaiia trifolia Linn.; F. B. I. iv. 563. 
Eastern Sundribuns, at Barisal, Clarke ! 
A shrub, 3-8 feet high ; a common weed on banks of rivers and creeks, of no 
economic importance. Though never yet recorded from the country between the 
Madumati and the Hughli, there is much likelihood that it occurs there; it ought 
to be searched for. Another reason for calling attention to the plant is the diffi- 
culty there is in distinguishing it from Lantana indica^ and the further difficulty in 
distinguishing either of these Lantanas from Lippia geminata. The present is 
an American species, somewhat recently introduced to India. 
177. Lantana indica Roxb.; F. I. iii 89 ; F. B. I. iv. 562. 
Northern clearings, apparently very rare, Calcutta Garden Collec' 
tors ! 
A shrub 3-8 feet high; of no economic importance: exceedingly like the 
preceding species which is often only to be distinguished by its spreading pubes- 
cence. Though very common in Lower Bengal, outside the Sundribun area, it 
seems to have barely yet established itself in Sundribun clearings. 
Distrib. — India generally ; Beluchistan ; Tropical Africa. 
137 . Lippia Linn. 
Perennial, erect, softly strigose shrubs ; leaves ovate-obfong, ere- 
nate ; peduncles mostly opposite ; bracts ovate-acuminate 
geminata. 
Annual, creeping, minutely hairy herbs ; leaves cuneate-spathulate, 
serrate ; peduncles rarely opposite ; bracts obovate-acute 
nodiflora. 
178. Lippia »^eminata H. B. & K ; F. B. I. iv. 563. 
Northern clearings, rare, Heinig\ 
A shrub 3-8 feet high ; of no economic importance : resembles Lantana 
indica even more closely than Lantana trifolia sometimes does, and when 
in flower often hardly distinguishable. When in fruit Lippia geminata is re- 
cognised by its fruit separating into two i-seeded pyrenes; the fruits of the two 
remain entire and contain the two i-seeded pyrenes. In the Gangetic 
Plain north of the Sundribuns this is even more common than Lantana indica^ 
but like that species has as yet hardly established itself in the Sundribun clearings. 
Distrib. — E. Bengal : native of America. 
179 Lippia iiodiflora Rich.; F. B. I. iv. 563. E. D. l 451. 
