Lantana.] 
CVII. VERBENACEiE. 
6ll 
Order CVII. VERBENACE^E. 
Shrubs, trees or herbs. Leaves opposite or whorled (falsely 
alternate in Geunsia), simple, digitate or pinnate (Peronema). 
Inflorescence cymose, panicled, racemose or spicate. Flowers 
bisexual generally distinctly irregular, of all colours. Calyx gamo- 
sepalous, inferior. Corolla gamopetalous, limb 2-lipped or of 5 or 4 
equal lobes. Stamens 4 in 2 pairs, or 2, rarely more, insert on 
corolla-tube; anthers 2-celled. Ovary superior, 2- to 4-celled, often 
4-lobed; ovules 2 or 1 in a cell; style usually long; stigma entire 
or bifid. Fruit a drupe, pyrenes bony, or capsular, 1- to 4-celled. 
About 800, chiefly tropical, rare in temperate regions (Gamble, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxiv. (2), p. 794). 
i. Verbene/E. Herbs or shrubs. Inflorescence spicate or sub-umbellate, 
lower flowers opening first. 
Shrubs; spikes short sub-umbellate. Drupe 
pulpy; stamens 4 . . . .1. Lantana 
Herbs creeping; spikes short; drupe dry; 
stamens 4 . . . . .2. Lippia 
Shrubby; spikes elongate; stamens 2; fruit dry. 3. Stachytarpiieta 
ii. Viticije. Trees or shrubs. Inflorescence cymose, end flowers opening 
first. 
Leaves simple. 
Corolla regular. 
Tree; flowers 5-merous; pyrenes 5 to 10 
Trees or shrubs ; flowers 4-merous; pyrenes 4 
Corolla 2 -lipped. 
Flowers small, white; pyrenes 1 
Flowers large, yellow; corolla swollen at top 
Flowers showy, tube cylindric or dilate 
upwards ...... 
Leaves digitate (rarely 1-foliate); corolla-tube 
short ....... 
iii. Caryopterid^e. Fruit capsular. 
Tree ; leaves pinnate; fruit small, not winged . 
Shrub scandent ; leaves entire ; capsule 4-valved 
Climbers; leaves 3- or 5 -foliate; fruit winged by 
developed sepals ..... 
iv. Cymes capitate surrounded by a large involucre. 
Involucral bracts 6; corolla-lobes sub-equal 
Involucral bracts 4 ; corolla-lobes unequal 
v. Avicenna. Tidal shrubs or trees; leaves entire 
Flowers small, yellow; fruit ovoid, beaked or 
globose ...... 
4. Geunsia 
5. Callicarpa 
6. Premna 
7. Gmelina 
8. Clerodendron 
9. VlTEX 
10. Peronema 
11. Glossocarya 
12. Petr.eovitex 
Climbers. 
13. Sphenodesme 
14. CONGEA 
; cymes capitate. 
1. LANTANA, Linn. 
Erect or sub-scandent, rough, often prickly shrubs. Leaves 
rough crenate. Flowers in dense umbel-like racemes or heads, 
axillary. Bracts conspicuous. Calyx campanulate, 4- to 5- 
toothed. Corolla salver-shaped; tube slender cylindric; lobes 
spreading or orbicular, purple, yellow, red or white. Stamens 4. 
