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in the mid ft of the tube of the corolla, very (lender, of 
•which two are a little higher; antheras roundifh. Piftillum : 
.germ roundifh ; ftyle filiform, fhort j ftigma refrafted, 
(harp downwards like a hook, and as it were obliquely 
growing to the tip of the ftyle. Pericarpium : drupe 
roundilh, one-celled. Seed: nut round-pyramidal, three- 
celled ; the lowed cell fterile • kernels folitary oblong — 
■EJfential Char after. Calyx obfcurely four-toothed ; ftigma 
hook-refrafted; drupe with a two-celled nucleus. 
Thefe are moftly fhrubs, very few being herbaceous. 
The branches are quadrangular. The leaves oppofite by 
pairs, except in a few cafes, where there are three or four 
together; ovate and wrinkled. Flowers aggregate in ax¬ 
illary ana peduncled heads; each flower brafted. 
Species, i. Lantana mifla, various-flowered lantana, or 
American viburnum: leaves oppofite, ovate, acute, hairy; 
fem prickly at bottom ; flowers in roundifh heads, braftes 
lanceolate. This is about five feet in height. Trunk 
round or roundifh, with an afli-coloured bark; branches 
at top, fev-eral, fiiort, afb-coloured ; and from thefe feverr.l 
others, a long fpan or a foot in length, quadrangular, 
green, hairy. Leaves refembling t'nofe of L. album ; 
above bright green, and fomewhat fhining; beneath pa¬ 
ler, deeply notched, much wrinkled, and very rugged. 
Whilft the flower is yet clofed, the lower.part of the bor¬ 
der appears of a pale red ; when it opens, the tube and 
upper part of the border are fafl’ron-coioured, but become 
reddifh, and finally dark-red ; this change of colour be¬ 
gins from the circumference, and finifhes in the centre. 
Hence, the flowers in an umbel not being all opened at 
once, the middle appears of a faffron yellow, and the cir¬ 
cumference of a red colour. From this change of colour 
and diverfity in the fame umbel, this plant has obtained 
the name of mijla, or mixed. It differs from L. aurea in 
the leaves not being elliptic but acuminate, not (lightly 
but deeply crenate, not even but much wrinkled, not dark 
green and fhining very much, but pale green. The flow¬ 
ers of that only change from a golden to a faffron colour; 
■whereas thefe change from a faffron colour to a dark red. 
Native of America. Cultivated in the Eltliam garden 
before 1732. 
2. Lantana trifolia, or three-leaved lantana: leaves tern 
or quatern, elliptic, ferrate, wrinkled above, villofe be¬ 
neath ; Item unarmed, fpikes oblong, imbricated. Stem 
fhrubby, branched, round, rugged ; branches upright, 
round, rugged. Linnaeus doubts whetherthis befpecifically 
diftinft from L. annua, and Medicus does not fettle the dif¬ 
ficulty. It is clear however that this is a fhrub. Native 
of the Weft Indies. Introduced before 1733, by William 
Houftoun, M.D. from the Havannah. His fpecimen is 
in the Bankfian Herbarium. It flowers from June to Sep¬ 
tember. Miller fays, there is a variety with white flow¬ 
ers, and leaves not quite fo round, entire on the edge. 
3. Lantana viburnoides: leaves oppofite, ovate, lanceo¬ 
late; ftem unarmed; flowers in headed fpikes, involucres 
lanceolate. This is a fhrub, with hairy rugged branches. 
Native of Arabia, on Mount Barah. 
4. Lantana annua, or annual lantana: leaves oppofite 
and tern, cordate rugged ; ftem unarmed, fpikes oblong. 
Stern hifpid, quadrangular, ftriated, fomewhat woody. 
Leaves,cordate, rugged, petioled, oppofite, but fometimes 
three together. Corollas flefh-coloured, with a yellow 
throat, not changeable; fruits purple. Reichard is of 
opinion, that the plant deferibed by Medicus (p. 222.) 
under the name of L. trifolia, is this fpecies. It is an an¬ 
nual plant, rifing with a ffrong upright rough ftalk, near 
three feet high, dividing towards the top into two orthree 
ereft branches. Leaves ferrate, by fours at each joint, a 
little woolly on their under fide. Peduncles by pairs or 
three at a joint, from two to three inches'long, fuftaining 
a-thick fpike of large purple flowers; which are fucceeded 
by large, purple, fucculent, eatable, berries. Sent by Dr. 
Houftoun before 1733 from Vera Cruz, and received fince 
from the north fide of Jamaica. Mr. Miller’s fpecimen is 
^.n the JBankfian Herbarium. 
5. Lantana ftrifla, or narrow lantana: leaves oppofite, 
oblong lanceolate, acute; ftem unarmed, heads roundifh, 
braftes ovate-lanceolate, fquarrofe. Stem fquare. Leaves 
very long and narrow, an inch and a half in length, and 
one-third of an inch wide in the middle, toothed, of a 
dark colour above, whirifh underneath, on their furface 
like tliofe of fage, on very fhort petioles. Native of Ja¬ 
maica, on Mount Diablo. Dr. Houftoun fent the feeds 
to Mr. Miller in 1730. The fpecimen is in the Bankfian 
Herbarium. 
6. Lantana radula, or jagged lantana : leaves oppofite, 
ovate, acute, ferrate, wrinkled, rough; hirfute beneath; 
ftem almoft unarmed, rough, heads oblong, braftes ovate, 
acute. This is a fhrub, native of the Weft Indies. It 
has its trivial name from the extreme ruggednefs of the 
leaves. 
7. Lantana camara, or various-coloured lantana: leaves 
oppofite, ftem unarmed, branched ; flowers headed-um- 
belled leaflets.' Stem fhrubby, a fathom in height, angu¬ 
lar, fomewhat rugged. Medicus doubted whether this 
were different from L. mifta or not; but, after three years 
fcrupulous obfervation, he determined in the affirmative, 
from the difference in the leaves and colour of the flow¬ 
ers. Native of the Weft Indies; cultivated in 1691, in 
the-royal garden at Hampton Court; flowers from April 
to September. 
8. Lantana odorata, or fweet-feented lantana : leaves 
oppofite and tern elliptic, wrinkled; ftem unarmed, heads 
fquarrofe, braftes lanceolate ; peduncles (hotter than the 
leaf. Leaves very much wrinkled. Native of the Weft 
Indies : flowers from May to November. 
9. Lantana refta, or upright lantana: leaves oppofite, 
oval, wrinkled ; ftem unarmed, heads fquarrofe, braftes 
oblong, peduncles longer than the leaf. Native of Ja¬ 
maica. Cultivated by Mr. Miller in 1758. It flowers 
from -June to Auguft. 
10. Lantana involucrata, or round-leaved lantana: leaves 
oppofite and tern, rhomb-ovate, blunt, wrinkled, tomen- 
tofe; ftem unarmed, heads fquarrofe, braftes ovate. Stem 
round, woody, branched, fcarcely hairy. Flowers of the 
fame colour as in L. trifoliata, but the yellow colour of 
the throat foon changes to white; and hence the flower is 
whitifh with a pale flefh-coloured margin. This fpecies 
agrees in many refpefts with L. trifolia, as to the flowers; 
but in other refpects they differ more effentially ; for the 
ftem of L. trifolia is fquare ; the leaves large, ovate-acu¬ 
minate or lanceolate and ferrate ; whereas in L. involu¬ 
crata the Item is round ; and the leaves fmall, orbiculate, 
and fcarcely crenate. Native of the Weft Indies. Mr. 
Miller fays, it was fent him from Vera Cruz by Dr. Hou¬ 
ftoun ; but his fpecimen in the Bankfian Herbarium is 
marked Havannah, 1731. It was cultivated here earlier, 
viz. in 1690, in the royal garden at Hampton Court. It 
flowers from May to July. 
11. Lantana meliflsefolia, orbaum-leaved lantana : leaves 
oppofite, ovate-oblong, villofe foft; ftem prickly, fpikes 
hemifpherical, braftes ffiorter by half than the tube. This 
is lower than molt of the others, being feldom more than 
two feet in height. Native of South America. 
12. Lantana fcabrida, or rough lantana : leaves oppo¬ 
fite, ovate-elliptic rugged, ftem prickly, fpikes hemifphe¬ 
rical ; bracles ffiorter by half than the tube, lanceolate 
acute. Native of the Welt Indies ; where it was found 
by Mr. Gilbert Alexander. It flowers in September. 
13. Latana aculeata, or prickly lantana: leaves oppo¬ 
fite, ovate, fubcordate, foftifh underneath ; ftem prickly, 
braftes of the heads linear-wedge-form. Stem ten feet 
high, an'inch and half thick, fquare from top to bottom, 
armed with long, ftrong, reflex, prickles, or rather thorns, 
for they cannot be torn off without injuring the wood. 
Native of the Weft Indies; flowers from April to Novem¬ 
ber. In our (loves it grows five or fix feet high, and fends 
out many branches. Leaves about ah inch and a half long, 
and three-quarters of an inch broad, hairy, on fhort foot- 
fta,lks. Two peduncles arife from the axils, towards the 
ends 
