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ends of the branches, from each joint, one on each fide; 
they are near two inches long, and are terminated by 
roundi(h heads of flowers; thofe on the outfide are firft of 
a bright red or fcarlet, and change to a deep purple ; 
thofe in the centre are of a bright yellow, and change to 
an orange colour. 
14. Lantana aurea, or golden-flowered lantana : leaves 
X>vate-oblong, (hining ; ftem obfcurely quadrangular, al- 
mo(! unarmed, corollas golden, changing to faffron-co- 
lour. Stem feven feet high, at firft obfcurely quadrangu¬ 
lar, but afterwards round, ftriated, very thinly befet with 
prickles, and not hairy. Flower yellow, becoming golden 
and then faffron-coloured. It differs from L. trifolia and 
involucrata in having oblong deciduous braftes, in the 
colour of the flowers, the form and fplendour of the leaves; 
from L. meliflaefolia in having the leaves fliining, and 
fcarcely crenate, the flowers of a deeper dye and more 
changeable. Native of the Bahama Iflands. 
15. Lantana fanguinea, or bloody-flowered lantana: 
leaves ovate-acuminate; ftem quadrangular, prickly; co¬ 
rollas faffron, changing to blood-red. Stem fix feet high ; 
the firft year quadrangular, and armed with many ftrong 
reflex prickles; after a certain time the ftem becomes 
round and unarmed, but the branches continue quadran¬ 
gular and prickly. Leaves wrinkled, dark green. Flow¬ 
ers before they expand of a deep blood-red colour; but 
afterwards the tube only keeps this hue ; the border, ef- 
pecially the upper furface, being faffron-coloured, then 
fcarlet, and finally the fame colour with the tube; drupe 
fmall, black. This may be diftinguifhed from all the 
other fpecies by the very deep colour of the flower, and 
the property of lofing its fpines. Something like this hap¬ 
pens to L. mifta and camara, but it is eafily diftinguifhed 
from thefe by the leaves and colour of the flowers. It is 
the handfomeft of all the forts, and deferves to be efteemed, 
for the brightnefs of its colour, the pleafant though pow¬ 
erful fmell, and its flowering through the whole fummer. 
It may perhaps be only a variety of L. aculeata. The 
fpecies have certainly been too much multiplied. 
1 6. Lantana inermis, or unarmed lantana: ftem unarm¬ 
ed ; leaves lanceolate, toothed, alternate; flowers in co¬ 
rymbs. This rifes with a flender, fmooth, fhrubby, ftalk, 
about four feet high, dividing into many quadrangular 
branches which grow ere£h Leaves about two inches 
Jong, and an inch broad, hoary on their under fide, on 
fhort petioles. Peduncles very flender, axillary, alternate, 
towards the ends of the branches, fupporting fmall heads 
of pale purple flowers, which are fucceeded by fmall pur¬ 
ple berries, each having one feed. The feeds were fent 
try Dr. Houftoun from Vera Cruz, and fince from Ja¬ 
maica. 
17. Lantana urticaefolia, or nettle-leaved lantana: ftem 
prickly, leaves oblong-cordate, ferrate, oppofite ; flowers 
in corymbs. This rifes with a woody branching ftem 
four or five feet high. Flowers yellow, in loafer bunches 
or heads than the other fort. Sent from Vera Cruz by 
Dr. Houftoun in 1731. His fpecimen is in the Bankfian 
Herbarium. Perhaps it may not be different from L. me- 
liffaefolia. 
18. Lantana bullata, orftudded lantana: leaves oblong- 
ovate, acuminate, ferrate, wrinkled, alternate; flowers in 
heads. This rifes with a branching fhrubby ftalk about 
four feet high, covered with a dark brown bark. Leaves 
an inch long, and half an inch broad, very much veined 
on their upper fide, pretty clofe to the branches. Flow¬ 
ers terminating, on fhort peduncles, in clofe fmall heads; 
thefe are white, and make little appearance. 
19. Lantana alba, or white lantana: ftem unarmed, 
leaves ovate, ferrate, flowers in axillary feflile heads. Stalk 
fhrubby, flender, three or four feet high, dividing into 
many flender fmooth fquare branches. Leaves fmall, op¬ 
pofite. Flowers axillary, at every joint, fmall, white, in 
clofe heads ; they come out by pairs, and fit clofe to the 
branches. Sent by Dr. Houftoun from Campeachy. 
20. Lantana Africana. See Spielmannia. 
‘V-OL. XII. No. 8Z4. 
LAN 221 
it. Lantana falvifolia. See Budlea falvifolia, vol. iii„- 
p. 490. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants are all eafily pro¬ 
pagated by cuttings, except the fourth, which, being an 
annual plant, can only be propagated by feeds. They may 
alfo be propagated by feeds, which feveral of the forts 
produce in England, and the others may be eafily pro¬ 
cured from the Weft Indies, where there is a greater va¬ 
riety of thefe plants growing naturally, than is at prefent 
known in Europe; they are all called wildJ'age by the in¬ 
habitants of the Britifh iflands, but they do not diftin- 
guifh the forts. Thefe feeds fiiould be fown in pots filled 
with light earth, and plunged into a hot-bed of tan ; the 
reafon for my advifing them to be fown in pots, is, be- 
caufe the feeds frequently remain long in the ground be¬ 
fore they vegetate; therefore, if the plants ftiould not come 
up the fame year, the pots ftiould be placed in the ftove 
in winter, and the following fpring plunged into a new 
liot-bed, which wfill bring up the plants. When thefe 
are fit to remove, they fliould be each planted in a fmall 
pot, and plunged into another hot-bed, obferving to fliade 
them till they have taken new root; then they fliould 
have air admitted to them every day, in proportion to the 
warmth of the feafon, to prevent their being drawn i»p 
with weak (talks ; afterwards they muft be treated in the 
fame manner as other plants from the fame country, till 
they have obtained ftrength ; then they may be removed 
into an airy glafs-cafe, or a dry ftove, where they may have 
a large (hare of air in warm weather, but protected, from 
the cold. This is neceflary for the young plants, which 
(hould not the firft year be expofied to the open air; but 
afterwards they may be placed abroad in the warmeft part 
of fummer, and in winter placed upon (lands in the dry 
ftove, where they will continue long in flower, and many 
of the forts will ripen their feeds ; but in winter they 
ftiould be fparingly watered, for much moifture will rot 
their roots. If they are propagated by cuttings, the beft 
time for planting them is in July, after the plants have 
been expofed to the open air for about a month, by which 
time the (hoots will be hardened fo as to be out of danger 
of rotting with a little moifture. Thefe cuttings fliould. 
be planted in fmall pots filled with light earth, and plunged 
into a moderate hot-bed ; and, if they are fcreened from 
the violence of the fun in the middle of the day, they will 
be rooted in about fix weeks, when they muft be hardened 
gradually to bear the open air, and afterwards treated as 
the old plants. See Varronia and Viburnum. 
LANTARGUR', a town of Lamjungh: forty-two miles 
north of Gorkah. Lat. 29. 5. N. Ion. 84. 18. E. 
LANTCHANG'. See Lan-jan, p. 125. 
LANTENAY', a town of France, in the department 
of the Cote d’Or: fix miles weft of Dijon. 
LAN'TER, a river of Wurtemberg, which rifes a little 
to the fouth of Freudenftatt, and runs into the Glatt three 
miles north of Dornftetten. 
LAN'TER-LOO. See Loo. 
LAN'TERDEN, Salop, a liamlet near the conflux of 
the rivers Temd andColun, near Munflow; where are two 
burrows, in which were found, not long ago, burnt bones 
and aflies; and in the neighbourhood is a perfect Roman 
camp, called Brandon, and a Britilh camp, called Coxall. 
LANTE'RIUM, f. in old records, a cupola; the lan¬ 
tern on the top of a building. 
LAN'TERN, or Lantiiorn, f. [lanterne , Fr. laterna , 
Lat.] A tranfparent cafe for a candle.—A candle lafteth 
longer in a lanthorn than at large. Bacon. 
God (hall be my hope, 
My ftay, my guide, a..lant'iorn to my feet. Shakefpeare. 
A lighthoufe ; a light hung out to guide (hips: 
Caprea, where the lanthorn fix’d on high 
Shines like a moon through the.benighted Iky, 
While by its beams the wary failor fleers. Addifon. 
Epictetus’s lantern is faid to have been fold for three 
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