lantana

[An old name of Viburnum the foliage of which it somewhat resembles.] Bot.: A genus of Verbenaceæ, tribe Verbenese. It consists of shrubs, or herbs, with pedunculate axillary heads of flowers. More than fifty species are known. Lantana involucrata is very abundant everywhere in the Bermuda Islands. Lantana pseudo-the a is used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. The aromatic leaves and flowers are employed in coughs and in medicating baths for rheumatism and diseases of the skin.