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DRACAENA stricta. 
Upright Dracaena. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGVNIA. 
Nat. ord. Asphodele*. 
DRACAENA L. — Corolla 6-partita. Filamenta medio incrassata 
corollse inserta. Stigma 3-fidum. Bacca 3-locuIaris loculis 2-spermis. 
Spreng. syst. veg. 2.8. 
D. stricta; caule fruticoso indiviso, foliis densis lineari-lanceolatis cuspi- 
datis recurvo-patentibus integris, racemo terminali composito mul- 
tifloro. 
D. stricta. iSot. mag. 2575. 
Caulis fruticosus, strictus, simplex, 6-7 pedalis, foliis dense vestitus. 
Folia recurvi-patentia, lineari-lanceolata, margine scabriuscula, cuspidata, 
glabra, basi dilatata. Racemus paniculatus, terminalis, multiflorus, sub- 
erectus. Flores violacei, basi bracteis tribus parvis suboppositis suffulti, citb 
decidui. 
Plants of this fine Dracaena have been remarked for 
several years in some of the extensive collections near 
London; but not having flowered, their genus was a sub¬ 
ject of doubt. 
Last year we saw their blossoms for the first time, at 
nearly the same period, in the Nurseries of Mr. Samuel 
Brookes, of the Ball’s Pond Nursery, and of Mr. Colvill. 
At the latter establishment our drawing was made, in 
March. 
The structure of the flowers is so very similar to that of 
D. terminalis, that there can be no doubt of that species 
and the present being of the same genus. 
Seventeen species are enumerated by Professor Spren- 
gel, to none of which does this appear referable. Draccena 
australis, of Forster, which is the most nearly related, has 
been ascertained by Dr. Sims to be a distinct plant. 
Requires the heat of a conservatory, to which it is a 
noble ornament. 
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