Draeena.] CLVI. LILIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 831 
l5. D. petiolata, Hook. fj; leaves 10-14 by 4 in. elliptic caudate- 
acuminate ecostate suddenly narrowed into a slender petiole 3-4} in., 
panicle long-peduncled narrow, branches slender erect, bracteoles longer 
than the short pedicels, flowers } in., lobes as long as the tube, fruit 
pisiform, pericarp very thin wrinkled when dry. D. spicata, var. auran- 
eg in part, Baker in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1879, 263; in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
UPPER ASSAM; near Kujoo, and at the Brama Khoond, Griffith. 
Apparently a very distinct species from the broad very long-petioled leaves and 
long-peduncled panicles, 
DOUBTFUL AND IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 
D. Jacktana, Wall. Cat. 5145 A, B. (D. spicata, var. aurantiaca, Baker in 
Trim. Journ. Bot. 1873, 263; in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 532.) A very robust plant, 
from Penang, like a large D. spicata, the tall raceme having short basal branches. 
find no specimen of his 5145 C (Penang, Porter) in Wallich's Herbarium. 
th D. LINEARIFOLIA, Kurz For. ii, 542, in Clavis of species, but not taken up in 
e following descriptions. It has the habit of P. angustifolia, but has narrower 
“aves and the lobes of the fruit as large as a cherry or small plum. A Javanese 
species in Herb, Kew responds to this description. 
ie: CANTLEYI, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1881, 326. Singapore, Cantley. There is 
"ve In the description of this plant, of which a specimen flowered at Kew, to dis- 
Unguish it from D. marmorata (aurantiaca). Unfortunately flowers were not 
eee for the Herbarium. The live plant at Kew has now a stem 4 in. long, 
bros nceolate leaves 15 by 4} in. suddenly narrowed into a petiole 1-14 in. 
12. CORDYLINE, Commers. 
a; Characters of Dracena, but ovarian cells 4-16-ovuled, testa black 
Ming, and embryo nearly as long as the albumen.— Species about 10, 
alayan, Australasian, Pacific, and one Brazilian. 
b 5 c. terminalis, Kunth Enum. v. 25; shrubby, erect, leaves 12-36 
ei -5 1n. oblong-lanceolate broadly petioled, flowers white or purplish 
nSpicate or racemed on the branches of a large erect simply branched 
Vide perianth } in. cleft to the swollen base, segments recurved. 
urz For, Fl, ii, 546; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 939. 
M, HOTICAL INDIA, from BENGAL and Assam eastward and southward to 
Ay A—DıstRIB. Eastwards to the Pacific Islds, — — 8 
Lea erect, glabrous shrub, 8-10 ft., stems as thick as the finger or wrist. 
se di distichous, green or purplish, acuminate at both ends; petiole complicate, 
Tact ‘lated and amplexicaul. Panicle 1-2 ft. high ; lower bracts linear-lanceolate ; 
whi “ores small, 3-nate; flowers } in. long, subsessile, or very shortly pedicelled, 
va DUrplisb. Berry | in. diam., usually 1-seeded.—Kaurz (for Fl. 1. c.) makes 
on ce in Burma ; terminalis proper with larger subsessile flowers, which is 
onger peted; and ferrea, with smaller flowers, pedicels shorter or slightly 
Varieties jan the bracteoles. Baker (in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1. c.) has the following 
af N ferrea; leaves narrower more obianceolate dull purple or variegated 
Linn 8. road, petioles shorter, flowers usually smaller tinged with red. D. ferrea, 
l.c 4158 275; Roxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 156; Bot. Mag. t. 2093. D. terminalis, Jacq. 
han o; Roxb. l. c.; Redouté Lil, t. 91; Lodd. Bot. Cat. t.1224. Cordyline 
‘cquininii, Kunth Lan 
e » Sieberi ` leaves oblanceolate 12-18 by 2-3 in., racemes 
fup coger, flowers larger. Cordyline Sieberi, Kunth Enum. v. 23. 
riffith, Maingay. 
l in. broad, 
— Malacca, 
