436 CXL, LILIACEH (BAKER). | Asparagus. 
Linn, f. Suppl. 203. Myrsiphyllum asparagoides, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. 
Fr. Berl, Mag. ii. 1808, 25; Kunth, Enum, v. 105; Hook. in Bot. Mag. 
t, 5584. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Plateau of the Kikuyu escarpment, near 
Kedong, Gregory. . 
No specimen from Tropical Africa at Kew. 
A common South African plant, 
3. DRACASNA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 779. 
Perianth-tube cylindrical; segments of the limb narrow, equal, 
spreading. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; 
filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary ovoid, 
sessile, 3-celled ; ovules solitary, basal, erect; style long, filiform; 
stigma capitate. Fruit globose, baccate. Seeds 1-3, globose or angled 
by pressure; testa thick, sometimes pulpy; albumen horny ; embryo 
small.—Shrubs, with woody stems. Leaves sessile or petiolate, ensiform 
or oblong, sometimes blotched with white. Inflorescence racemose, often 
panicled ; pedicels articulated at the middle, usually fascicled. Flowers 
small, white or yellowish. 
Species 50, spread through the warmer regions of the Old World. 
Leaves sessile, ensiform, crowded, 
Leaves thick and rigid. 
Perianth + in. long 
Perianth 4 in. long . : o 
Perianth 4 in, long . - S 
Leaves thin, 
. D. schizantha. 
D. Oméet. 
. D. Hanningtont. 
DEE 
Perianth 4 in. long. . 4. D. Manni. S 
Perianth 1 in. long S 5D; Perrotteti. 
Leaves sessile, lanceolate, crowded 6. D. acutissima, 
Leaves sessile, oblanceolate, crowded. 
Racemes cylindrical. 
Perianth 4—2 in. long . 
Perianth 13-2 in, long 
Racemes congested, globose. 
Flowers small, 
D, arborea. 
. D. Preussit, 
#2 
Atalltree. ; ; d e e . 9. D. Papahu. 
Low trees. ; 
Perianth 4 in. long. S ; ; , 10. D. parviflora, 
Perianth Z 32 in. long. SE 
Pedicels very short . : S - . 11. D. Smithi. 
Pedicels A. in. long. 
Perianth niee - : . 12, D. fragrans. 
Perianth tinged with red : A +18. Dp. Steudnert. 
Flowers large . : : e : . 14, D. Fischert, 
Leaves sessile, linear, laxly disposed ` 2 : . 15. D. reflexa. 
Leaves subsessile, lanceolate, laxly disposed . k Ce D Braunit. 
Leaves sessile, lanceolate, rosulate e S . 17, D. cerasifera. 
Leaves subsessile, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 2-3-nate 
on a slender stem with long internodes. : 
Leaves oblanceolate-oblong ` e e e . 18. D. cameroonrana. 
Leaves oblong. 
Pedicels short. 
